{"id":11252,"date":"2022-09-13T19:26:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/?page_id=11252"},"modified":"2024-08-26T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:43:35","slug":"welcome-guide-coming-to-france","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/welcome-guide-cote-dazur\/welcome-guide-coming-to-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Guide &#8211; Coming to France"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11252\" data-post-id=\"11252\" data-obj-id=\"11252\" class=\"elementor elementor-11252 dce-elementor-post-11252 elementor-11251\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd5d633 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cote-dazur-1-2048x851.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2406px) 100vw, 2406px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b417164 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b417164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/welcome-guide-cote-dazur\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"227\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/welcome-cote-dazur.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11150\" alt=\"welcome cote dazur\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85f83c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85f83c5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4b59b5\" data-id=\"e4b59b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c847238 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c847238\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h1 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"\u00c9crivez ici...\" style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; text-align: center;\">Coming to France<\/h1><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fad67a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fad67a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18da3ce\" data-id=\"18da3ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6783bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6783bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/welcome-guide-the-cote-dazur\/\">The C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f83aa61\" data-id=\"f83aa61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bed8468 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bed8468\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/welcome-guide-settling-cote-azur\/\">Setting<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13faabe\" data-id=\"13faabe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8c4028 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8c4028\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/welcome-guide-work-cote-azur\/\">Working<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ca9dfa\" data-id=\"3ca9dfa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b06ff6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b06ff6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/welcome-guide-doing-business\/\">Doing Business<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2524b84 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2524b84\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5c3417\" data-id=\"b5c3417\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9540540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9540540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/welcome-guide-studying\/\">Studying<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33af942\" data-id=\"33af942\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a451c00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a451c00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/welcome-guide-doing-research\/\">Doing Research<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc8198d\" data-id=\"fc8198d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8672c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c8672c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/welcome-guide-professional-events\/\">Professional events<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04de018\" data-id=\"04de018\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feb1f98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"feb1f98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/?page_id=11706\">Visiting<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9632b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9632b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d07d9cd\" data-id=\"d07d9cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5159c34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5159c34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ccdf232 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ccdf232\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6a46ba\" data-id=\"f6a46ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c6dc2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c6dc2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to France!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c911f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c911f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eedc23e\" data-id=\"eedc23e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99df3d3 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99df3d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sans-titre-38-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-11186\" alt=\"Coming to France\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-809178d\" data-id=\"809178d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473652a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"473652a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"france-chiffres\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual;\">Facts and figures<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Surface area: 633,186 sq. km.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Population 66.6 million<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Capital city: Paris<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Official language: French<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Currency: Euro (EUR)<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">System of government: Republic<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Founding member of the European Union<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Permanent Member of the UN Security Council, NATO, OECD, OSCE, G8 and G20<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Time zone: UTC\/GMT + 1 hour in winter \u2013 UTC\/GMT + 2 hours in summer<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">National day: July 14<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bddc7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bddc7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22bce51\" data-id=\"22bce51\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af03549\" data-id=\"af03549\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d292377 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d292377\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"france-chiffres\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Government system<\/h2><div id=\"organisation-etat\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"> <span style=\"color: var(--color-text); font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px;\">The current President of the French Republic (Head of State) is Emmanuel MACRON.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">His Prime Minister (Head of Government), Mrs Elisabeth BORNE<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">In general, the President of the Republic is elected by direct universal suffrage for 5 years.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">System of Government: Prime Minister, Ministers and Ministers of State.