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RSA 25+
Verified 25 November 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
You're oldat least 25 and resources are modest ?
You may benefit from active solidarity income (RSA). It allows you to benefit from minimum income level and professional integration support programme.
The RSA application process varies based on your affiliate fund (Caf: titleContent or MSA: titleContent if you depend on the agricultural plan).
We explain the process, your rights and your obligations.
What applies to you ?
Caf
Step-by-step approach
You are French
You can apply for the RSA if you are at least 25 years old.
You must reside in France in a stable and effective manner.
There is no maximum age for RSA benefits.
However, minimum legal retirement age, you may receive other benefits.
You need to contact your Caf: titleContent and provide them with supporting documents of your resources Last 3 months.
Family Allowances and Benefits - Statement of Status (Caf)
Unless isolated parent, you cannot receive the RSA if you are an unpaid student or company intern.
You also cannot benefit from RSA if you are on parental leave (total or partial), sabbatical leave, leave without pay or availability.
You're foreigners
The requirements to qualify for the SSA depend on your nationality (European or foreigner from another country).
You are European
You can apply for the RSA if you are at least 25 years old and live in France in a stable and effective manner.
You must also fulfil one of the following conditions:
- Have right of residence in France and have lived there for at least 3 months at the time of application
- Have had a job declared in France and be unemployed (registered in Pôle emploi) at the time of application
- Have a job declared in France and be sick at the time of application
- Have a job declared in France and be in vocational training at the time of application
Warning
if you are in France looking for a job and you stay there for that reason alone, you cannot benefit from RSA.
There is no maximum age for RSA benefits.
However, minimum legal retirement age, you may receive other benefits.
Unless isolated parent, you cannot receive the RSA if you are an unpaid student or company intern.
You also cannot benefit from RSA if you are on parental leave (total or partial), sabbatical leave, leave without pay or availability.
You're a foreigner of another country
You can apply for the RSA if you are at least 25 years old and live in France in a stable and effective manner.
You must also fulfil one of the following conditions:
- Have for at least 5 years a residence permit to work in France (this condition does not apply to Algerian nationals)
- Have the resident card or an equivalent residence permit
- Have it refugee status
- Be recognised stateless
- Be a beneficiary of subsidiary protection
There is no maximum age for RSA benefits.
However, minimum legal retirement age, you may receive other benefits.
Unless isolated parent, you cannot receive the RSA if you are an unpaid student or company intern.
You also cannot benefit from RSA if you are on parental leave (total or partial), sabbatical leave, leave without pay or availability.
You can estimate your entitlements using the calculation simulator:
Principle
The amount of the RSA is calculated taking into account:
- a lump sum, which varies depending on the composition of your household and the number of dependent children,
- and the resources taken into account for your home.
Flat Amount
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You live alone
The SSA amount for a single person is €598.54.
You live together
Number of child/person dependent | Amount |
|---|---|
0 | €897.82 |
1 | €1,077.38 |
2 | €1,256.94 |
Per additional child or dependent | €239.42 |
Single-parent family
Number of child/person dependent | Single | Isolated parent |
|---|---|---|
0 (pregnant isolated woman) | €768.60 | |
1 | €897.82 | €1,024.80 |
2 | €1,077.38 | €1,281.00 |
Per additional child or dependent | €239.42 | €256.19 |
You are considered an isolated parent if you are a pregnant woman or if you have at least 1 child or dependant and you find yourself alone following a life event.
This is the case, for example, if your spouse dies or you separate from your spouse.
You can then benefit from an increase in the amount of the RSA. This increase is also called increase.
The duration of this markup will vary depending on the event's date of occurrence:
- If the event occurs after the 3 years of the dependent child, the increase lasts 12 months and must be paid within 18 months of the date of the event. This type of event should be reported to your Caf: titleContent within 6 months of its occurrence.
- If the event occurs before the 3 years of the dependent child, the increase lasts until the 3 years of age.
Warning
ceThe amounts are given for information only and may vary according to your personal situation. Use the simulator to get a more accurate estimate.
Resources considered
The amount of resources withheld is the monthly average of the resources received during the 3 months prior to your request.
Some resources (STAR: titleContent, daily allowances, housing allowances, family benefits, investment income, etc.) shall be taken into account.
If you touch a housing assistance or hosted for free or owner of your accommodation, lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the home.
