{"id":173,"date":"2016-04-04T14:54:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.u-bourgogne.fr\/ica\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2020-05-08T14:56:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T13:56:48","slug":"bankaccount","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.ube.fr\/ica\/french-necessities\/bankaccount\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">As an international student in France you might choose to open a French bank account. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">This can depend on the international conditions your bank offers back home and also on the issue that paying might not always be possible with a foreign credit card in France. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">In addition this would give you the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">French \u201cRIB\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">, a document resuming your account details needed for many bureaucratic procedures in France.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Before opening and closing an account you will <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">always<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"> need to make an appointment with the bank of your choice. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">There are several around the campus (Societe Generale, LCL, Banque Populaire, Caisse d&#8217;Epargne, Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole). <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Before choosing, It is useful to compare their offers concerning housing insurances, since you will need to subscribe to one for the year (see <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.ube.fr\/ica\/housing-insurance-for-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Housing Insurance <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">on the blog).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">If you join the ESN association in Dijon they may have an offer which includes a bank account with Societ\u00e9 Generale. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">They have discounts but be sure to understand everything you are charged so that you have money in your account all the time. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">They are a little bit disorganized but openning the account with Societ\u00e9 Generale through ESN is very easy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">You will need to provide documentation for the paperwork for all banks:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">If you live in a CROUS accommodation:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Photocopy of your passport or ID card (for EU)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">CROUS document stating you are staying there (can be obtained at the main office of your residence)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Birth certificate for non-French nationals<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Student certificate (see page\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.ube.fr\/ica\/enroll-at-ub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Student Registration at uB <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">, Online section)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">If you live in a private residence \/ shared apartment:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Photocopy of your passport or ID card (for EU)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Housing certificate less than 3 months old (lease, house bill such as electricity, internet, landline phone bill)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">If <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b> <b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">you are not the owner: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">The owner of the place (whose name appears on the bill) needs to write a letter stating that you live at their place.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">In which case <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">you will also need a photocopy of their ID.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Student certificate (see page\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.ube.fr\/ica\/enroll-at-ub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Student Registration at uB <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">, Online section)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an international student in France you might choose to open a French bank account. 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