Article L433-6 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum
A foreign national applying for the issue of a temporary or multi-annual residence permit on a basis other than that for which he/she was issued with the residence permit or long-stay visa referred to in 2° of article L. 411-1, will be issued with the permit applied for when the conditions for issue, corresponding to the reason for residence invoked, are met, without the condition provided for in article L….