Number of homemakers | Accommodation Package |
|---|---|
1 | €71.82 |
2 | €143.65 |
3 or | €177.77 |
Example :
For a couple with 2 dependent children receiving housing assistance and family allowances, the AMR. amount is equal to €939.33 (€1,256.94 - €139.84 - €177.77).
If another person pays your rent, you have a benefit that is assessed flat. The amount of this lump sum is deductible from the AMP.
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On the Internet
You can apply online.
On site
You can apply to your Caf, the department, the CASE: titleContent from your home (in some cases) or from an association authorised by the department.
In all cases, check with these agencies before they are competent to process your request.
Depending on the department, you can drop off your file or send it by mail.
You may be given an appointment to proceed with your enquiry.
You must complete forms cerfa 15481 (or 15482 if you are self-employed) and cerfa 14130.
The list of documents to be provided can be found on the last page of the form.
By mail
You must complete forms cerfa no. 15481 (or no. 15482 if you are self-employed) and cerfa no. 14130 and send them to your Caf.
After reviewing your file and receiving a favourable opinion from the Caf services, you will receive a notification for 3 months.
The reference period is the quarter before the quarter in which you receive the RSA.
To challenge an RSA decision (refusal to award, challenge the amount awarded, etc.), you must complete the following steps:
- Prior appeal to the chair of the department by registered mail with notice of receipt (your mail must indicate the subject of the dispute and you must attach the contested decision)
- Mediation required before Rights Defender in case of failure
- Litigation before the administrative court
You have the right to professional or social support.
The department's services should direct you to the assistance best suited to your situation:
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You can work
If you can return to a job immediately, you are referred to Pôle emploi or another placement agency (e.g., an employment home).
If your household's resources are, on average, less than €500 per month, you have to look for a job.
The organisation to which you are directed designates a single reference (Pôle emploi advisor or professional integration advisor) responsible for your support.
You must periodically develop and update your Custom Job Access Project (PPAE) with him.
If you are directed to a placement agency other than Pôle emploi, you must conclude a contract within 1 month with the services of the department, specifying the following information:
- Nature and job characteristics you are looking for
- Job search actions you commit to
- Actions that the investment organisation undertakes to implement
You cannot refuse more than 2 reasonable job offers defined in your EAPP.
FYI
the person you live with as a couple is subject to the same rights and obligations as you.
You can't work
If you are unable to return to a job immediately (housing or health problems), you are referred to the department's social services or to an integration agency.
The organisation to which you are directed designates a single reference (a social worker) responsible for your support.
You can be referred to the social services of the department or an integration agency.
In this case, you have to conclude a contract with the department's services within 2 months, which determines your employment obligations.
If you have not been redirected to Pôle emploi (or another placement agency) within 6 months to 1 year, your situation is reviewed by the department.
Your insertion contract can be revised.
The RSA is paid to you from 1to day of the month in which you filed your application.
It is paid monthly (for example, the March AMR. is paid in April).
RSA is not taxable.
Every quarter, you have to report your resources.
By mail
You must complete form cerfa n°14129 and send it to the Caf.
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Change of family status
In case of a change of residence, family or professional status, you must inform your Caf: titleContent.
If you no longer qualify for the RSA, the payment ceases on or after 1to the day of the month you no longer fill them.
You must quickly report your change of situation.
Family Allowances and Benefits - Statement of Status (Caf)
FYI
if you have just joined a couple, you can benefit from new rights. Check with your Caf: titleContent.
Change of domicile
You can report your change of address using the online address change service:
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If your obligations are not met
The department may decide to reduce your RSA: titleContent, if you are:
- By your doing and without legitimate reason Custom Job Access Project (PPAE) or your reciprocal agreement is not established on time or renewed
- You do not, for any legitimate reason, comply with the provisions of your EAPP or reciprocal agreement
- You are deleted by Pôle emploi from the list of job seekers
- You refuse to comply with the planned controls.
You are then invited to submit your comments to a multidisciplinary team together with the person of your choice.
This team is made up of Pôle emploi agents, representatives of the departments, professionals of social and professional integration (e.g. social worker).
The reduction in the AMR. can only occur after your comments have been submitted.
The department may decide to resume payment of the RSA from the date of conclusion of the EAPP or one of the commitment contracts.
On 1re penalty, the amount of your RSA can be reduced up to 80% for 1 to 3 months.
For the following sanctions, the reduction percentage is set by the department for 1 to 4 months.
However, the reduction may not exceed 50%, in both cases, if your household includes other people than yourself.
