Talented passport: multi-year residence card of a foreigner in France
Verified 01 May 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
Are you a non-European foreigner and would like to work in France for more than 3 months? You can benefit from a residence card multi-annual passport talent subject to conditions. How to apply for the card? What documents should be provided? How much does the residence card cost? We present you the necessary information according to your situation.
You must apply for a card if the intended stay is at least 1 year. If the period of stay is less than 1 year, a long-stay visa as residence permit (VL-TS) mention talent passport enough.
1st application
The residence card talent passport - qualified employee - employment allows you to stay in France. It allows you to work. Your employer doesn't have to ask work authorization.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can get a card talent passport - qualified employee - employment if you meet the following 2 conditions:
- You have obtained in France a diploma of professional license or Specialized Master'S Degree / Master of Science (labeled by the conference of the colleges) or at least equivalent to the master's
- You have an employment contract of more than 3 months that provides for annual gross earnings equal to or greater than €41,933
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
Abroad
You must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
In France
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
Step 3: Prepare documents to be provided
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Employer Attestation
- Employment contract
- Diploma
- Documents submitted by your employer
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
The talent passport - innovative company - working as an employed person residence card allows you to stay in France.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can get a card talent passport - innovative company - working as an employed person if you meet all of the following conditions:
- You are recruited from an innovative young company or a company recognized as innovative by the Ministry of Economy
- Your duties are directly related to the research and development project of this company
- You have an employment contract that provides for gross annual earnings equal to or greater than €41,933
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
Abroad
You must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
In France
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
Step 3: Prepare documents to be provided
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Employer Attestation
- Employment contract
- Documents concerning the company: certificate from the Ministry of Economy recognizing the innovative character of the company or tax document establishing the status of young innovative company
- Documents submitted by your employer
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
The talent passport - EU Blue Card - employed activity residence card allows you to stay in France. It allows you to work. Your employer doesn't have to ask work authorization.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can obtain a residence card talent passport - eu blue card - working as an employed person if you are a highly skilled worker.
You must meet the following 3 conditions:
- Have a diploma of at least 3 years of higher education or 5 years of professional experience of comparable level
- Have an employment contract of at least 1 year
- Have a gross annual remuneration of at least €53,836.50
Please note
this card is also granted if you have stayed at least 18 months in another EU countries with a European Blue Card. You must apply within the month of entering France.
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
You live abroad
You must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
You live in France
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
Step 3: Prepare documents to be provided
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- If you have been in another EU Member State for 18 months:
- European Blue Card issued by that State (or certified copy)
- Valid passport (or certified copy)
- Entry visa to France if you entered with a visa
- Employer Attestation
- Bachelor's degree +3 or any document proving at least 5 years of professional experience of comparable level
- Up-to-date extract K bis, or up-to-date extract K or craftsman's card
- Certificate of payment of social contributions to the body responsible for their collection (and to the paid leave fund if necessary) submitted by your employer
- Proof of your qualifications and experience for the position (copy of diplomas and qualifications obtained, CVs, work certificates proving professional experience)
- If the activity is regulated : proof that the employer fulfills the conditions for exercising it (license, prior declaration of intervention to the regional directorate for cultural affairs, etc.)
- If the employment concerns a minor aged 16: copy of the employer's application for employment authorization
- Mandate authorizing the person established in France to carry out the administrative formalities for the employer (if necessary)
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
The residence card talent passport - employee on assignment - carrying out an activity as an employee allows you to stay in France. It allows you to work. Your employer doesn't have to ask work authorization.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can obtain a residence card talent passport - employee on assignment - carrying out an activity as an employee if you meet all of the following conditions:
- You are an employee of a company established abroad and come to France to work as an employed person in the context of mobility between establishments of the same company or between companies of the same group (intra-group mobility)
- You have a seniority of at least 3 months in the group that you are using
- You have a employment contract with the company that employs you in France
- You receive a gross annual remuneration of at least €37,739.52
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
Abroad
You must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
In France
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
Step 3: Prepare documents to be provided
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Employer Attestation
- Letter detailing the functions performed and the purpose of the assignment to be performed
- Certificate of posting social security (or attestation on the honor of application for registration with the French social security)
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
The talent researcher passport residence card allows you to stay in France. It allows you to work. Your employer doesn't have to ask work authorization.
