Subsection 4: Business start-ups and investment

A foreign national who has obtained a diploma equivalent to a master’s degree or who can provide evidence of at least five years’ professional experience at a comparable level and who, providing evidence of a real and serious economic project, sets up a business in France, will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording “talent passport” for a maximum period of four years.

A foreign national who provides evidence of an innovative economic project, recognised by a public body, will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording “talent passport” for a maximum period of four years. This card allows the holder to carry out a commercial activity related to the innovative economic project that justified its issue.

A foreign national who makes a direct economic investment in France will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording “talent passport” for a maximum period of four years. This permit allows the holder to carry out a commercial activity related to the investment project that justified its issue.