At the end of a reduction period, the department's services can remove you from the list of RSA recipients.
In case of hospitalisation
Your RSA is reduced by 50% if you meet the following 3 conditions:
- You are hospitalised in a health facility for more than 60 days
- You benefit from health insurance coverage
- You don't live couple or you don't have a dependent.
If you are pregnant, this discount does not apply.
This reduction shall take effect one Quarterly review of your AMR. after you start hospitalisation.
In case of imprisonment
Your RSA is suspended as of 2e quarterly review of your incarceration if you meet the following 2 conditions:
- You are incarcerated for more than 60 days
- You don't live couple and you have no dependants
If you are living in a relationship or have a dependent, these individuals are reassessed for their RSA entitlement. You are no longer considered a member of the household.
The payment of the RSA shall resume from 1to the day of the month in which your incarceration ends.
You are not affected by this suspension if you have one or more dependent children.
In case of overpayment
If you received an overpayment from RSA, your Caf may claim a refund for the period 2 yrs.
The overpayment is recovered by future RSA deductions.
If you no longer collect the AMP, you can repay any amount you wrongly collect by one of the following methods:
- Withholding on monthly payments of other future benefits (family benefits, allowance for disabled adults, housing allowances)
- Transfer to the Caf account
- Check payable to the Caf's accounting officer
- Mandate to the Postal Bank on your Caf account number or in cash
Deductions are based on the composition of your household, resources and housing costs.
Below €77However, the amounts collected incorrectly are not recovered.
FYI
you can send a letter to your Caf's Board of Amicable Appeals to request a debt forgiveness.
In case of uncollected RSA allocations
If you have not received all of the RSA benefits to which you were entitled, you can claim payment from the Caf: titleContent for 2 years.
MSA
Step-by-step approach
You are French
You can apply for the RSA if you are at least 25 years old.
You must reside in France in a stable and effective manner.
There is no maximum age for RSA benefits.
However, minimum legal retirement age, you may receive other benefits.
Unless isolated parent, you cannot receive the RSA if you are an unpaid student or company intern.
You also cannot benefit from RSA if you are on parental leave (total or partial), sabbatical leave, leave without pay or availability.
You're foreigners
The requirements to qualify for the SSA depend on your nationality (European or foreigner from another country).
You are European
You can apply for the RSA if you are at least 25 years old and live in France in a stable and effective manner.
You must also fulfil one of the following conditions:
- Have right of residence in France and have lived there for at least 3 months at the time of application
- Have had a job declared in France and be unemployed (registered in Pôle emploi) at the time of application
- Have a job declared in France and be sick at the time of application
- Have a job declared in France and be in vocational training at the time of application
Warning
if you are in France looking for a job and you stay there for that reason alone, you cannot benefit from RSA.
There is no maximum age for RSA benefits.
However, minimum legal retirement age, you may receive other benefits.
Unless isolated parent, you cannot receive the RSA if you are an unpaid student or company intern.
You also cannot benefit from RSA if you are on parental leave (total or partial), sabbatical leave, leave without pay or availability.
You're a foreigner of another country
You can apply for the RSA if you are at least 25 years old and live in France in a stable and effective manner.
You must also fulfil one of the following conditions:
- Have for at least 5 years a residence permit to work in France (this condition does not apply to Algerian nationals)
- Have the resident card or an equivalent residence permit
- Have it refugee status
- Be recognised stateless
- Be a beneficiary of subsidiary protection
There is no maximum age for RSA benefits.
However, minimum legal retirement age, you may receive other benefits.
You need to contact your Caf: titleContent and provide them with supporting documents of your resources Last 3 months.
Unless isolated parent, you cannot receive the RSA if you are an unpaid student or company intern.
You also cannot benefit from RSA if you are on parental leave (total or partial), sabbatical leave, leave without pay or availability.
You can estimate your entitlements using the calculation simulator:
Principle
The amount of the RSA is calculated taking into account:
- a lump sum that varies depending on the composition of your household and the number of dependent children
- and the resources taken into account for your home.
Flat Amount
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You live alone
The SSA amount for a single person is €598.54.
