You must create an account on the following site: www.messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr/politique/registration

3 parts will need to be completed:

• Identity
• Email address
• National Student Identification (INE)

Foreign students must answer additional questions about their nationality in order to be granted or refused access to the DSE (Dossier social étudiant).

→ The status of refugee, beneficiary of subsidiary or temporary protection, or of child welfare (ASE) allows access to the DSE.

→ Foreign students who are not in these situations must have been in France for at least 2 years as of September 1st of the academic year concerned by the request, demonstrate affiliation to a tax home of attachment to their parents or guardians in France for at least 2 years and have a valid residence permit to be eligible for the DSE request.

To access the DSE request, you must log in to your account:

• Go to the website www.messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr
• Click on the “connect” button located at the top right of the site page. Then enter your email and password.
• Finally click on the Student Social File (DSE) request.

Fill in the information requested during the procedure. The form is adapted to your student and family situation.

→ Step “Parents’ N-2 place of work”: Be sure to indicate whether your parents worked abroad.

→ “Income received in N-2” step: indicate your parents’ tax ID to proceed with automatic data recovery. If automatic recovery does not work, you must manually indicate the N-2 income.

→ “My bank details” step: the IBAN to indicate must be in your first and last name.

Submit the requested supporting documents at the end of the process (possibility of submitting them afterwards, by clicking on “submit later”).

Then proceed to sign your file and pay the application fee (less than 10 euros).

Finally, validate your request and save your file.

If your file is complete, you will receive a conditional scholarship notification by email . You must send it to your educational institution.

As soon as your registration is confirmed by your educational institution, you will receive your final notification and will be able to receive your scholarship.

To follow up on your request:

• log in to your account on messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr
• click on “Student social file monitoring” (in blue)

Tracking allows you to:

• Check the status of your file (e.g.: currently being processed, validated, etc.)
• Complete your file (online submission of supporting documents)
• Change your IBAN
• Download your documents if you are a scholarship holder (documents also sent by email):
  - Conditional notification upon finalization of the examination of the file (complete file)
  - The final notification is sent upon confirmation of your registration in your establishment

• Monitor the payment of your monthly scholarship payments

To access the submission of accomodation wishes, you must then:

• Go to the website www.messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr
• Log in to your personal space,
• Then click in the Accommodation section, “in Crous residence”.