Proof of funds for the student visa: €877.50 per month since 1 August 2026

The new amount is set by decree no. 2026-526 of 22 June 2026 and equals 47% of the gross monthly minimum wage (SMIC), according to GISTI; Service-Public.fr and Campus France India confirm €877.50 per month. The text of the decree could not be read on Légifrance to be confirmed.

Several Campus France pages still show €615 on 17 October 2026: Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Lebanon, and €7,380 a year in Vietnam. Morocco’s document gives €615 with a note for €877.50 from 1 August 2026. Prepare the new amount.

The most detailed list is the one from Campus France Morocco (July 2026). It accepts:

• a scholarship certificate;
• a sponsorship letter from your parents;
• the last 3 payslips and an employment certificate;
• bank statements;
• a permanent irrevocable transfer order, or a single transfer;
• a guarantor in France, who provides the guaranteed monthly amount, their latest tax notice, their last 3 payslips and their ID.

Elsewhere: Côte d’Ivoire cites a scholarship, a deposit in a French bank account or a guarantor with their ID; Cameroon asks for an irrevocable transfer certificate; Benin lists the AVI (attestation de virement irrévocable, irrevocable transfer certificate) among the visa documents. The exact list of your consulate is generated by France-Visas.

No official template is published on the pages we have read. A solid attestation de prise en charge (sponsorship letter), written by your parents or the person funding you, contains:

• the full identity of the person funding you and their relationship to you;
• your identity and the programme you are leaving for;
• the commitment to pay a monthly amount of at least €877.50, for the length of your studies, and how it will be paid (monthly transfer, permanent transfer);
• the date and the signature.

Attach their ID, proof of the relationship (family record book, birth certificate), their last 3 payslips or proof of income, and their recent bank statements. A letter without proof of income proves nothing.

Do not confuse it with the "attestation d’accueil" issued by a French town hall, which mainly concerns short-stay visas. For the student visa, Campus France pages talk about an accommodation certificate and a sponsorship letter (prise en charge).

• The relationship must be proven. An uncle "who watched me grow up" with no document establishing the relationship raises concern. No official list of accepted family relationships is published on the pages we read; the list going around in videos (parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, direct uncles and aunts) is not confirmed to be confirmed.
• Income must be regular and compatible with the amount promised. A guarantor on the minimum wage who promises to cover €877.50 per month on top of their own household is a frequent reason for refusal in the reports.
• The irrevocable transfer (AVI, permanent transfer order) locks the money and pays it month by month. It is cited by the pages of Morocco, Cameroon and Benin.
• The blocked account offered by private companies appears on no Campus France page we read, apart from the "deposit in a French bank account" cited in Côte d’Ivoire. This site does not recommend any provider.

The French Ministry of the Interior lists sufficient funds among the reasons for visa refusal, and students refused for "insufficient funds" or "unreliable information" often tell the same story: a sum paid in all at once just before filing, a loan granted with no statement showing the payment, payslips without bank statements.

No published rule sets how long the money must have been in the account to be confirmed. What reassures the consulate: regular monthly income visible over several months, and a document explaining where a large sum comes from (a sale, savings, a loan with its contract). Inflating an account for the time of the visa or producing a loan letter "just for show" is document fraud: it exposes you to a refusal for false documents and, in Morocco, to 5 years without a Schengen visa.

At the old rate, Campus France Morocco accepted €308 per month for a student housed for free, half of €615. The equivalent amount at the new rate is published on no page we read to be confirmed. If family in France houses you for free, provide the accommodation certificate and still prepare the full amount if you can.