You live together
Number of child/person dependent | Amount |
|---|---|
0 | €897.82 |
1 | €1,077.38 |
2 | €1,256.94 |
Per additional child or dependent | €239.42 |
Single-parent family
Number of child/person dependent | Single | Isolated parent |
|---|---|---|
0 (pregnant isolated woman) | €768.60 | |
1 | €897.82 | €1,024.80 |
2 | €1,077.38 | €1,281.00 |
Per additional child or dependent | €239.42 | €256.19 |
You are considered an isolated parent if you are a pregnant woman or if you have at least 1 child or dependant and you find yourself alone following a life event.
This is the case, for example, if your spouse dies or you separate from your spouse.
You can then benefit from an increase in the amount of the RSA. This increase is also called increase.
The duration of this markup will vary depending on the event's date of occurrence:
- If the event occurs after the 3 years of the dependent child, the increase lasts 12 months and must be paid within 18 months of the date of the event. This type of event should be reported to your Caf: titleContent within 6 months of its occurrence.
- If the event occurs before the 3 years of the dependent child, the increase lasts until the 3 years of age.
Warning
ceThe amounts are given for information only and may vary according to your personal situation. Use the simulator to get a more accurate estimate.
Resources considered
The amount of resources withheld is the monthly average of the resources received during the 3 months prior to your request.
Some resources (STAR: titleContent, daily allowances, housing allowances, family benefits, investment income, etc.) shall be taken into account.
If you touch a housing assistance or hosted for free or owner of your accommodation, lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the home.
Number of homemakers | Accommodation Package |
|---|---|
1 | €71.82 |
2 | €143.65 |
3 or | €177.77 |
Example :
For a couple with 2 dependent children receiving housing assistance and family allowances, the AMR. amount is equal to €939.33 (€1,256.94 - €139.84 - €177.77).
If another person pays your rent, you have a benefit that is assessed flat. The amount of this lump sum is deductible from the AMP.
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On the Internet
You can make your request on the Internet:
On site
You can apply to the MSA, the department, the CASE: titleContent from your home (in some cases) or from an association authorised by the department.
In all cases, check with these agencies before they are competent to process your request.
Depending on the department, you can drop off your file or send it by mail.
You may be given an appointment to proceed with your enquiry.
You must complete forms cerfa 15481 (or 15482 if you are self-employed) and cerfa 14130.
The list of documents to be provided can be found on the last page of the form.
RSA or Activity Premium Request
RSA - Additional Application for a Youth Under 25
By mail
You must complete forms cerfa no. 15481 (or no. 15482 if you are self-employed) and cerfa no. 14130 and send them to your Caf.
After reviewing your file and receiving a favourable opinion from the MSA, you will receive a notification for 3 months.
The reference period is the quarter before the quarter in which you receive the RSA.
To challenge an RSA decision (refusal to award, challenge the amount awarded, etc.), you must complete the following steps:
- Prior appeal to the chair of the department by registered mail with notice of receipt (your mail must indicate the subject of the dispute and you must attach the contested decision)
- Mediation required before Rights Defender in case of failure
- Litigation before the administrative court
You have the right to professional or social support.
The department's services should direct you to the assistance best suited to your situation:
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You can work
If you can return to a job immediately, you are referred to Pôle emploi or another placement agency (e.g., an employment home).
If your household's resources are, on average, less than €500 per month, you have to look for a job.
The organisation to which you are directed designates a single reference (Pôle emploi advisor or professional integration advisor) responsible for your support.
You must periodically develop and update your Custom Job Access Project (PPAE) with him.
If you are directed to a placement agency other than Pôle emploi, you must conclude a contract within 1 month with the services of the department, specifying the following information:
- Nature and job characteristics you are looking for
- Job search actions you commit to
- Actions that the investment organisation undertakes to implement
You cannot refuse more than 2 reasonable job offers defined in your EAPP.
FYI
the person you live with as a couple is subject to the same rights and obligations as you.
You can't work
If you are unable to return to a job immediately (housing or health problems), you are referred to the department's social services or to an integration agency.
The organisation to which you are directed designates a single reference (a social worker) responsible for your support.
You can be referred to the social services of the department or an integration agency.
In this case, you have to conclude a contract with the department's services within 2 months, which determines your employment obligations.
If you have not been redirected to Pôle emploi (or another placement agency) within 6 months to 1 year, your situation is reviewed by the department.
Your insertion contract can be revised.
The RSA is paid to you from 1to day of the month in which you filed your application.
It is paid monthly (for example, the March AMR. is paid in April).
RSA is not taxable.
Every quarter, you have to report your resources.
By mail
You must complete form cerfa no. 14129 and send it to the MSA.