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Led by the Prime Minister, the French government designs and implements the government policy of the nation. The Parliament draws up and passes laws. It is made up of the National Assembly (577 deputies elected for five years by direct election), and the Senate (343 senators elected for six years by indirect election). In case of disagreement between the two chambers, the National Assembly decides definitively.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35d7d1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35d7d1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7792eb2\" data-id=\"7792eb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2aaffad\" data-id=\"2aaffad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5056661 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5056661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"france-chiffres\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Regional and local authorities<\/h2><div id=\"organisation-territoriale\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"> <\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">France is composed of several types of local authorities: the region, the department, the municipality.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Councilors are elected for six years by direct election. They elect the President of the Regional Council, the President of the Departmental Council, and the local Mayor.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Municipalities can regroup to form intermunicipal entities.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">There are five overseas local authorities: Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia, Saint Barth\u00e9lemy, and Saint-Martin.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36254ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36254ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c7ca03\" data-id=\"1c7ca03\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b16b96\" data-id=\"9b16b96\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bbfcd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bbfcd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"france-chiffres\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Voting right<\/h2><div id=\"droit-vote\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"> <\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">In France, the legal voting age is 18 years old.<\/span> Foreign Nationals from European Union member countries can vote during municipal and European elections.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d57aff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d57aff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bcd13a\" data-id=\"0bcd13a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-788e38b\" data-id=\"788e38b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfaa539 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfaa539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Climate<\/h2><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"> <\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">The climate in mainland France is temperate with mild temperatures.<\/span> Open to the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the country benefits from prevailing sea winds, and therefore from moderately cold winters, mild temperature summers, and frequent rainfall.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Since the French territory is wide, the climate is not consistent. Regional variations occur due to the latitude and the differences in distance from the sea or mountainous areas. Temperature variations are less noticeable on the French coast than in the rest of the country, but the rainfall is higher.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-584e5b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"584e5b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-151ef61\" data-id=\"151ef61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8042139\" data-id=\"8042139\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09a5b93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09a5b93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Telephone calling codes<\/h2><div id=\"indicatifs-telephoniques\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"> <\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">+ 33 (Mainland France)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">+ 590 (Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, and Saint Barth\u00e9lemy)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">+ 262 (R\u00e9union, Mayotte)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">+ 681 (Wallis and Futuna)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">+ 689 (French Polynesia)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">+ 590 (Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, and Saint Barth\u00e9lemy)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">+ 596 (Martinique)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">+ 508 (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">+ 687 (New Caledonia)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5020e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5020e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea91232\" data-id=\"ea91232\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-288186a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"288186a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-049901d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"049901d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa215b9\" data-id=\"fa215b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2f9783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2f9783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visas, staying, working<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0158884 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0158884\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f1315a\" data-id=\"9f1315a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eade4ee dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eade4ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Admin-Visas-inter-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-11203\" alt=\"Admin-Visas-inter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Admin-Visas-inter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Admin-Visas-inter-700x700.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee5c313\" data-id=\"ee5c313\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07fc1e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07fc1e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Do you need a visa to enter France?<\/h2><div id=\"do-you-need-a-visa-to-enter-france\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Depending on your situation and nationality, a visa will be required to stay in France. To get a personalized assistance, please consult the dedicated \u00ab Procedures \u00bb page of Welcome to France.