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FORMALITIES

For more information, you can contact
the BDE by email bde@ensta-paris.fr
or through their Instagram page. If you
attend the French intensive course, you
will have the opportunity to meet with
some employers of the Société Générale
who will help you open a bank account a
few days after your arrival in France.

THE CAF (CAISSE
D’ALLOCATIONS FAMILIALES)
To help you pay your rent, the Caisse
d'Allocations Familiales can offers you the
Procedure to benefit from the APL APL (Personalized Housing Allowance). The
(Personalized Housing Allowance). amount granted varies according to the
surface area and type of accommodation.
It is around 30% of your total rent. You can
do a simulation on www.caf.fr under the
heading Etudiants, "aide au logement"and
“Calculez votre aide".
The procedures for applying for Aide
Personnalisée au Logement are :
The housing allocation from CAF (“Aide
personnalisée au logement”) will be paid > Go to the CAF website www.caf.fr under
to you from your 2nd month of renting and the heading “Faire une demande". You
around the 5th of each month. must then indicate your final contact
details.
OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT > Please bring the following documents
with you:
 Proof of address;
It is essential to have a bank account
before proceeding with the various  Birth certificate (translated into
application processes for the Imagine'R French by a sworn translator);
card, affiliation to Social Security,  Residence permit (or passport +
housing allowance benefit from the CAF, visa);
scholarships, residence permit.
 A bank statement (RIB).
> Download and print the application form
The BDE (Bureau des Élèves) has a very for housing allowance and send it to the
advantageous partnership with the CAF in your department of residence.
Société Générale branch in Gif sur Yvette
(4 Mail Pierre Potier, 91190 Gif sur Yvette): You will be able to do this process as soon
as an ENSTA Paris student, you have the as when you arrive on the campus. For
right to a Visa Premier card free of charge more information, visit the housing office
for a period of 3 years and many other (DEL) website.
advantages! To take advantage of the
services they offer, all you have to do is go
to the branch specifying that you are an
ENSTA Paris student.

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