Cayenne and Guyana - July 2021
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DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in Guyana and exploring Cayenne, your new home. WELCOME TO CAYENNE AND GUYANA - JULY 2021. - JULY Photos: DR - Cover photo: ©Matyas Rehak, AdobeStock photo: ©Matyas Photos: DR - Cover - Rubrik (91) C Production: YOUR ARRIVAL HOUSING IN CAYENNE / IN GUYANA / Student Welcome at the Université de Guyane There are solutions for housing in Cayenne and elsewhere in Guyana: Student-only At Université de Guyane, a small university, your accommodations managed by CROUS, student main point of contact is Service des Relations housing and private residences, and rooms in Internationales, within the Direction de la Scolarité, private homes. de la Recherche et de la Vie Étudiantes (DSRVE) What’s most important is to take care of this as (department of admissions, research and student early as possible, before your arrival. services). The Service de Scolarité oversees all the • Guyana’s Departmental Accommodation administrative aspects of your studies, from Information Agency (ADIL) - Agence enrollment through to graduation. Départementale d’Information Logement provides Address: Université de Guyane, Troubiran Campus, advice on accommodation for young people: Bureau des Relations Internationales, Building D, 1st https://www.adil973.org > Votre question > Mon floor, 2091, route Baduel, logement, profil Locataire > (colonne de droite): 97300 Cayenne. Jeunes - trouvez votre logement. Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m to 12 pm • The Centre Régional d’Information Jeunesse, the Tuesday and Thursday, 2 p.m to 4 pm regional youth information centre (CRIJ Guyana- Contact: +594 594 29 79 17 or Cayenne) can also help you find accommodation. [email protected] Contact: +33 (0)5 94 29 64 50. There is a University Institute of Technology (IUT) in Kourou, Guyana. A FEW TIPS Address and phone number: Campus de Bois Chaudat, 97310 Kourou, 05 94 32 80 00 Short-term housing To learn more, consult notably: • For all types of short-term accommodation, - pages covering enrollment (for different student please use the search engine on Guyana’s Tourist profiles) on the Université de Guyane website: Office website: https://www.univ-guyane.fr > Étudiant (upper left) > https://www.guyane-amazonie.fr > Votre séjour > Scolarités > Inscriptions. Se loger. - download the student guide, the Long-term housing “Guide Etudiant”: 2019 2020 https://www.univ-guyane.fr > • The Antilles et Guyana CROUS (Centre Régional Étudiants > Guides > Guide étudiant. des Œuvres Universitaires - Regional Center for - the University’s Facebook page: University Services) for student housing. Address: Cité universitaire de Baduel, GUIDEde https://www.facebook.com/ L’ETUDIANT DOSIP | Université de Guyane | 1 univguyane/ 97000 Cayenne. Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 12pm. Contact: 05 94 37 85 00. Welcome and orientation for researchers and Website: http://www.crous-antillesguyane.fr/ doctoral students The website Trouver un logement: At the Université de Guyane, researchers and https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ doctoral students should also contact the Bureau des Relations Internationales (see above). On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, National Services food-trucks, etc.). - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr - doctoral students, researchers: http://www.euraxess.fr/fr 2 • Private Housing Platforms Other offers for student lodging, managed by private GETTING AROUND organisms, are also available in Cayenne and in Guyana. GUYANA Try these sites: - https://www.cap-logement-etudiant.com When travelling to Guyana, depending on - https://www.immojeune.com where you are travelling from (Americas, Don’t forget to check websites that republish ads Europe), you are likely to fly in directly to from local real estate agents, for example: Cayenne-Félix-Éboué international airport, https://www.97immo.com around 10.5 miles outside Cayenne (there is • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, no shuttle service to the town center): Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student http://www.guyane.cci.fr > Aéroport accommodation in private homes: Félix-Eboué. https://www.lokaviz.fr/ For travelling in and around Cayenne, you • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a can use the Agglo’bus network which runs national site for shared leases that’s free and simple 7 bus routes to various neighborhoods and to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ 6 greater Cayenne bus lines: http://odm973. com/cacl4/ • Other solutions available on the Campus France The Carte Jeune enables you to travel at site: www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > reduced rates on urban lines. Accommodation. For longer journeys, you can use shared taxis If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging or even canoe-taxis on the Maroni River (on Visale is a new and free guarantor system: the border with Suriname) and the Oyapock www.visale.fr River (on the border with Brazil). Further information can be found on Guyana’s If you want to file an application for APL funds Tourist