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual;\">Welcome to France<\/span>:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/rubriques\/visa-staying-working\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/rubriques\/visa-staying-working<\/a><a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/do-you-need-a-visa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/do-you-need-a-visa<\/a><a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/my-procedures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/my-procedures<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Official visa website for France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all;\" href=\"https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/en_US\/web\/france-visas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/en_US\/web\/france-visas<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7efb44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7efb44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77067e4\" data-id=\"77067e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-525092f\" data-id=\"525092f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7424def elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7424def\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">EU, EEA and Swiss nationals<\/h3><div id=\"ressortissants-UE-EEE-ou-Suisse\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Members of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland can travel freely within the European Union.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">They are free to enter France without a visa but must have a valid national identity card or passport.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">EU members wishing to live in France need to register at the town hall in the municipality where they are staying within 3 months after arriving in France.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">EU and EEA Member States and Switzerland:<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  list-countries\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Austria<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Greece<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Norway*<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Belgium<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Hungary<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Poland<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Bulgaria<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Iceland*<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Portugal<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Croatia<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Ireland<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Romania<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Cyprus<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Italy<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Slovakia<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Czech Republic<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Latvia<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Slovenia<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Denmark<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Liechtenstein*<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Spain<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Estonia<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Lithuania<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Sweden<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Finland<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Luxembourg<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Switzerland<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">France<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Malta<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">United Kingdom<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Germany<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; display: inline-block; width: 260.25px; margin-right: 20px; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Netherlands<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">EU, EEA and Swiss nationals:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/eu-eea-and-swiss-nationals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/eu-eea-and-swiss-nationals<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Practical information about coming to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diplomatie.gouv.fr\/en\/coming-to-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.diplomatie.gouv.fr\/en\/coming-to-france\/<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Free Movement \u2013 EU nationals:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?catId=457&amp;langId=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?catId=457&amp;langId=en<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b58a367 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b58a367\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2caedd6\" data-id=\"2caedd6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-188f8f0\" data-id=\"188f8f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c357d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c357d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">Other foreign nationals<\/h3><div id=\"ressortissants-etat-tiers\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><strong>A visa issued by the French authorities also grants you the right to travel to the Member States of the Schengen Area\u00a0(<em>which now is a\u00a0region\u00a0of 29 European countries that have abolished their internal borders to allow the free and unrestricted movement of people\u00a0according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schengenvisainfo.com\/schengen-area\/\">SchengenVisaInfo.com<\/a><\/em>)\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">To enter France, you must have:<\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; list-style-type: none;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">A travel document (a valid passport or a visa and \/ or residence permit issued by the French authorities or those of a Schengen country).<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Written proof related to your personal (reason, duration\u2026) or professional stay (duration, visited establishments\u2026)<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Written proof related to your financial means during you stay<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Repatriation guarantees<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">French authorities reserve the right to refuse entry into French territory.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Schengen Area:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/other-foreign-nationals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/other-foreign-nationals<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Requesting a visa:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diplomatie.gouv.fr\/en\/coming-to-france\/requesting-a-visa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.diplomatie.gouv.fr\/en\/coming-to-france\/requesting-a-visa\/<\/a><br \/><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 36px; list-style: circle;\">Articles L211-1 to 10:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/affichCode.do?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006163220&amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&amp;dateTexte=20161201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/affichCode.do?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006163220&amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&amp;dateTexte=20161201<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Article L212-1 and 2:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/affichCodeArticle.do;jsessionid=1F93E82C2E1D9AADFAE7A86A989FC830.tpdila07v_1?idArticle=LEGIARTI000006334993&amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&amp;dateTexte=20170207&amp;categorieLien=id&amp;oldAction=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/affichCodeArticle.do;jsessionid=1F93E82C2E1D9AADFAE7A86A989FC830.tpdila07v_1?idArticle=LEGIARTI000006334993&amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&amp;dateTexte=20170207&amp;categorieLien=id&amp;oldAction=<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9bb013 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9bb013\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-926afc1\" data-id=\"926afc1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-227e5eb\" data-id=\"227e5eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a54d6a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a54d6a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">Applying for a short stay visa (3 months)<\/h3><div id=\"applying-for-a-short-stay-visa\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">A short-stay visa allows foreign nationals to enter and stay in France for up to 3 months.