Administrative support: where to go, where to get help?
Youth Info makes computers available to young people to help them with administrative formalities.
An informant can accompany them if necessary.
Contact Info Jeunes, 27 rue de la République, tel 03 81 21 16 16, contact@jeunes-bfc.fr
L'Espace France service is for everyone. It allows you to do your paperwork online, without needing to make an appointment. You can also be accompanied. In this case, please call 03 81 42 22 21 to make an appointment.
Contact Espace France service, 7-9 rue Picasso, 25000 Besançon, tel. 03 81 41 22 21, franceservices@besancon.fr
We can open an account from age 16but before the age of 18, parental authorization is required.
You must present a identificationa proof of address and deposit a minimum amount varies from bank to bank.
If the bank refuses, which is rare, contact the Banque de France which will designate a bank where you can open an account.
From age 18you have 2 possibilities :
- or you remain attached to your parents' tax household (as a student, you can stay until you're 25, otherwise until you're 21),
- or you file your own tax return.
The choice you make will have consequences on your parents' taxes, on the family benefits they receive, on the assistance (housing benefit, etc.) you may or may not apply for (as their income will be taken into account in the calculation)... Talk it over with them!
You must make it online at www.economie.gouv.fr.
If you do not have your login details, please contact public finance center 5 bd Charles de Gaulle (open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8am-12pm and Wednesday 9am-1pm; appointments are recommended).
Use the tutorials to create your space or declare your income.
More tutorials here.
You must declare your salaries if you've touched them.
- If you have astudent job"You only have to declare what exceeds the equivalent of 3 SMIC (€5,318 for 2024 income),
- If you have received training compensation, you only need to declare what exceeds the annual amount of the SMIC (€21,273 for 2024 income).
- If your parents pay you a alimonyyou must declare it. The maximum amount to declare is €6,794. Do not declare anything in excess of this amount if your alimony exceeds €6,794.
You do not have to declare scholarships on social criteria and housing subsidies.
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Disabled people can remain attached to their parents' tax household for the rest of their lives.
You obtained your license in aEuropean UniontheEuropean Economic Area (and in the UK before 2021): you can drive in France with your permit.
Your licence was obtained in a other country : you can drive in France with your licence, provided youhave a student residence permit.
It must be accompanied by an official translation if it is not written in French.
- You can ask for help from your school's international relations contact. For universities, the list is here : www.umlp.fr.
- The association ESN Besançon offers a sponsorship system: the buddysystem. Each international student is put in touch with a Bisontinental student who can help them with their studies and integration into local life. Further information : besancon.esnfrance.org
At the University Press (16 route de Gray), you can print out your dissertations and theses, and make self-service photocopies, with a card system, at very attractive rates.
With the BU printing departmentWith Izly, you can print, scan or photocopy your documents at low cost in university libraries by paying with your Izly card.
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