Please note
this card is also granted if you are a researcher in another country EU countries and that you come to carry out part of your work for more than 3 months in France. In this case, you do not need a long-stay visa.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can obtain a residence card talent passport - researcher - working as an employed person if you meet all of the following conditions:
- You have a degree at least equivalent to the master's
- You come to France to conduct research or provide university-level education
- You have a hosting agreement signed with an approved public or private organization with a research or higher education mission. The agreement must indicate that you are a researcher and the purpose and duration of your stay in France. If you plan to travel to another EU country for your research, the agreement must specify your membership of a mobility program. In this case, you can ask for a residence card "talent passport - researcher - mobility programme".
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
You live abroad
You must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
You live in France
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 3: Prepare documents to be provided
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Diploma at least equivalent to the master's
- Host agreement certifying that you are a researcher, the purpose and duration of your stay in France. If you plan to travel to another EU country for your research, you will need to indicate your membership of a mobility program.
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
The residence card talent passport - company creation - allows to carry out a commercial activity allows you to stay in France.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can obtain a residence card talent passport - company creation - allows to carry out a commercial activity if you meet the following 2 conditions:
- You have a degree at least equivalent to the master's or 5 years of professional experience of comparable level
- You justify a real and serious company creation project (commercial, artisanal or industrial) in France
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
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You live abroad
You must first seek an opinion from the Ministry responsible for the economy on the real and serious nature of your company creation project.
Once you have obtained this opinion, you must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
You live in France
You must first seek an opinion from the Ministry responsible for the economy on the real and serious nature of your company creation project.
Once this opinion has been obtained, you must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
Step 3: Prepare documents to be provided
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Diploma at least equivalent to the master's, or any document proving at least five years' professional experience of a comparable standard
- Cerfa Form "merchant, craftsman, industrialist" completed
- If you live outside France: extract of criminal record (or equivalent document of the country of which you are a national)
- If you live in France: tax status slip (P237) on the payment of income tax in France
- If you live in France: tax status slip (P237) on the payment of income tax in France
- Presentation on free paper of the creation project, the business plan and a multi-year provisional budget
- If necessary: supporting documents concerning your ability to carry out the commercial, industrial or craft activity envisaged
- If necessary: supporting documents concerning your ability to carry out the commercial, industrial or craft activity envisaged
- Justification for an investment of at least €30,000 in the draft company (own or borrowed)
- Proof of the undertaking given by a credit institution or an insurance company authorized to act as guarantor and headquartered in France. Alternatively, you can provide a statement of the credit balance of an account in your name with a credit institution with its head office in France.
- In the case of company creation in own name: copy of the promise of commercial lease or sublease indicating the activity. Optionally, you can provide permission from the premises owner or a copy of the domiciliation contract.
- In the case of management leases:
- Copy of the promise or management lease
- Extract from the entry in the trade and business register or trade register of the previous operator (less than 3 months old)
- Copy of the lease in the name of the owner of the land
- In the event of the creation of a business of French law:
- Copy of the commercial lease or sublease undertaking indicating the activity and, if necessary, authorization of the owner of the premises
- Copy of the draft articles of association of the business showing the draft terms of allocation of share capital
- In the case of the creation of a business governed by French law, a subsidiary of a foreign business:
- Justification for the appointment (or letter of intent from the body responsible for the appointment)
- Copy of the statutes of the legal person governed by foreigners law
- Copy of the commercial lease or sublease undertaking indicating the activity and, if necessary, authorization of the owner of the premises
- Copy of the draft articles of association of the business showing the draft terms of allocation of share capital
- In the case of the establishment of a foreign legal person:
- Justification for appointment (or letter of intent from the body responsible for the appointment)
- Copy of the statutes of the legal person governed by foreigners law
- Resource justification greater than or equal to Smic: titleContent for a full time
- Proof of registration of the company (statutes, K-extract or SIREN number), or membership of the social security scheme of self-employed persons
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
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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
The talent passport - innovative economic project residence card allows you to stay in France.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can obtain a residence card talent passport - innovative economic project if you justify an innovative economic project recognized by a public body.
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
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You live abroad
You must first ask the Ministry responsible for the economy for an opinion on the innovative nature of your economic project.
Once you have obtained this opinion, you must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
You live in France
You must first ask the Ministry responsible for the economy for an opinion on the innovative nature of your economic project.
