A foreign national who works as an employee under a permanent employment contract is issued with a temporary residence permit marked “employee” for a maximum period of one year. The issue of this residence permit is subject to prior possession of a work permit, under the conditions set out in articles L. 5221-2 et seq. of the Labour Code.
By way of derogation from article L. 433-6, a foreign national applying for the issue of a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording “employee” and who holds a residence permit issued for another reason will benefit from a one-year temporary residence permit bearing the wording requested when the conditions for the issue of this permit are met. At the end of the validity period of this card, if they continue…
A foreign national who works as an employee under a fixed-term employment contract or who is seconded in accordance with articles L. 1262-1, L. 1262-2 and L. 1262-2-1 of the Labour Code will be issued with a temporary residence permit marked “temporary worker” for a maximum period of one year. The issue of this residence permit is subject to the prior possession of a work permit, under the conditions set…
In accordance with article L. 414-13, when the foreign national’s application concerns a profession and a geographical area characterised by recruitment difficulties, the residence permits provided for in articles L. 421-1 and L. 421-3 are issued to him or her without reference to the employment situation.The same applies to foreign students who, having obtained a diploma at least equivalent to a master’s degree or appearing on a list set by…
A foreign national who engages in an economically viable self-employed activity from which he/she derives sufficient means of subsistence, in compliance with the legislation in force, will be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the words “entrepreneur/self-employed” for a maximum period of one year.
As an exception to article L. 433-6, a foreign national who applies for a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording “entrepreneur/self-employed” and who holds a residence permit issued for another reason is granted a one-year temporary residence permit bearing the wording requested when the conditions for issuing this permit are met. At the end of the validity period of this card, if they continue to meet the conditions for its…
Multi-annual residence permits bearing the words “talent passport”, “talent passport-European blue card”, “talent passport-researcher” and “talent passport-researcher-mobility programme” provided for in Articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11 and L. 421-13 to L. 421-21 may be issued as soon as the foreign national is first admitted to the country.
The conditions for application of articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11 and L. 421-13 to L. 421-21 are set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. This decree specifies in particular the conditions for issuing the card for the categories of foreign nationals mentioned in articles L. 421-16, L. 421-17, L. 421-18, L. 421-20 and L. 421-21.
A foreign national who is in paid employment and has obtained a diploma from a nationally accredited higher education establishment that is at least equivalent to a master’s degree or is on a list set by decree will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit marked “talent passport” for a maximum period of four years, provided that they can prove that they meet a salary threshold set by decree in…
A foreign national who is recruited by a young innovative company carrying out research and development projects, as defined in article 44 sexies-0 A of the General Tax Code, or by an innovative company recognised by a public body, to carry out duties related to the research and development project of this company or to its economic development, social, international and environmental development, will be issued with a multi-annual residence…
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