Foreign student visa: minimum monthly means
877.50 EUR per month
- In force or effective
- 1 August 2026
- Official sources
-
- Service-Public: étudiant étranger, VLS-TS et titre de séjour We read this page on .
- Légifrance: décret 2026-526 (ressources de l'étudiant étranger) We read this page on .
- Derived from
- French gross monthly minimum wage for full time (1,867.02 EUR per month)
France Navigator, by EasyFranceNow, applies this figure to your own situation in its Document Builder, Proof-of-Funds Checker, Visa Dossier Builder, Visa Matcher and VLS-TS Validation Tracker.
How to cite
EasyFranceNow, "Foreign student visa: minimum monthly means", https://easyfrancenow.com/facts/visa-student-means. Official source: Service-Public: étudiant étranger, VLS-TS et titre de séjour, read on 29 October 2026.
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Credit EasyFranceNow and link to this page. The quoted official wording and the official pages stay under their publishers' own terms. Information, not legal advice. Check the official source before you act.
More in Visa and residence fees
- Student long-stay visa (VLS-TS) validation charge100 EUR
- VLS-TS validation tax at the standard rate300 EUR
- VLS-TS validation tax at the reduced rate100 EUR
- Visitor residence card (carte de séjour visiteur) tax on a first issue350 EUR
- Visitor residence card (carte de séjour visiteur) tax on a renewal250 EUR
- Residence permit regularisation fee on a first title (droit de visa de régularisation under CESEDA L436-4)300 EUR
- Residence card (any carte de séjour) tax stamps on a first issue at the standard rate350 EUR
- Residence card (any carte de séjour) tax stamps on a first issue at the reduced rate150 EUR
- Residence card (any carte de séjour) tax stamps on a renewal at the standard rate250 EUR
- Residence card (any carte de séjour) tax stamps on a renewal at the reduced rate100 EUR
- Residence permit renewal filed late: droit de visa de régularisation (CESEDA L436-5)180 EUR
- Foreign student visa: minimum means over twelve months10,529.993 EUR per year
All official figures, by topic.