Once this opinion has been obtained, you must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
Step 3: Prepare documents to be provided
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Opinion of the public body having recognized the innovative nature of the project
- Document that establishes the recognition of your project by a public body
- Resource justification greater than or equal to Smic: titleContent for a full time
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
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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
The talent passport - economic investment - all commercial activities related to the project allows you to stay in France.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can obtain a residence card talent passport - economic investment - all commercial activities related to the project if you are making a direct economic investment in France.
Investment via a company
You must complete all of the following conditions :
- You invest through a company that you run personally or at least own 30% of capital
- You plan to create or save the job within 4 years of the investment in France
- The investment in tangible or intangible assets must represent at least €300,000
Personal investment
You must complete all of the following conditions :
- You personally invest in a company in which you acquire a lasting interest (at least 10% of capital)
- You plan to create or save the job within 4 years of the investment in France
- The investment in tangible or intangible assets must represent at least €300,000
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
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You live abroad
You must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
You live in France
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
Step 3: Prepare the documents to be provided
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Proof of personal management of a company or of the possession of at least 30% of the capital of a business you run
- Proof of creation or safeguarding (or commitment to create or safeguard) employment within 4 years of investment in France
- Proof of the realization (or commitment to be made on French territory) of a direct investment of at least €300,000
- In the case of capital investment projects: certificate of deposit of own funds in a personal or professional account with a credit institution in the European Union
- In the case of a plan to invest in borrowed funds: agreement in principle on a loan from an EU credit institution or a foreigner complying with the Monetary and Financial Code
- In case of investment already made: document proving the effectiveness of the investment made (certificate of payment of funds to the company's account up to €300,000 minimum)
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
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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
The talent passport - social agent residence card - all commercial activities related to the mandate allows you to stay in France.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can obtain a residence card talent passport - social agent - all commercial activities related to the mandate if you meet all of the following conditions:
- You are a legal representative in a business established in France
- You have been working for at least 3 months as an employee or social agent in a business of the same group
- Your annual gross earnings are greater than or equal to €62,899.20
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
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You live abroad
You must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
You live in France
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
Step 3: Prepare documents to be provided
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Proof of your office as a social agent in an establishment or business established in France
- Employment contract (or proof of your status as a social agent) of more than 3 months in an establishment or business of the same group
- Supporting resources greater than or equal to €62,899.20 annual gross
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
The passport talent - artistic and cultural profession passport talent residence card allows you to stay in France. It allows you to work. Your employer doesn't have to ask work authorization.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can obtain a residence card talent passport - artistic and cultural profession if you are a performer or author of a literary or artistic work.
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
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You live abroad
You must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
You live in France
You must submit your application online, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
Step 3: Prepare documents to be provided
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For an employed activity
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Resource justification, from at least 51% activity, greater than or equal to €1,223.04 monthly gross for one full-time job per month of stay in France:
- For own income: payment of a grant, grant from the country of origin, receipt of an annuity, rent, pension, copyright, etc.
- For income related to the planned activity in France: the contract(s) of engagement
- Cerfa Form No. 15617 completed by the employer, and documents proving that the employment contract or contracts have a total cumulative duration of at least 3 months, over a maximum period of 12 months
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
For self-employment
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Resource justification, from at least 51% activity, greater than or equal to €1,223.04 monthly gross for one full-time job per month of stay in France:
- For own income: payment of a grant, grant from the country of origin, receipt of an annuity, rent, retirement, etc.
- For income related to the planned activity in France: contract with a gallery, artistic order, etc.
- Documents proving that you are an artist or author of a literary or artistic work
- Documents justifying the nature and duration of your project in France
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
The internationally renowned talent passport residence card allows you to stay in France. It allows you to work. Your employer doesn't have to ask work authorization.
Step 1: Check if you meet the conditions
You can obtain a residence card talent passport if you have established national or international reputation. You have to come to France to practice an activity in a field: scientific, literary, artistic, intellectual, educational, sports.
Step 2: Check the steps to be carried out
The steps differ depending on whether you live abroad or in France.
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You live abroad
You must submit your visa application to the French consular authorities in your country of residence.
Who shall I contact
If the duration of your stay is less than 12 months, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the entry "talent passport". Upon arrival in France, you must have your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit validated on the internet within 3 months.
If the duration of your stay is 1 year or more, the consulate will issue you a long-stay visa with the mention "talent passport" of a duration of 3 months. You make your request for a residence card on the Internet.
