Useful information for IPhT postdocs

This page is work in progress.

This page collects useful information for postdocs arriving and living in France.

Settling in France

Before you arrive

Visas

When you arrive

Checklist

Helpful organisations

Accommodation: VISALE

Insurance

Banks

Health insurance: reimbursements, list of English speaking doctors

Mobile phones and internet

During your stay

Taxes

Retirement schemes

State benefits

The lab

General Information

Laboratory council

Benefits

Daily life

Public transportation: Navigo Pass

Driving

French classes

Safety

Recreational activities

Valentina: maybe I would add a section of announcements for flats -if anybody is leaving- and maybe English-speaking doctors Ruben: Added these suggestions into their relevant categories. (To be taken into account when we write those pages.) Also took the liberty to restructure a bit, changed the layout and added links so we won't have a single monolithic document. Corentin: I removed some sections already covered by the welcome pack of the IPhT, and added a link to it.