Those new students who came to study in France this year have been in France for almost two months. While they are making efforts to get accustomed to the new life and study, they are also facing the application for OFII and a lot of internship-related information. And for those senior students who will graduate soon, they are also faced with a lot of problems concerning finding a job and staying in France.
To help those Chinese students to solve the problems about long-term residence, work permit, APS visa etc., Union des Chercheurs et des Étudiants Chinois en France(UCECF) and ESSEC CHINE prepared a lecture at ESSEC’s La Défense campus on October 16, of which the speaker is Ms. Fiona MOUGENOT, the founder of Expat Partners.
Before the lecture, Mr. jingshun YAO, the vice-president of UCECF, Ms. Zhengning WANG, the president of ESSEC CHINE and Mr. Lei FU, who works at Expat Partners each made a brief introduction about their organization or company. Mr. YAO and Ms. WANG also presented their expectation for UCECF and ESSEC CHINE this year. For example, UCECF will increase the connection between each school, helping them to build their own student unions and also increase the connection with alumni in China, providing them with recruitment advertising via online information platform. For ESSEC CHINE, it’s going through the process of transferring from a simple association to an organized student union. In November and December, ESSEC CHINE will hold several large events, such as Afterwork in Paris and International Chinese Day in ESSEC.
The “Working in France” lecture is offered by Expat Partners, a professional consultancy focused on work visa, residence permit and other issues about working abroad. During the lecture, Ms. MOUGENOT introduced in detail the work permit as a foreign student while studying, the application and renewal of long-term residence, the application of APS visa and the process during change of status. During the Q&A part, Ms. MOUGENOT also responded to students’ various questions about Skills and Talents Permit, Profession Libérale, Carte Bleue européenne and other visa types. This practical lecture allowed students to know clearly about the possibility of working in France and the related visa regulations.
After the lecture, UCECF and ESSEC CHINE prepared a buffet, allowing those students from different schools and different grades to have a deeper communication and to learn more experience about study, internship and work in France.
Through this cooperative experience, UCECF and ESSEC CHINE learned a lot. In the future, UCECF and ESSEC CHINE will provide more practical and interesting events to Chinese students in France. Stay tuned with us!
《在法留学生长居、就业手续办理指导》讲座顺利举行
不知不觉，2015级的留法新生们已来到法国将近两个月，在逐步适应生活和学习的同时，他们正面临着OFII手续的办理以及各类实习招聘信息的袭来。而对于即将结束留法学习生活的老生们来说，他们也面临着准备留法工作的种种问题。
为了帮助在法中国留学生顺利解决在居留手续办理、学生身份转换和APS签证申请中遇到的问题，10月16日晚，全法中国学者学生联合会（全法学联）与ESSEC CHINE在ESSEC的La Défense校区联合举办了《在法留学生长居、就业手续办理指导》讲座，主讲人为Expat Partners咨询公司的创始人Fiona MOUGENOT女士。
在讲座正式开始前，全法学联副主席姚敬舜、ESSEC CHINE主席王鉦凝以及在Expat Partners工作的付雷学长首先对其组织或公司进行了简短的介绍。在介绍中，全法学联副主席以及ESSEC CHINE主席均表示出对组织这一年发展的展望，例如全法学联将组建各校校级学联，实现互联互通；增强与国内校友的联系，通过信息平台为已学成归国的校友们提供就业资讯。而ESSEC CHINE也正在经历从学校社团走向组织化的过程，在即将的到来的11、12月，ESSEC CHINE将联合校友力量，举办巴黎多校联合Afterwork、中国日等大型活动。
本次讲座的主讲人来自Expat Partners，该公司是一家专业的咨询机构，为众多跨国公司和跨国工作者提供专业的员工外派、工作签证申请、居留许可等咨询服务。在讲座过程中，Fiona MOUGENOT女士详细介绍了国际留学生的工作许可时长、长期居留的申请及更新、毕业后APS签证的获取、学生身份向雇员身份转换等流程。在讲座结束后，Fiona女士也耐心回答了同学们对于更多签证类型的疑问，例如Skills and Talents Permit、Profession Libérale、欧盟蓝卡等，让同学们充分了解了留法工作的可能性以及签证政策。
在精彩实用的讲座后，全法学联和ESSEC CHINE也为同学们准备了冷餐会，使来自不同学校不同年级的学生们可以进行进一步交流，了解更多关于学习、实习、工作的经验。
本次讲座的成功举办让全法学联和ESSEC CHINE汲取了许多合作经验，在不久的将来，全法学联和ESSEC CHINE还会为在法中国留学生举办更多有趣、有用的活动，欢迎持续关注！