Office website: (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or persona- https://www.guyane-amazonie.fr > Votre lized housing aid), séjour > Transports. CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check For ride-sharing see the BLADA collaborative your eligibility: +33 (0)8 10 29 29 29 or www.caf.fr site: https://www.blada.com > Boîte-aux- If you need housing adapted to your special lettres > Covoiturage. needs For a bit more independence, you can rent a Contact the CROUS Service Social which will take bike via a community-based, association-led action with your institution. website La Kaz à Vélo: https://la-kaz-a-velo.fr/ Some establishments have specialized services for If you want to rent a car (often useful in students with disabilities (assistance for housing, Guyana), check out the offers on the Tourist and also transportation and tuition). Office website: The Relais Handicap at Université de Guyane, https://www.guyane-amazonie.fr welcomes and supports disabled students. Contact: 05 94 29 50 59 or [email protected] 3 FIRST THINGS Take note : To renew your student residency FIRST / permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request must be done during the 3rd month before the expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION (permit) on the website: https://administration- etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr CVEC This tutorial will help you: Before you can enroll in your institution, you must https://www.youtube.com/ download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 campus life contribution fee. - Log in at: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ - For additional information and special cases: The reception services of your establishment can https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized guide you in the event of difficulties. > CVEC. www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour et Confirm Registration document de circulatio (Foreigners > Resident Card Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, and Travel Document) you are not officially enrolled. You must confirm your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you arrive. PRACTICAL RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) INFORMATION / • To find out more about rights and obligations: OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT GOOD TO KNOW If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it will be much easier day-to-day if you open a bank • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS account, online or in one of the 10 bank agencies long-term student visa: you must validate located in Cayenne. it online upon your arrival and imperatively In France, opening a bank account is a right: within the first three months of your stay www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes bancaires (in France) on the ANEF (Administration > Droit au compte. numérique pour les étrangers en France) website: https://administration-etrangers-en- france.interieur.gouv.fr HEALTHCARE • If you are an Algerian national or a student Healthcare in mainland France and the overseas with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with territory of Guyana is practically free but you need the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux health insurance. Taking out health insurance is mois” (Residency permit is to be requested therefore compulsory. within 2 months of entry): your residency permit application has to be made at the Prefecture. Login to the site: • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr site to minor) visa and you attained the age of register, to understand your eligibility and majority, you have to request for a “Titre de benefits, and to take the necessary steps. séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the prefecture where you live within 2 months following your majority. Learn more: https://administration-etrangers-en-france. https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized interieur.gouv.fr > Health. 4 As a student, you can also take advantage of the FINDING A JOB OR AN INTERNSHIP university medical services.In these health centers where consultations are free, you’ll be greeted by Useful websites: a team of doctors, nurses, and social workers who • The Direction de l’Orientation, des Stages et de can give personalized advice in terms of health and l’Insertion professionnelle (DOSIP) at Université de prevention. Guyane offers: This is case at the Université de Guyane which has - help finding internships via theBureau d’Aide a Service de médecine préventive (SUMPPS) at the à l’Insertion Professionnelle (BAIP) which also Troubiran campus: publishes classified ads. https://www.univ-guyane.fr > Campus > Santé. Address and phone number: BAIP, Building G Contact: 05 94 29 50 75. (Service de la vie étudiante), Troubiran Campus, 05 94 29 50 57 or [email protected] ADDITIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE - job offers within university services and departments (student welcome services, promoting You can also sign up for Additional Health study program, assistance and support for disabled Insurance which will cover all health expenses students, careers assistance).