You live in France
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
Step 3: Prepare documents to be provided
- Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Resource justification greater than or equal to Smic: titleContent for a full time
- Any document likely to establish your national or international reputation in the chosen field: recognition by your peers, participation in festivals, winning prizes, for example
- Any document establishing the nature, purpose and duration of your project in France
If you do it over the Internet, you have to scan the documents.
Step 4: Doing it on the Internet
You must submit your application on the Internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of validity of your residence document (visa, VLS-TS or title).
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
Step 5: Information from the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 6: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 7: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Stay of your family
Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family and get a talent passport "family" residence card without going through the application for family reunification.
Your spouse and minor children receive a talent family passport multi-year residence card.
Step 8: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
Renewal
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Proof of payment of stamp duty (to be delivered at the time of delivery of the security)
- Employer Attestation
- Employment contract
- Diploma
- Documents submitted by your employer
- Proof of payment of the tax on the residence permit and stamp duty and if required the right of regularization visa to be issued at the time of issue of the permit
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Employer Attestation
- Employment contract
- Documents concerning the company: certificate from the Ministry of Economy recognizing the innovative character of the company or tax document establishing the status of young innovative company
- Documents submitted by your employer
- Proof of payment of the tax on the residence permit and stamp duty and if required the right of regularization visa to be given at the time of delivery of the permit
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- If you have been in another EU Member State for 18 months:
- European Blue Card issued by that State (or certified copy)
- Valid passport (or certified copy)
- Entry visa to France if you entered with a visa
- Employer Attestation
- Bachelor's degree +3 or any document proving at least 5 years of professional experience of comparable level
- Up-to-date extract K bis, or up-to-date extract K or craftsman's card
- Certificate of payment of social contributions to the body responsible for their collection (and to the paid leave fund if necessary) submitted by your employer
- Proof of your qualifications and experience for the position (copy of diplomas and qualifications obtained, CVs, work certificates proving professional experience)
- If the activity is regulated : proof that the employer fulfills the conditions for exercising it (license, prior declaration of intervention to the regional directorate for cultural affairs, etc.)
- If the employment concerns a minor aged 16: copy of the employer's application for employment authorization
- Mandate authorizing the person established in France to carry out the administrative formalities for the employer (if necessary)
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Employer Attestation
- Letter detailing the functions performed and the purpose of the assignment to be performed
- Certificate of posting social security (or attestation on the honor of application for registration with the French social security)
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Diploma at least equivalent to the master's
- Host agreement certifying that you are a researcher, the purpose and duration of your stay in France. If you plan to travel to another EU country for your research, you will need to indicate your membership of a mobility program.
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Diploma at least equivalent to the master's, or any document proving at least five years' professional experience of a comparable standard
- Cerfa Form "merchant, craftsman, industrialist" completed
- If you live outside France: extract of criminal record (or equivalent document of the country of which you are a national)
- If you live in France: tax status slip (P237) on the payment of income tax in France
- Presentation on free paper of the creation project, the business plan and a multi-year provisional budget
- If necessary: supporting documents concerning your ability to carry out the commercial, industrial or craft activity envisaged
- Justification for an investment of at least €30,000 in the draft company (own or borrowed)
- Proof of the undertaking given by a credit institution or an insurance company authorized to act as guarantor and headquartered in France. Alternatively, you can provide a statement of the credit balance of an account in your name with a credit institution with its head office in France.
- In the case of company creation in own name: copy of the promise of commercial lease or sublease indicating the activity. Optionally, you can provide permission from the premises owner or a copy of the domiciliation contract.
