What residence permits do you need to stay in France for more than 3 months?
Verified 18 May 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
If you are an adult foreigners national and wish to stay in France for more than 3 months, you must hold a long-stay visa or a residence permit. However, if you are a national of a European country or a Swiss national, this obligation does not apply to you. We will show you which residence permit or long-stay visa you need according to your nationality.
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European or Swiss citizen
If you are a citizen of a country of the European Economic Area or switzerland, you are not obliged to hold a residence permit. However, you can get one if you do demand.
The your accompanying family members and who are of a 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:
Other
You must have one of the following documents:
- Long-stay visa
- Long-stay visa as residence permit (VLS-TS)
- Temporary residence permit (APS): parent of a sick child, voluntary mission
- Temporary or multiannual residence card: private and family life, employee/temporary worker, student, trainee, trainee family assistant "au pair", visitor, entrepreneur/professional
- Multi-annual residence card: talent passport, seasonal worker, ICT seconded employee
- Resident Card
- Retired residence card
Who can help me?
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Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service
For more information on this topic, you can contact Allô Service Public.
Cost: free service
The informants who answer you belong to the Ministry of the Interior.
Attention: the service does not have access to users' personal files and cannot therefore provide information on their status.
The service is available at the following times:
- Monday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Tuesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Wednesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Thursday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Friday: 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m
- Lundi : de 08h30 à 17h30
- Mardi : de 08h30 à 12h15
- Horaires exceptionnels le mardi 8 octobre de 09h45 à 12h15
- Mercredi : de 08h30 à 12h15
- Jeudi : de 08h30 à 17h30
- Vendredi : de 13h00 à 16h15
Stay of more than 3 months of a European