Driving School
Questions | Answers | |
To get a driving licence | Schengen members | *Obtain French driving licence. Identity document required. *Transcription of the French driving licence in the country of origin. Necessary to pass road tests (black ice/snow). |
Non Schengen members | Obtain French driving licence. Necessary to have been living in France for 6 months. Valid residence permit and passport required. | |
To use your driving licence | Schengen members | No specific conditions required. |
Non Schengen members | *Student: can drive with no specific conditions during their stay. *Workers: need to transcript the driving licence into a French one. Conditions required. See directly with the “Préfecture”. | |
Supervised driving | Chaperones need to transcript their driving licence into a French one. See directly with the “Préfecture”. | |
A 1€/day loan to get the driving licence | No specific conditions. See directly with banks. | |
Questions | Answers | |
International driver licence | Town hall | *Double-sided (readable) copy of the driving licence. *Two original full-face ID photos (35mmX45mm). Name written on the backside. *If by mail, please add an envelope with the applicant’s name already written as the recipient, stamped at €0,56. |
Prefecture | *Double-sided (readable) copy of the driving licence. *Two original full-face ID photos (35mmX45mm). Name written on the backside. *Compulsory to join a €0,56 stamped envelope (20g max.) with your name and address written on it. | |
Banks
Questions | Answers | |
To open a bank account | Identity Document or passport + residence permit | |
Last 3 bank statements | ||
Proof of income | ||
If own accommodation | Electricity, gas, water or phone bill under your name, dated within the last 3 months. | |
If accommodated | Electricity, gas, water or phone bill under the host’s name, dated within the last 3 months. | |
Proof of accommodation signed by the host. | ||
Copy of the host’s ID | ||
If you are a student | Student card or proof of attendance | |
For insurances, same documents required. See Insurance chapter. | ||
Police force
Commissariat de Police Nationale (place de la Comédie)
Open from 10am to 5pm, from Tuesday to Friday
Open from 10am to 5pm, from Tuesday to Friday
Allée Jules Milhaud – 04 99 74 26 74
Insurance
Questions | Answers |
Personal liability | Compulsory to apply for it. Sometimes included in household insurance. €25/35. |
Household insurance | Compulsory to insure the accommodation. Possible to insure valuables. Lease only document required. ** |
Car insurance | Compulsory. Former certificates of insurance, car registration papers, driving licence. ** |
Health insurance | Not compulsory. *** |
** Price depends on the living space/car. *** See Health chapter. | |
Préfecture
Open from 8:30am to 4:30pm - Place des Martyrs de la Résistance, 34062 Montpellier Cedex 2
04 67 61 61 61
Road users | Car registration papers | Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri: 8:30am-3pm Wed: 8:30am-12:30am |
Driving licence | Monday to Friday: 8:30am-4:30pm | |
Foreigners | E.U. citizens | Mon/Tue/Wed: 9am to 11am |
Non E.U. citizens | *With notice: Monday to Friday: 2pm to 4pm *Without: Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri: 8.30am to 12am | |
National Identity Card: see with your local town hall. | ||
Students: see with the Pôle Universitaire Européen, 163 rue A. Broussonet. 34090 Montpellier. | ||
Mairie de Montpellier (Place de la Comédie)
Open from Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 5:30pm
Some departments close between 12pm and 2pm
Some departments close between 12pm and 2pm
1 place Francis-Ponge, 34064 Montpellier Cedex 2
04 67 34 70 00 - 04 67 34 59 80
Questions | Answers | |
To get married | Compulsory to withdraw a file at the town hall. Please note that it is compulsory for foreigners to join further documents translated by a certified translator (you have to pay €60 each). *Certificate of non-married status. *Birth certificate. *Certificate of custom dated within the last 6 months (French embassy in the country of origin). | |
Pacte Civil de Solidarité (PACS) | See directly with the courthouse. | |
Right to vote | E.U. citizens | Right to vote for European elections and elections for town council and mayor. |
Non E.U. citizens | No right to vote. | |
School registration Compulsory to register children from the age of 6 | Nursery and primary schools (école maternelle et primaire) | See with your local town hall |
Junior high school and high school (collège et lycée) | See with the local education authority (Académie de Montpellier). | |
English schools in Montpellier | ERIDAN http://www.ecole-eridan.com/ BSCHOOL http://ecolepriveebilingue.com/ | |
Grants | See with the CNOUS, Pôle des Relations Internationales, The Foreign Secretary (Ministère des Affaires Etrangères) and your university of origin. | |
Financial Assistance
Questions | Answers | |
Caisse Allocations Familiales (CAF) | Aide Personnalisée au Logement (APL) | Please note it is necessary to ask the CAF of Montpellier regarding your personal situation. |
Revenu Solidarité Active (RSA) | ||
Allocations familiales | ||
Taxes
Taxes to be paid to the Centre des Impôts de Montpellier or on the Internet: www.impots.gouv.fr
