URGENT QUESTION: For people with French degrees, did ECCTIS request the actual paper certificate?
ECCTIS is currently requesting that I send them my diploma. I graduated from a French university and they take several months to a year to send the actual paper certificate after you've graduated. In France they use another document to verify that you've passed the degree program, for purposes such as applying to masters programs, and the actual diploma is rarely used.
I started the procedure with ECCTIS and they've since requested the diploma, which is on course to be sent to me at some point though I don't know when I'll actually have it (particularly since I don't live in France anymore). It could theoretically take several months.
I would like to ask for those that applied to an HPI visa with a French degree, did you have to send your diploma or did they accept another document? Do you know if there's any flexibility on this? I'm planning on maybe explaining that diplomas themselves are almost mever used for paperwork in France but idk how I could justify it to them in a way they'd get. I don't think there's any French government page talking about it or anything.
Thanks a lot in advance for the help.