Naturalization: what proof of resources and taxes to provide?

Verified 27 January 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

To make a French application for naturalization, you must provide the proof of resources next, depending on your situation.

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You're a salaried employee

  • Work certificates (if possible, the last 3 years) or career record
  • Current employment contracts indicating salary, date of entry, job held
  • Last 3 salary slips
  • Notice of Taxation or Non-Taxation for the Last 3 Years
  • November and December salary slips for the last 3 years
  • Tax status slip template P. 237 covering the last 3 years (this document must be less than 3 months from the date of filing or sending your file)

You're a job seeker

  • Pôle emploi Enrollment Credentials
  • Last 3 claim payment slips
  • All evidence of your professional activity, if possible within the last 3 years
  • Notice of Taxation or Non-Taxation for the Last 3 Years
  • Tax status slip template P. 237 covering the last 3 years (this document must be less than 3 months from the date of filing or sending your file)

You're a vocational trainee

  • Certificate from the training organization with dates of start and end of training
  • Last Earnings Bulletin
  • if necessary, all proof of your professional activity, if possible within the last 3 years
  • Notice of Taxation or Non-Taxation for the Last 3 Years
  • Tax status slip template P. 237 covering the last 3 years (this document must be less than 3 months from the date of filing or sending your file)

You are a craftsman, a trader, a farmer, a manager

  • Extract of registration in the trade or craft register
  • Certificate of accounting showing income from your activity
  • Financial statement for the last 3 financial years or career statement
  • Tax status slip for the business of which you are either a shareholder or a manager
  • Notice of Taxation or Non-Taxation for the Last 3 Years
  • Tax status slip template P. 237 covering the last 3 years (this document must be less than 3 months from the date of filing or sending your file)

You are a professional

  • Registration with the professional order
  • Past 3 years or career record
  • Notice of Taxation or Non-Taxation for the Last 3 Years
  • Tax status slip template P. 237 covering the last 3 years (this document must be less than 3 months from the date of filing or sending your file)

You are a micro-entrepreneur (former self-entrepreneur)

  • Extract from registration in the trade register or in the trade register
  • Past 3 years or career record
  • Copy of Ursssaf returns for the last 12 months (monthly or quarterly)

You are a high school or college student

In any case
  • Certificate of enrollment or registration card in a higher education institution for the current year
  • Proof of higher education diplomas obtained in France
  • Notice of Taxation or Non-Taxation for the Last 3 Years
  • Tax status slip template P. 237 covering the last 3 years (this document must be less than 3 months from the date of filing or sending your file)
If you're a scholarship holder

You must provide a certificate indicating the amount of the grant.

If you are being cared for by your parents
  • Double-sided copy of their residence permit
  • Duplex copy of their last tax or non-tax notice
  • If they are resident abroad, proof of payment
If you are a teaching contract

You must provide your contracts, if possible from the last 3 years.

You receive social benefits

  • Certificate of payment of benefits received (family allowances, housing allowance, active solidarity income, etc.)
  • Notice of Taxation or Non-Taxation for the Last 3 Years
  • Tax status slip template P. 237 covering the last 3 years (this document must be less than 3 months from the date of filing or sending your file)

You're retired

  • Pension security
  • Last pension payment slip
  • Notice of Taxation or Non-Taxation for the Last 3 Years
  • Tax status slip template P. 237 covering the last 3 years (this document must be less than 3 months from the date of filing or sending your file)

You receive a pension or allowance because of a disability or disability

  • Notification of the decision of the Commission on the Rights and Autonomy of Persons with Disabilities in force which mentions the rate of invalidity
  • If necessary, a certificate of employment in a protected work structure
  • Mobility Inclusion Card (MIC). The IJC replaced the disability card.
  • Slip for payment of an invalidity pension or allowance
  • Notice of Taxation or Non-Taxation for the Last 3 Years
  • Tax status slip template P. 237 covering the last 3 years (this document must be less than 3 months from the date of filing or sending your file)

You are cared for by a relative (parents, spouse)

  • Proof of your caregiver's resources
  • Notice of Taxation or Non-Taxation for the Last 3 Years
  • Tax status slip template P. 237 covering the last 3 years (this document must be less than 3 months from the date of filing or sending your file)
  • In the case of your parents, a double-sided copy of their residence permit

The documents to be provided are photocopies.

Depending on your situation, other documents may be requested of you.

FYI  

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Application for naturalization: what documents to provide?