There are a few sorts of French student visa, and the one you require will contrast contingent upon to what extent you are wanting to think about in France for.
Schengen student visa (short-remain)
On the off chance that your studies will last for three months, and you are certain you won't spend any more extended in the France, then you ought to apply for the short-stay or Schengen student visa. The Schengen student visa is issued for nothing out of pocket and can't be renewed.
Visa to sit placement tests
In the event that you have to go to France with a specific end goal to sit at least one college entrance exam, you can apply for the visa for sitting entrance exams. On the off chance that you sit your exam and pass, you are then qualified to apply for a renewable, one-year residence permit. For more data, contact the admission branch of the French institutes you wish to learn at.
Long-stay visa
Known as the visa de long or the expanded stay VLT-TS, the long-stay visa is the thing that you require in the event that you wish to think about in France for longer than six months. This visa goes about as a residence permit and goes on for the term of your study period. Algerian nationals don't require the VLS-TS, however, are liable to various arrangements. Contact your institute or the French office/international embassy in your own nation for more data.
Nationals from various countries will apply for their French student visa through Campus France, the nation's legitimate national organization for higher education and global students. Those students would likewise have been required to utilize Campus France to apply to their picked French organization, through the CEF strategy.
Documents that need to submit
An official acknowledgment letter onto an authorize program at a French institute. This ought to be on authoritatively headed paper, highlighting your full points of interest, the subtle elements of your program of study and the begin and end dates of study.
Confirmation of adequate assets for living in the nation. The present sum required is 615 (US$820) every month, which can be appeared with a bank explanation, an underwriter's letter or a notice of subsidizing from a credit, grant or give.
Verification of return ticket home. Regularly this is as the genuine ticket or reservation demonstrating the date of flight, yet can be a written by hand articulation of expectation, including proposed takeoff dates.
Evidence of financial proof (least cover US$30,000, US$40,150)
Evidence of settlement. Can be appeared as student lodging application or an endorsement of board and cabin or 'authentication d'accueil' (in case you're living with companions or relatives).
Evidence of capability in French, in the event that you concentrate a French-language course.