<\/span>\u00a0Short-stay visas can be single-entry for one short stay or multiple-entry for several successive short stays.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">It is granted for:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; list-style-type: none;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Tourist visits<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Pleasure, family or personal visits<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Business trips<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Short courses or internships<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Paid employment, under certain conditions<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">The short stay visa does not allow its beneficiary to settle in France or to bring his family. Its validity is 5 years maximum. The maximum duration allowed is 90 days per 180-day period and valid in the Schengen Area.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Applications must be submitted to the French embassy or consulate in the applicant\u2019s country of residence no earlier than three months before the planned date of arrival in France.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4298874 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4298874\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7a71c9\" data-id=\"c7a71c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bba7c67\" data-id=\"bba7c67\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e404f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05e404f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Applying for a long stay visa<\/h2><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">A long-stay visa allows foreign nationals to stay in France for more than three months. The goal is to enable the holder to obtain a residence permit so they can live in France during a specific period of time.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">A long-stay visa equivalent to a residence permit (\u201cvisa de long s\u00e9jour valant titre de s\u00e9jour\u201d \u2013 VLS-TS) allows the holder to enter France and live in the country from 3 to 12 months without applying for a separate residence permit.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Applications must be submitted to the French embassy or consulate in the applicant\u2019s country of residence.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">During the validity periody, the long-stay visa grants the same rights as a temporary residence permit or a multi-year residence permit.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">To request a long-stay visa in France, valid motives are:<\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; list-style-type: none;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Working or investing<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Studying<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Doing an internship or a training<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Traveling for tourist, family or personal visits<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Traveling for business<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Traveling for a family reunification<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Long-stay visas are valid from 3 months until one year. Upon expiry, the holder must leave the country. If not, the holder becomes an unauthorized resident in France, and can be fined. Failure in this instance will also be considered if the holder applies for another visa.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">The visa allows the holder to apply for a residence permit to settle in France. Foreign nationals wishing to extend their stay must contact the Pr\u00e9fecture in their place of residence 2 months before their visa expires to obtain a residence permit authorizing them to stay in France.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/particuliers\/vosdroits\/F16162\"><span style=\"color: #0e2655; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Fact sheet : Long stay visa:<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/accueil-etrangers.gouv.fr\/\"><span style=\"color: #0e2655; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">All information on the reception of foreigners in France<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr\/Info-ressources\/Documentation\/Textes-officiels\/Les-textes-portant-sur-l-immigration-a-l-asile-a-l-accueil-et-a-l-accompagnement-des-etrangers-Annee-2020\"><span style=\"color: #0e2655; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Texts relatied to immigration, asylum, reception and support of foreigners<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Applying for a short-stay visa:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/applying-for-a-short-stay-visa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/applying-for-a-short-stay-visa<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Short-stay visa \u2013 France Visas:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/en_US\/web\/france-visas\/short-stay-visa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/en_US\/web\/france-visas\/short-stay-visa<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b48699f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b48699f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c803d31\" data-id=\"c803d31\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21a3acb\" data-id=\"21a3acb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee0cb40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee0cb40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">Long-stay visa equivalent to a residence permit<\/h3><div id=\"long-stay-visa-equivalent-to-a-residence-permit\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">A long-stay visa equivalent to a residence permit (\u201cvisa de long s\u00e9jour valant titre de s\u00e9jour\u201d \u2013 VLS-TS) allows the holder to enter France and live in the country from 3 to 12 months without applying for a separate residence permit.<\/span>\u00a0This visa is valid up to 1 year. After the first year of residence, foreign nationals wishing to extend their stay in France must apply for a new permit which corresponds to their situation. In this case, they must apply to the Pr\u00e9fecture in the two months before their VLS-TS expires.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">VLS-TS applications must be submitted to the French embassy or consulate in the applicant\u2019s country of residence.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Apart from Swiss and EEA nationals, citizens of the following are exempt from the VLS-TS:<\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Monaco<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Andorra<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">The Vatican<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">San Marino<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Categories of VLS-TS include:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">The \u2018Employee\u2019 VLS-TS, aimed at foreign nationals recruited by companies in France, for one year or more.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">The \u2018Temporary Worker\u2019 VLS-TS, aimed at employees allowed to work in France from 3 to 12 months.