Next Welcome Desk Paris from September 5 to October 28, 2022
Steps in My Process
Start your online process here! A number of tools are at your disposal: online guides to help with the steps in your process, an inbox where you can send all of your questions for acc&ss, a web TV, and the opportunity to be welcome with an appointment by one of our partners (CAF, CPAM, Pôle Emploi) or without appointment by the Welcome Desk Paris team.
The Welcome Desk Paris is closed?! Don’t worry, acc&ss Paris Centre is there for you all year round!
The Welcome Desk Paris Services
Contact or make an appointment with the partners of the Welcome Desk Paris
(only during the Welcome Desk Paris)
The Welcome Desk Paris is closed?! Don’t worry, acc&ss Paris Centre is there for you all year round!
Crous de Paris
Crous de Paris
The Crous of Paris has information for you regarding student housing, scholarships, the CVEC (contribution to student and campus life), social assistance, culture, …
The Residence Permit
Digital access point of the Préfecture de Police de Paris
“Point d’Accès Numérique” dedicated to students and researchers, with the presence of a préfecture officer at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris.
Most of the procedures for applying for student and researcher residence permits are now paperless, and other procedures are by appointment (requests for APS or RECE , retrieving of residence cards, etc.).
Housing Allowances
Caisse d'Allocations Familiales (CAF) de Paris
The team at the Caisse d’Allocations Familiales (CAF) of Paris can help you fill out your request for housing aid online.
In-person and call appointments, from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm.
Housing Regulations
Agence Départementale d’Information sur le logement (ADIL75)
Inform you of the rights and responsibilities linked to your rental contract throughout the entirety of your stay.
Health Insurance
Assurance Maladie de Paris (CPAM)
Advisors from the CPAM will inform and help you about your rights for universal health insurance (la Protection Universelle Maladie) including Assurance maladie membership, reimbursements, general practitioners, the Vitale card, the CMUC, preventative health measures…
In-person appointments, on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 9 am to 5 pm.
Employment - Pôle Emploi
Pôle Emploi
An advisor from the Pôle Emploi employment offices can offer you help and direction: preparing your CV and job interviews, establishing your skill set, and offering helpful hints for your student job and internship search.
In-person appointments with the Pôle Emploi advisor, on Tuesdays from 9 am to 5 pm.
PhD students and PhDs career - Association Bernard Grégory
Association Bernard Grégory
The ABG (Association Bernard Grégory), guest of the Welcome Desk Paris, offers 30-minute flash interviews to PhD students and researchers on October 13th, 2022, at the Cité internationale universitaire in Paris.
In-person appointments with the ABG advisor, on Thursday from 2 to 5 pm.
Ask acc&ss, the international mobility expert, all of your questions!
The Cité internationale universitaire de Paris’ acc&ss team and multilingual international students are there to provide information regarding various subjects linked with international mobility and to help you to complete your steps in the administrative process online.
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- On-site welcome at Cité internationale universitaire de Paris without rappointment at the Welcome Desk Paris, 17 bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris : Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Online welcome by acc&ss with video-appointments (available soon)
Welcome Desk TV 
Facebook Live
Our Factsheets
Our files are multilingual (French, English, Spanish, Mandarin).
They are updated and accessible online every year, in September and October.
VISA & RESIDENCE PERMIT
HOUSING
HEALTH
EMPLOYMENT
Do you have a question? Something you’re unsure about?
Welcome Desk Paris is here for you!