- In the case of management leases:
- Copy of the promise or management lease
- Extract from the entry in the trade and business register or trade register of the previous operator (less than 3 months old)
- Copy of the lease in the name of the owner of the land
- In the event of the creation of a business of French law:
- Copy of the commercial lease or sublease undertaking indicating the activity and, if necessary, authorization of the owner of the premises
- Copy of the draft articles of association of the business showing the draft terms of allocation of share capital
- In the case of the creation of a business governed by French law, a subsidiary of a foreign business:
- Justification for the appointment (or letter of intent from the body responsible for the appointment)
- Copy of the statutes of the legal person governed by foreigners law
- Copy of the commercial lease or sublease undertaking indicating the activity and, if necessary, authorization of the owner of the premises
- Copy of the draft articles of association of the business showing the draft terms of allocation of share capital
- In the case of the establishment of a foreign legal person:
- Justification for appointment (or letter of intent from the body responsible for the appointment)
- Copy of the statutes of the legal person governed by foreigners law
- Resource justification greater than or equal to Smic: titleContent for a full time
- Proof of registration of the company (statutes, extract K or Kbis), or membership of the social security scheme of the self-employed
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Opinion of the public body having recognized the innovative nature of the project
- Document that establishes the recognition of your project by a public body
- Resource justification greater than or equal to Smic: titleContent for a full time
- Proof of payment of the tax on the residence permit and stamp duty and if required the right of regularization visa to be given at the time of delivery of the permit
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Proof of personal management of a company or of the possession of at least 30% of the capital of a business you run
- Proof of creation or safeguarding (or commitment to create or safeguard) employment within 4 years of investment in France
- Proof of the realization (or commitment to be made on French territory) of a direct investment of at least €300,000
- In the case of capital investment projects: certificate of deposit of own funds in a personal or professional account with a credit institution in the European Union
- In the case of a plan to invest in borrowed funds: agreement in principle on a loan from an EU credit institution or a foreigner complying with the Monetary and Financial Code
- In case of investment already made: document proving the effectiveness of the investment made (certificate of payment of funds to the company's account up to €300,000 minimum)
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Proof of your office as a social agent in an establishment or business established in France
- Employment contract (or proof of your status as a social agent) of more than 3 months in an establishment or business of the same group
- Supporting resources greater than or equal to €62,899.20 annual gross
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
For an employed activity
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Resource justification, from at least 51% activity, greater than or equal to €1,223.04 monthly gross for one full-time job per month of stay in France:
- For own income: payment of a grant, grant from the country of origin, receipt of an annuity, rent, pension, copyright, etc.
- For income related to the planned activity in France: the contract(s) of engagement
- Cerfa Form No. 15617 completed by the employer, and documents proving that the employment contract or contracts have a total cumulative duration of at least 3 months, over a maximum period of 12 months
You need to scan the documents.
For self-employment
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Resource justification, from at least 51% activity, greater than or equal to €1,223.04 monthly gross for one full-time job per month of stay in France:
- For own income: payment of a grant, grant from the country of origin, receipt of an annuity, rent, retirement, etc.
- For income related to the planned activity in France: contract with a gallery, artistic order, etc.
- Documents proving that you are an artist or author of a literary or artistic work
- Documents justifying the nature and duration of your project in France
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
You must apply on the internet for renewal of your card, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before its expiry.
Step 1: Prepare documents to be provided
- Valid residence permit
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular attestation with photo
or photo ID
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
- 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).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service using this tool.
- Resource justification greater than or equal to Smic: titleContent for a full time
- Any document likely to establish your national or international reputation in the chosen field: recognition by your peers, participation in festivals, winning prizes, for example
- Any document establishing the nature, purpose and duration of your project in France
You need to scan the documents.
Step 2: Complete the online process
The request can be made at the following website:
When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.
3rd step: Information of the Prefecture of the validation of the residence card
The prefecture confirms the availability of your residence card and the amount of the tax.
Step 4: Buy the tax stamp
If the residence card is given to you, you must pay €225 (stamp duty of €25 + tax €200) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty and tax is requested when the card is handed over.
You can buy the tax stamp on the internet or at a tobacco office.
On the Internet
You can purchase your tax stamp using the following online service:
Online Tax Stamp Purchase - foreigner Title
Payment is possible with the following bank cards:
- Blue Card (CB) and e-Blue Card
- Endorsement
- Mastercard
However, payment by Paypal or American Express card is not accepted.
The electronic stamp can be issued on 2 media:
- A PDF document with a 2D code that can also be scanned directly from a phone or tablet by the service responsible for receiving your request
- A text message containing the 16-digit stamp identifier that will be accepted by the officer in charge of processing your file
In a tobacco office
You can buy a tax stamp from a tobacco office, if the store is equipped to edit them.
Warning
do not buy a fine stamp by mistake.
Step 5: Delivery of the residence card once it is available
You are informed by the prefecture that your title is available.
The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home.
In most prefectures, you have to make an appointment.
Find out more on the website of the prefecture.
The card is valid for the same duration as the employment contract, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Step 6: What to do in case of refusal?
The time limits for contesting are different depending on whether or not you received a response from the prefecture.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
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
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
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