What residence permit do you need to stay in France for more than 3 months?
Verified 21 October 2020 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
To stay legally in France for more than 3 months, an adult foreigner must have a long-stay visa or a residence permit, unless he is a citizen of an EU countryEEA: titleContent or switzerland.
General case
To stay legally in France for more than 3 months, an adult foreigner must have a long-stay visa or a residence permit.
You must have residence documents following:
- Long-stay visa
- Long-stay visa valid as residence permit (VLS-TS)
- Provisional authorization of stay (APS): sick parent, volunteer mission
- Temporary or multi-annual residence card: private and family life, employee/temporary worker, student, trainee, intern family support "au pair", visitor
- Multi-year residence card: talent passport, seasonal worker, ICT seconded employee
- Resident Card
- Retired residence card
European or Swiss citizens
If you are a citizen of a the European Economic Area or switzerland, you do not have to hold a residence permit. However, you can get one if you do request..
The family members accompanying you and who are of foreign nationality other than that of an EEA or Swiss country, must hold one of the following cards:
Algerian
You must hold one of the following residence permits:
- Code on the entry and residence of aliens and the right to asylum: Articles L311-1 to L311-8-1Residence documents
- Code on the entry and residence of aliens and the right to asylum: Articles L311-10 and L311-12Case of issue of the provisional residence permit
- Code on the entry and residence of aliens and the right to asylum: Articles L313-1 to L313-5-1Temporary residence card and multi-annual residence card
- Code on the entry and residence of aliens and the right to asylum: Articles L314-1 to L314-7-1Resident Card
- Code on the entry and residence of aliens and the right to asylum: Articles R121-10 to R121-15residence card for Europeans
- Decree No. 2002-1500 of 20 December 2002 on the movement, employment and residence in France of Algerian nationals and their families
- Titles, residence card and travel documents for foreigners in FranceService-Public.fr