Non-residents France

Documents to attach for the basic grant

• a copy of your ID card or passport

• if you apply for the first time, a document stating your bank account details (RIB, “relevé d’identité bancaire”), which you may request from your bank

• a final enrolment certificate issued by the given institution

Documents to be attached for the other grant modules

Enrolment fees

• invoice that specifies the enrolment fees due for the current academic year/semester
• proof of payment of the enrolment fees

Social grant

For the application for social grant, the following documents are required:

1. The most recent available (latest received) French income tax notice of the parent(s) or the parent and spouse/partner living in the same household as the student.

   Attention:

   All pages of the tax notice must be attached!

2. A Luxembourg income certificate of the parent(s) or the parent and spouse/partner working in Luxembourg and living in the same household as the student.
   • The issue date of the certificate must be recent (no more than 3 months before your application).
   • The certificate must pertain to the most recent year for which an assessment took place (a certificate indicating that no assessment has been carried out will not be accepted).

   How to obtain an income certificate?

   You can apply for an income certificate from the territorially competent tax office.

   The application can be made

   • by telephone (+352) 247-52475, or
   • via the contact form

   The income certificate may either be collected directly from the competent tax office during opening hours (7.45 to 12.15) or sent by post to the applicant’s registered address.

    The application to the ACD must contain:

   1. the applicant’s surname and first name(s);
   2. the applicant’s file number/identification number (matricule);
   3. the applicant’s address;
   4. the name of the authority demanding the certificate and the reason for the request.
3. If the Luxembourg income certificate indicates: "not taxable by assessment", you must also attach all annual certificates of salary, pension, unemployment benefits (depending on the situation of the parent(s) or the parent and spouse/partner working in Luxembourg and living in the same household as the student).

   Note:

   • The salary certificate is issued by the employer
   • The pension or annuity certificate is issued by the pension fund
   • The certificate for unemployment benefits is issued by ADEM

   Depending on your situation, other documents may be requested.

Mobility grant

• a copy of the lease contract
• a proof of payment of the rent
• a copy of the mobility contract (only for the mobility semester or Erasmus+)

Documents to be attached for the other grant modules

Enrolment fees

• invoice that specifies the enrolment fees due for the current academic year/semester
• proof of payment of the enrolment fees

Social grant

Competent offices:
Tax Office Luxembourg Y, for non-residents taxpayers whose residence is in France;

• Recent household income certificate of parent(s) working in Luxembourg.
• The income certificate is issued by the tax office competent for your place of residence and can be requested by e-mail.
• If the income certificate indicates "not taxable by way of assessment", you must also provide:
  • Annual salary certificates, from Pension, Annuity, REVIS or Unemployment most recent.
  • For persons who are not taxable in the Grand Duchy (by virtue of domestic law or an international agreement), the annual income must be supported by documentary evidence duly established by the competent authorities.
  • Depending on your situation, other documents may be requested.

Mobility grant

• a copy of the lease contract
• a proof of payment of the rent
• a copy of the mobility contract (only for the mobility semester or Erasmus+)

Documents to attach for residents of France

Notification of financial aid from the country of residence (Crous/Regional Council)

Depending on the studies you are taking, you must attach the notification from the Regional Council or the Crous for the current academic year:

The notification from the Regional Council (Conseil régional)

If you are doing health and social studies, you must include the official response for the current academic year on whether or not you receive any grant from the Regional Council. If you do not receive any grant, you must provide a document from the council that states the specific reason for refusal (please send us both sides of the letter).

The notification from Crous

For all other study programmes in France or outside of France, you must include the official notification (whether positive or negative) from Crous for the current academic year. To obtain this notification, you need to create a student social file (dossier social étudiant - DSE) before December 31 of the relevant academic year: messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr. For more information regarding student support: etudiant.gouv.fr.

Please note that certificates from Crous are not accepted.

If you receive a grant from Crous, you must provide us with the final notification (notification définitive) (please send us both sides of the letter).

If you do not receive any grant from Crous, you must provide us with the final notification stating the specific reason for refusal (notification de refus).

Certificate of payment or non-payment of housing aid of the country of residence (APL)

To be able to benefit from financial assistance, you must provide one of the following supporting documents in relation to housing assistance from Caf in France:

If you are a beneficiary:

• A certificate issued in the student’s name from the “Caisse d'Allocations Familiales” (CAF) responsible for the region of your student address.

The certificate must be recent and show the amounts received as of 1 August of the current academic year.

If you are not a beneficiary:

• If you do not receive any housing aid, you must provide a document issued in the student’s name from the “Caisse d'Allocations Familiales” (CAF) of the region where your studies are taking place, which states that you do not receive any housing benefits. This certificate must be submitted together with the summer semester application.

Please note:

You are required to inform us of any change in relation to the housing assistance received during the academic year. We reserve the right to request a "statement of rights and payments" to determine the opening or modification of a right to a service.

Declaration of honour of household composition

A sworn statement issued by your town hall that specifies every person living in your household (at your legal home address, not your student address).

Other documents that may be requested

Attestation of partnership

• The partnership attestation provides information on the date of registration of the partnership in the civil register of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  Assignment of a partnership certificate

Certificate providing information on the results of previous academic years

• After obtaining AideFi for four semesters in a first cycle of higher education, you must attach the results of all previous semesters (or a certificate issued by the institution) indicating the total number of ECTS validated in the programme in which you are enrolled (or other credits applicable in the country of your studies).