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Permanent resident card of a foreigner in France
Verified 12 October 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Do you have a 10-year residency card at the end of validity? The map of permanent resident may be issued to you at the time of renewal. It allows you to stay in France and allows you to work.
If you have a long-term resident - EU, you can request the permanent resident on renewal. This card gives you the right to permanent residence in France (unless there is a threat to public order). It is issued under certain conditions.
What applies to you ?
Resident Card
You are covered by the permanent resident card if you have an expired resident card.
This card is always offered to you if you have already obtained 2 consecutive resident cards.
It is also offered to you if you are over 60 years old.
Warning
if you are algerian, you are not concerned by this permanent card, but by the residence certificate.
You must submit your application to the prefecture (or sub-prefecture) 2 months before the end date of your card.
Before submitting your application, consult the website of your prefecture to read the conditions of application for renewal: place of deposit, appointment booking, sending the file by post.
For organizational reasons, some prefectures offer to make an appointment on the Internet 4 to 5 months before the end of the title.
If you submit your application after the deadline, except in cases of force majeure or presentation of a valid visa, you will have to pay, in addition to the cost of the card, a visa fee for regularization of the €180.
Who shall I contact
Who shall I contact
Who shall I contact
Warning
it is not possible to carry out the procedures in some sub-prefectures. Find out more on your prefecture's website.
- Full copy of birth certificate (unless you already have a residence card) with the most recent entries
- Passport (pages concerning civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas). Otherwise, other supporting documents (e.g. consular certificate, identity card, consular card).
- Proof of domicile less than 6 months old
- 3 photos. If the request is made on the internet: enter the code of the e-photo (provided by the photographer or the approved cabin on the photo board).
- Declaration on the honor of no polygamy in France if you are married and are a national of a country that allows it
- If necessary: declaration on the honor of observance of the principles governing the French Republic (handed over to the prefecture) and diploma or certification attesting to the mastery of French at a level at least equal to level A2 of the CEFR (unless you are over 65 years of age)
- Proof of payment of stamp duty (to be submitted at the time of issue of the license)
The issuance of a permanent resident card is subject to a fee.
You need to pay €225 (tax of €200 + stamp duty €25) by tax stamps.
FYI
accident at work if you have a resident card because you hold (or are entitled to) an income from an occupational disease or occupational disease annuity, you must pay €75 (tax of €50 + stamp duty €25) by tax stamps.
The proof of payment is requested on the day the card is handed over.
Acceptance or refusal to issue a residence card
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Your request is accepted
If your application is accepted, you are summoned to the prefecture for the issue of the title.
Your request is denied
If the prefect has notified you of the refusal
The decision of the prefect is yours notified by reasoned letter (explicit decision). Except in exceptional circumstances, such refusal shall be accompanied by a obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) setting the country to which you will be returned.
You can form a litigation before the administrative court (within 48 hours, 15 days or 30 days depending on the type of OQTF).
No reply from the prefect on your request
If the prefecture has not responded after 4 months, this is an implicit refusal.
You can then train within 2 months of this refusal:
- One administrative appeal (ex gratia appeal before the prefect and/or hierarchical remedy to the Minister of the Interior),
- And/or a litigation before the administrative court
Warning
if your receipt expires and you don't have a response from the prefecture, the processing time may be longer. In this case, you can obtain the renewal of your receipt. Find out more on your prefecture's website.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your residence (depending on the place where your application is filed).
The validity of the permanent resident card is 10 years. It shall be renewed without conditions.
Please note
your right of residence is no longer limited in time.
Long-term resident card - EU
You are covered by the permanent resident card if you have a long-term resident - EU maturing.
This card is offered to you systematically if you have already obtained 2 consecutive resident cards.
It is also offered to you if you are over 60 years old.
Warning
if you are Algerian, you are not concerned by this permanent card, but by the residence certificate.
You must submit your application to the prefecture (or sub-prefecture) 2 months before the end of your card.
Before submitting your application, consult your prefecture's website to find out about the conditions of renewal application: place of deposit, appointment booking, sending the file by postal mail, etc.
For organizational reasons, some prefectures offer to make an appointment on the Internet 4 to 5 months before the end of the title.
Who shall I contact
Who shall I contact
Who shall I contact
Warning
it is not possible to carry out the procedures in some sub-prefectures. Find out more on your prefecture's website.
If you submit your application after the deadline, except in cases of force majeure or presentation of a valid visa, you will have to pay, in addition to the cost of the card, a visa fee for regularization of the €180.
- Full copy of birth certificate (unless you already have a residence card) with the most recent entries
- Passport (pages concerning civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas). Otherwise, other supporting documents (e.g. consular certificate, identity card, consular card).
- Proof of domicile less than 6 months old
- 3 photos. If the request is made on the internet: enter the code of the e-photo (provided by the photographer or the approved cabin on the photo board).
- Declaration on the honor of no polygamy in France if you are married and are a national of a country that allows it
- If necessary: declaration on the honor of observance of the principles governing the French Republic (handed over to the prefecture) and diploma or certification attesting to the mastery of French at a level at least equal to level A2 of the CEFR (unless you are over 65 years of age)
- Proof of payment of stamp duty (to be submitted at the time of issue of the license)
You need to pay €225 (tax of €200 + stamp duty €25) by tax stamps.
FYI
accident at work if you have a resident card because you hold (or are entitled to) an income from an occupational disease or occupational disease annuity, you must pay €75 (tax of €50 + stamp duty €25) by tax stamps.
The proof of payment is requested when the title is handed over.
Ask your local prefecture.
Acceptance or refusal to issue a residence card
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
Your request is accepted
If your application is accepted, you are summoned to the prefecture for the issue of the title.
Your request is denied
If the prefect has notified you of the refusal
The decision of the prefect is yours notified by reasoned letter (explicit decision). Except in exceptional circumstances, such refusal shall be accompanied by a obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) setting the country to which you will be returned.
You can form a litigation before the administrative court (within 48 hours, 15 days or 30 days depending on the type of OQTF).
No reply from the prefect on your request
If the prefecture has not responded after 4 months, this is an implicit refusal.
You can then train within 2 months of this refusal:
- One administrative appeal (ex gratia appeal before the prefect and/or hierarchical remedy to the Minister of the Interior),
- And/or a litigation before the administrative court
Warning
if your receipt expires and you don't have a response from the prefecture, the processing time may be longer. In this case, you can obtain the renewal of your receipt. Find out more on your prefecture's website.
The validity of the permanent resident card is 10 years. It shall be renewed without conditions.
Please note
your right of residence is no longer limited in time.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your residence (depending on the place where your application is filed).
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
- Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service
For more information on this topic, you can contact Allô Service Public.
Cost: free service
The informants who answer you belong to the Ministry of the Interior.
Attention: the service does not have access to users' personal files and cannot therefore provide information on their status.
The service is available at the following times:
- Monday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Tuesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Wednesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Thursday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Friday: 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m
- Code of entry and residence of foreigners and right of asylum: Articles L426-4Permanent resident card
- Code of entry and residence of foreigners and right of asylum: Articles R433-1 to 433-6Resident card renewal
- Code of entry and residence of foreigners and right of asylum: Articles L436-1 to L436-10Taxes
- Circular of 25 June 2013 on the conditions for renewal of residence permits (PDF - 175.8 KB)
- Code of entry and residence of foreigners and right of asylum: annex 10List of documents to be supplied: point 52