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Change of family status
In case of change of residence, family or professional status, you must inform the MSA.
If you no longer qualify for the RSA, the payment ceases on or after 1to the day of the month you no longer fill them.
You must quickly report your change of situation.
FYI
if you have just joined a couple, you can benefit from new rights. Check with the MSA.
Change of domicile
You can report your change of address using the online address change service:
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If your obligations are not met
The department may decide to reduce your RSA: titleContent, if you are:
- By your doing and without legitimate reason Custom Job Access Project (PPAE) or your reciprocal agreement is not established on time or renewed
- You do not, for any legitimate reason, comply with the provisions of your EAPP or reciprocal agreement
- You are deleted by Pôle emploi from the list of job seekers
- You refuse to comply with the planned controls.
You are then invited to submit your comments to a multidisciplinary team together with the person of your choice.
This team is made up of Pôle emploi agents, representatives of the departments, professionals of social and professional integration (e.g. social worker).
The reduction in the AMR. can only occur after your comments have been submitted.
The department may decide to resume payment of the RSA from the date of conclusion of the EAPP or one of the commitment contracts.
On 1re penalty, the amount of your RSA can be reduced up to 80% for 1 to 3 months.
For the following sanctions, the reduction percentage is set by the department for 1 to 4 months.
However, the reduction may not exceed 50%, in both cases, if your household includes other people than yourself.
At the end of a reduction period, the department's services can remove you from the list of RSA recipients.
In case of hospitalisation
Your RSA is reduced by 50% if you meet the following 3 conditions:
- You are hospitalised in a health facility for more than 60 days
- You benefit from health insurance coverage
- You don't live couple or you don't have a dependent.
If you are pregnant, this discount does not apply.
This reduction shall take effect one Quarterly review of your AMR. after you start hospitalisation.
In case of imprisonment
Your RSA is suspended as of 2e quarterly review of your incarceration if you meet the following 2 conditions:
- You are incarcerated for more than 60 days
- You don't live couple and you have no dependants
If you are living in a relationship or have a dependent, these individuals are reassessed for their RSA entitlement. You are no longer considered a member of the household.
The payment of the RSA shall resume from 1to the day of the month in which your incarceration ends.
You are not affected by this suspension if you have one or more dependent children.
In case of overpayment
If you received an overpayment from RSA, the AMM may request a refund for 2 yrs.
The overpayment is recovered by future RSA deductions.
If you no longer collect the AMP, you can repay any amount you wrongly collect by one of the following methods:
- Withholding on monthly payments of other future benefits (family benefits, allowance for disabled adults, housing allowances)
- Transfer to MSA account
- Check payable to Mr. MSA's accounting officer
- Mandate to the Postal Bank on the MSA account number or in cash
Deductions are based on the composition of your household, resources and housing costs.
Below €77However, the amounts collected incorrectly are not recovered.
FYI
you can send a letter to your Caf's Board of Amicable Appeals to request a debt forgiveness.
In case of uncollected RSA allocations
If you have not received all of the RSA benefits to which you were entitled, you can claim payment from the AMM for 2 years.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
If you depend on the general plan
Family Allowance Fund (Caf)If you depend on the farm plan
Agricultural Social Mutuality (ASM)
- Decree No. 2022-699 of 26 April 2022 on the revaluation of the lump sum amount of active solidarity incomeRSA amount
- Code for Social Action and Families: Articles L262-2 to L262-12RSA Terms and Conditions
- Code for Social Action and Families: Articles L262-27 to L262-39Rights and duties of the beneficiary
- Code for Social Action and Families: Articles R262-32 to R262-42Payment
- Code for Social Action and Families: Articles R262-43 to R262-49Reduction and Suspension
- Code for Social Action and Families: Articles L262-45 to L262-49Recovery
- Information note of 18 April 2012 on the procedures for the referral, suspension and cancellation of active solidarity income (SSA) recipients (PDF - 55.1 KB)
- Decision of 6 March 2018 on the experimentation of compulsory mediation in certain social disputes
- RSA - Report Quarterly Resources
Online service
- MSA area - online declarations for farmers
Online service
- RSA or Activity Premium Request
Form
- RSA Simulator (Caf)
Simulator
- Know what social benefits you may be entitled to
Simulator
FAQ
- Isolated parent RSAService-Public.fr
- Active Solidarity Income (RSA)Ministry of Social Affairs
- What is a dependant as defined in the RSA?Ministry of Health