I.-A foreign national who has been granted a work permit as provided for in article R. 5221-1 may, in accordance with the terms of the permit, carry out paid employment in France if he/she holds one of the following documents and residence permits: 1° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording “temporary worker”, issued in application of the article L. 421-3 du code de l’entrée et du séjour des étrangers…
Subject to the provisions of article R. 5221-22, employment contracts concluded as part of schemes to promote employment provided for in Book I of Part Five or as part of lifelong vocational training provided for in Part Six of this Code do not allow the issue of the residence permits mentioned in 6°, 8°, 17° and 20° of article R. 5221-2, 1°, 2°, 3° and 5° of I and II…
By way of derogation from article R. 5221-6, foreign students holding the residence permit referred to in 11° of article R. 5221-2 may enter into : 1° A professionalisation contract as referred to in article L. 6325-1, at the end of the first year of residence ; 2° An apprenticeship contract as referred to in Article L. 6221-1, at the end of the first year of residence, or from the…
The list of documents to be submitted in support of an application for a work permit is set by a joint order of the ministers responsible for immigration and labour.
The application provided for in I of article R. 5221-1 may be made by a foreign national residing outside national territory or a foreign national residing in France and holding a residence permit as provided for in article R. 5221-3.
The application for a work permit referred to in I of article R. 5221-1 is sent by teleservice to the prefect of the département in which the employing establishment has its registered office or the individual employer is resident.
By way of derogation from article R. 5221-15, the Prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhône département is competent to take decisions relating to applications for work permits under article R. 5221-3 which are sent to him by one of the employers mentioned in paragraphs 2 to 4 of article R. 431-22 of the Code de l’entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d’asile.
If the foreign national does not reside in France, the application must be sent to: 1° If the employer is established in France, to the prefect of the département in which the establishment to which the foreign national will be attached is located or in which the home of the private individual proposing to employ the foreign national is located; 2° If the employer is established outside France, either to…
The decision on the application for a work permit referred to in I of article R. 5221-1 is taken by the Prefect. It is notified to the employer or agent who submitted the application, as well as to the foreign national.
If agreed, the Prefect will send work permits for contracts of more than three months or seasonal work contracts to the French Office for Immigration and Integration.
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