Pursuant to article L. 5221-8, employers must check that the foreign national they intend to employ is legally resident. To this end, the employer shall refer the matter to the prefect of the département in which the employing establishment has its registered office or the individual employer resides.
The procedures for implementing this article, in particular the information that may be requested from the prefect and the procedures for referring matters to him, are set by order of the minister responsible for immigration.