The first step is to prepare and scan:

• your identity documents

- Certificate of asylum application or letter with the positive decision from OFPRA granting refugee status or official document granting temporary protection

- Residence card or receipt or certificate of residence card application (API)

- Passport size photo

> Read: the Réfugiés.info sheet “ Making and using an e-photo ”

• all the documents that you managed to keep about your school, university and professional life in your country before arriving in France

- Study, professional, language certificates, etc.

- School reports

- Diplomas

- Student card

- Thesis / research work

- Resume…

> Read: the Réfugiés.info sheet “ Scan a document ”

• Go to the Council of Europe website: https://coe.diplo-me.eu
• Click on “Create a new account”
• Write your first name, last name and email, and click “Register”.

You will receive an email with an activation link and a password (in the inbox or sometimes in spam).

In this email, click on “Activate Account” to arrive on the login page. Your email address is your username and your password is in the email received.

• Click “Enter” to log in to your EQPR account.

• In the "Profile – Account" section, complete the requested information.
• Complete the questionnaire directly or download it to complete it on paper and then scan it.

• Click on "My application - EQPR"
• You must first download the questionnaire you completed (step 3).
• Then upload your identity documents (first part of step 1)
• Download the documents about your school, university and professional life in the “Optional documents” section (second part of step 1)
• Final step: download a completed and signed copy of the consent form. You can find a template in the “Info – Consent form” section.
• Then, click “Confirm”
• Finally, when all the documents are uploaded, click “Send request”.

Your request is sent.

If your application is accepted, you will participate in an interview with a team of evaluators.

These evaluators are specialists in qualifications (academic skills, professional know-how). They have extensive knowledge of foreign qualifications, school systems and professional sectors in their countries of origin.

You can follow the progress of your request in the "My procedure" section of the home page.

You will receive an email to tell you whether your application is accepted or not.

If the decision is positive, you will receive the European Refugee Qualifications Passport.

If the decision is negative, you will receive an email with the explanations of the refusal.