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What is a proof of application for a residence card?

Verified 20 January 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

When you apply for a residence card online, you receive a provisional document called certificate. This document allows you to work in some cases.

The dematerialized certificate is a provisional document that is issued to you during a 1re application for or renewal of a residence card made online.

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Certificate of submission of application for a residence card

When you apply for a residence permit by online service, you will immediately receive a paperless online deposit certificate.

This certificate is not a temporary residence document. It does not justify the regularity of your stay.

Certificate of extension of the processing of the application for a residence card

If you submit a complete application for a residence card within the time limit imposed by the regulations, you will receive, via the online service, a certificate of extension of investigation.

This certificate is a temporary residence document which proves that your stay is regular.

Certificate of decision in favor of the application for a residence card

When the prefecture (or sub-prefecture) takes a favorable decision following your request, it will give you a certificate of favorable decision, via the online service.

This certificate is a temporary residence document which proves that your stay is regular.

The online deposit certificate is not a temporary residence document. It has no validity period.

Certificates of extension of the examination of the application for a residence card and of a decision in favor of the application for a residence card are valid for a maximum of 3 months.

They are renewed by the prefecture (or sub-prefecture) until a decision has been taken on the application for a residence card.

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Certificate of submission of application for a residence card

This attestation does not allow you to work.

Certificate of extension of the processing of the application for a residence card

1st application for a residence card
Temporary residence permit

This certificate allows you to work only if it has been issued following a 1re request for one of the following cards:

  • "Employee"
  • Temporary worker"
  • Private and family life" issued to the parent of a French child
  • Job search and company creation
  • "Private and family life" issued to the spouse of a French national
  • "Private and family life" issued to foreigners born in France who justify having resided for at least 8 years continuously and followed, after the age of 10, a school of at least 5 years in a French school
  • "Private and family life" issued in the context of family reunification
  • "Private and family life" issued abroad that has been entrusted to the child welfare service at the latest on the day of his 16 years
  • "Private and family life" issued to a foreigner who lodges a complaint against a person whom he accuses of having committed against him facts constituting the offenses of trafficking in human beings or procuring
  • accident at work "Private and family life" issued to a foreigner in receipt of an occupational pension or disease
Multi-annual residence permit

This certificate allows you to work only if it has been issued following a 1re request for one of the following cards:

  • "Talent passport" or "Talent passport (family)"
  • "Seasonal worker"
  • "ICT seconded employee" or "family member of ICT seconded employee"
  • "ICT Mobile Worker" or "Family Member of ICT Mobile Worker"
  • "Beneficiary of stateless status" or "family member of a beneficiary of stateless status"
  • "Beneficiary of subsidiary protection" or "family member of a beneficiary of subsidiary protection"
Resident Card

This certificate allows you to work only if it has been issued following a 1re application for a resident card on the following grounds:

  • Husband(s) of a Frenchman
  • Ascendant dependent on a French person
  • Child foreigner of a Frenchman
  • Family reunification
  • Refugee or refugee family member
  • Family member of a beneficiary of subsidiary protection
  • Beneficiary of stateless status
  • Foreigner who files a complaint against a person whom he or she accuses of having committed acts constituting the offenses of trafficking in human beings or procuring
  • Foreigner which fulfills the conditions for acquisition of French nationality
  • Foreigner who served in a French army combat unit
  • Foreigner who serves or has served in the Foreign Legion
  • Foreigner accident at work in receipt of an occupational disease or occupational disease pension or those entitled under it
  • Pensioner in receipt of a retirement pension from a French basic social security scheme
Renewal of residence permit

This attestation authorizes you to work.

Certificate of decision in favor of the application for a residence card

1st application for a residence card
Temporary residence permit

This certificate allows you to work only if it has been issued following a 1re request for one of the following cards:

  • "Employee"
  • Temporary worker"
  • Private and family life" issued to the parent of a French child
  • Job search and company creation
  • "Private and family life" issued to the spouse of a French national
  • "Private and family life" issued to foreigners born in France who justify having resided for at least 8 years continuously and followed, after the age of 10, a school of at least 5 years in a French school
  • "Private and family life" issued in the context of family reunification
  • "Private and family life" issued abroad that has been entrusted to the child welfare service at the latest on the day of his 16 years
  • "Private and family life" issued to a foreigner who lodges a complaint against a person whom he accuses of having committed against him facts constituting the offenses of trafficking in human beings or procuring
  • accident at work "Private and family life" issued to a foreigner in receipt of an occupational pension or disease
Multi-annual residence permit

This certificate allows you to work only if it has been issued following a 1re request for one of the following cards:

  • "Talent passport" or "Talent passport (family)"
  • "Seasonal worker"
  • "ICT seconded employee" or "family member of ICT seconded employee"
  • "ICT Mobile Worker" or "Family Member of ICT Mobile Worker"
  • "Beneficiary of stateless status" or "family member of a beneficiary of stateless status"
  • "Beneficiary of subsidiary protection" or "family member of a beneficiary of subsidiary protection"
Resident Card

This certificate allows you to work only if it has been issued following a 1re application for a resident card on the following grounds:

  • Husband(s) of a Frenchman
  • Ascendant dependent on a French person
  • Child foreigner of a Frenchman
  • Family reunification
  • Refugee or refugee family member
  • Family member of a beneficiary of subsidiary protection
  • Beneficiary of stateless status
  • Foreigner who files a complaint against a person whom he or she accuses of having committed acts constituting the offenses of trafficking in human beings or procuring
  • Foreigner which fulfills the conditions for acquisition of French nationality
  • Foreigner who served in a French army combat unit
  • Foreigner who serves or has served in the Foreign Legion
  • Foreigner accident at work in receipt of an occupational disease or occupational disease pension or those entitled under it
  • Pensioner in receipt of a retirement pension from a French basic social security scheme
Renewal of residence permit

This attestation authorizes you to work.