From Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm

For all questions relating to your stay in France (accommodation, information on visa validation, residence permits, health insurance, French courses…)

• On-site welcome without appointment, at the Welcome Desk Paris : Would you like to meet the Welcome Desk Paris team for questions about all your administrative steps? You can visit us without any appointment at the Welcome Desk Paris/acc&ss Paris Centre premises, located in Paris at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris,  Maison Internationale, 17 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, RER B / T3 station Cité universitaire.
• Video-call welcome, with an appointment only (Please make an appointment : choose équipe acc&ss accueil à distance and service acc&ss – rendez-vous en visio using the appointment scheduling module below)

For a better welcome and follow-up, please register with us before your appointment or your visit by filling in our on line form

Do you have any doubt to validate your visa or apply for your student or Passeport Talent Chercheur residence permit on the ANEF website?

Come and meet with our team to make the process with being advised.

Please bring :

• your scanned documents
• and if possible your own laptop to facilitate the procedure.

During the Welcome Desk Paris event, you can check the list of documents to prepare here

If you live in Paris, our team can also help you with applying for your RECE card on demarches .simplifees web site.

To meet with a CAF of Paris agent at the Welcome Desk Paris and receive help with your online application for housing allowance : make an on-site appointment at the Paris Welcome Desk (please choose “CAF – Rendez-vous à la Cité internationale“).

Beware : if you are  coming to submit an application file for a housing aid on line, the CAF of Paris agent can help you with your application, regardless of your home address. However, if you wish to know the status of your application while you do not live in Paris (75) and are dependent on another CAF, then the agent of the CAF of Paris (75) will not be able to inform you.

Welcome, with an anppointment, from Tuesday to Friday, from 9 am to 1 pm and from 2 to 5 pm

For an assistance with the submitting of your online request for housing allowance (APL), don’t forget to bring the necessary information on the day of your appointment.

You will need to bring:

• a valid email address;
• a RIB (BIC/IBAN format);
• your rental agreement or lease;
• if possible, the CAF certificate duly completed and signed by your landlord (your House at the CiuP, your residence or your owner depending on the type of accommodation where you live);
• contact details of the landlord, the amount of the rent and the room surface ;
• whether you are tax-related to your parents;
• if your parents are receiving benefits, have their beneficiary number and their CIF of belonging (housing department).

Attention: please note that if you are a resident of the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, if you change your room, even within the same house, your rights may change : you must inform the CAF of any change.

If your request does not concern the accommodation assistance procedure, you can, like any Parisian, make an appointment with an expert of the Caf de Paris via the Caf.fr > Contact my Caf.

To meet with a health insurance agent at the Welcome Desk Paris and receive help for any question about the French health insurance (CPAM / Assurance Maladie) or your request for the Complémentaire santé solidaire, please make an appointment choosing  CPAM – rendez-vous à la Cité internationale.

On-site welcome, with an appointment, on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 9 am to 1 pm and from 2 to 5 pm.

To meet with a France Travail (ex-Pôle Emploi) advisor and be accompanied in your search for student jobs or internships, or about your CV, please make an appointment

Welcome, with an appointment, on Tuesdays from 9 am to 1 pm, and from 2 to 5 pm.

Since its founding in 1980, the Association Bernard Grégory (ABG) has worked to promote the career development of PhD-holders, the innovative capacities of businesses, and to capture the value of skills acquired through training in research. Are you a PhD candidate or a PhD holder? Are you wondering about a specific aspect of your career path or, more generally, about the next step in your career plan? The ABG, guest partner at the Welcome Desk Paris, will offer you a meeting (in the morning) and individual interviews (in the afternoon, with an appointment) at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris.

Conference

« Develop and refine your career plan through networking! », [in English] by Kristina BERKUT (International Cooperation Manager @ABG).

The conference will be held in English, but you can ask your questions in French.

Date : October the 24th, 2024, from 10 am to 11:30 am,

Place : Maison Ile-de-France – Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, 9 D boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris

Upon registration. Please use our registration form here

Flash interviews (by appointment)

These face-to-face interviews are intended to assist you in:

• Your job search and the development of your communication tools (CV, LinkedIn profile, etc.);
• The recruitment process;
• Developing your career plan;
• Marketing your skills, especially outside of academia;
• and many more topics

Our consultant will introduce to you and make available to you:

• Job offers specific to PhD holders, in a wide range of disciplines and sectors of activity.
• Our DocPro skills assessment tool.

Date : October 24th, 2024 (afternoon), with an appointment , to be made below on this page

Place :  Maison internationale (International House), Welcome Desk Paris (acc&ss Paris Centre servive) – Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, 17 bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris

In the meantime, please check the ABG web site and the ABG DocPro skills assessment tool : DocPro.