But if we are living in France, sometimes the savings that we dispose of, the scholarship that we could have gained or the money that we are receiving from our country are not enough to pay the cost of that investment. Thus, we are going to detail in the next paragraphs the aspects to take into account at the moment of “working for study”.
“I’ll start right away”
Foreign students with a college inscription that lasts longer than six months and their “carte de séjour” are already negotiated, have the right to work.
The legal working regime in France is about 35 hours per week. This legislation does not allow the students to work more than 884 hours per year. This means that in average, for example, if a student works 19, 5 hours per week, during his scholar vacation period he is going to work in a full time modality. In that way the student is enrolled in the part-time modality of work.
Everything is written about salaries
About the rent, the French government demands the Inter-professional Minimum Salary of Growth (SMIC), whose amount is 8, 27 Euro per hour of effective work (gross salary); an amount to which must be rested the social obligatory retentions that are about 20%.
If any student wants to have a full time job, he must obtain a provisional working authorization (APT); this possibility is contemplated because even knowing that it’s practically impossible to conciliate a full time job with study, the part time modality does not aloud the student to pay the totality of his studies (it is only a back up salary).
What to do?
The most frequently found jobs when we are foreign students are:
- Giving language classes (private lessons or at Language institutes)
- Looking after children (baby sitting)
- Working at “hot lines” or as beta testers in video games
- Doing translations
- As tele-actors, tele- marketers o tele-searchers
- And mostly as bar tenders, dish washers or cookers at fast food chains.
When studies are concluded…
… One can be chosen by a company. At that point we must realize an administrative procedure that changes our migratory class (from student to employee) in the prefecture where we reside. When our application to some job is accepted (this is not automatic) a temporal residence permission will be granted to us and its title is going to be “employee”.
I appreciate your analysis but what is the possibility of securing the job as a foreign student?
hello sir / madam,
i m soni vijay from india.
i would like to take admission from your country.
i have deegree of bechelar in commerce as well as PGM in marketing management.
i have completed my b.com with FIRST class. and i m GOLD medalist in one subject of B.LAW.i have done my bechaler from GUJARAT UNIVERSITY.
AND
I have other deegree in POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MARKETING MANAGEMENT with second class , which is ADULT course.
and i hv given IELTS with 5 band.
i want to do MBA in MARKETING.
so,
i want to knw .i m your student will be able to get admission from your college .even i want to take admission after FEB.
so pls , sir inform to me for do my procedure with your college. i can join in your college with my dream in your college.
THNK U SIR
i will be wait for your answer as soon as.
your faithfully,
SONI VIJAY