Can a Frenchman receive financial assistance upon his return from expatriation?

Yes, you can receive financial assistance that depends on your personal and professional situation, under certain conditions.

Social aid

• Active Solidarity Income (RSA) : from 1^er day of 4^e month of residence in France.
  For example, if you leave France from April 25 to October 25, you will not receive the RSA for the months of April to October, but only from the 1st^er January to March 31 and from March 1^er November to December 31.
• Youth employment contract (ex young guarantee), subject to conditions
• Custom Housing Assistance (APL) : from 1^er day of 1^er month after your request.
  For example, if you applied on October 30, you will receive the PLA as of November 30.

Unemployment benefits

• Unemployment benefit and return-to-work assistance (ARE) which differs depending on whether you are returning from a the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland or any other country
• Specific solidarity allowance (SSA) if you have exhausted your unemployment rights