#2026-526France Updates Financial Resources Requirement for Foreign Student Residence Permits
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France sets a new monthly financial threshold for third-country nationals applying for a residence permit to study. Applicants must show resources equal to at least 47% of the gross monthly minimum wage in force when they file their application. The decree affects foreign students and certain study-related residence permit applicants, as well as universities that help process applications under agreements with the state. In some territories, applications submitted through participating higher education institutions will be handled by the prefect where the institution is located, and applicants will receive proof of filing that does not itself authorize residence.
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Key Changes
- Sets the student residence permit financial resources threshold at 47% of the gross monthly minimum wage
- Indexes the required amount to the minimum wage in force on the application filing date
- Clarifies local processing rules when higher education institutions receive residence permit applications under state agreements
Obligations
What this law requires
Third-country nationals applying for student-related residence permits under articles L. 422-1, L. 422-4, L. 422-5 or L. 422-6 must prove monthly means of subsistence equal to at least 47% of the gross monthly full-time minimum wage in force on the date they file the application.
Where a prefect authorizes residence permit applications to be filed through a higher education institution that has signed an agreement with the State, the institution must transmit the residence permit application without delay to the competent prefect of the territory where the institution is located.
When an eligible residence permit application is filed through a participating higher education institution, the applicant must be given a document acknowledging filing of the application, and that document must not be treated as authorization to stay.