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">The \u2018Research Scientist\u2019 VLS-TS, issued to foreigners undertaking research work or teaching at university level.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">The \u2018Student\u2019 VLS-TS.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">The \u2018ICT\u2019 VLS-TS, for intra-company transferees and their families for stays of less than 12 months.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">The \u2018Talent Passport\u2019 VLS-TS for all stays of less than 12 months in the following categories:The \u2018Talent Passport\u2019 VLS-TS for all stays of less than 12 months in the following categories:<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Business investors<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Company directors<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Employees on assignment<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Highly skilled workers (European Union Blue Card)<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Skilled young graduate employees or employees of an innovative new company (jeune entreprise innovante \u2013 JEI)<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Researchers<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Founders of a startup business<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Owners of innovative business projects recognized as such by a public agency<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Performing artists<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Foreigners nationally or internationally recognized as experts in their field (in the scientific, literary, artistic, intellectual, educational or sporting fields)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Long-stay visa equivalent to a residence permit (VLS-TS):<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/fiche\/long-stay-visa-equivalent-to-a-residence-permit-vls-ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/fiche\/long-stay-visa-equivalent-to-a-residence-permit-vls-ts<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">General information about long stay visa:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/en_US\/web\/france-visas\/long-stay-visa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/en_US\/web\/france-visas\/long-stay-visa<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Special resident permits:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diplomatie.gouv.fr\/en\/the-ministry-and-its-network\/protocol\/status\/article\/special-resident-permits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.diplomatie.gouv.fr\/en\/the-ministry-and-its-network\/protocol\/status\/article\/special-resident-permits<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div style=\"font-size: 14px; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bfce5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bfce5c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2c5766\" data-id=\"a2c5766\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d469067\" data-id=\"d469067\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb1b959 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb1b959\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">What kind of residence permit do you need to live in France?<\/h2><div id=\"what-kind-of-residence\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">In addition to a visa, you also need to apply for a residence permit to live in France. The type of residence permit you need depends on the reason of your stay.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h3 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">You are coming to run a company in France<\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">The \u201cTalent Passport\u201d is the official document you need whether you are creating a company or startup or are the director of a multinational company.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">This document is valid up to 4 years on a renewable basis depending on the nature, characteristics and length of the project.<br style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\" \/>Once in France, the residence permit is issued to the business creator by the prefect of their department of residence upon presentation of the long-stay visa. The request must be made 3 months before the date of arrival in France.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Applicants living outside France should apply to the French consular authorities in their usual place of residence. The residence permit should be applied for at the same time as the long-stay visa \u201cTalent Passport\u201d. Once in France, the residence permit is issued to the new business creator by the Prefect of their departement of residence upon presentation of the long-stay visa.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">If applicants are already living in France with a different type of residence permit, they need to apply to the Pr\u00e9fecture (office of the Prefect, the local representative of national government) in their place of residence for a change of status. Renewal applications must be submitted in the two months before the residence permit expires. Applications should be made to the Pr\u00e9fecture in the applicant\u2019s place of residence in France.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Depending on your situation and project, you may apply for one of the following residence permits:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Company directors or legal representatives : Talent Passport \u2013 company director\u2019 multi-year residence permit<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Company founders : \u2018Talent Passport \u2013 new business\u2019 multi-year residence permit<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Startup founders : \u2018Talent Passport \u2013 innovative business project\u2019 multi-year residence permit<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Welcome to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/you-are-coming-to-run-a-company-in-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/you-are-coming-to-run-a-company-in-france<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div style=\"font-size: 14px; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1ee048 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1ee048\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc71936\" data-id=\"dc71936\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab04976\" data-id=\"ab04976\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2870504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2870504\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">You are coming to invest in France<\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Foreign investors wishing to settle in France for a planned investment can apply for a visa Talent Passport \u2018Business investor\u2019 if they proceed to a direct investment either:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Personnally;<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Via a company they control;<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Or Via a company in which they have at least a 30% shareholding.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">They also need to meet all of the following criteria:<\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">They are creating or protecting, or committing to create or protect, jobs within the four years following the investment;<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">They are investing, or committing to invest, at least \u20ac300,000 in fixed tangible or intangible assets.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Foreign investors eligible to Talent Passport marked \u2018Business investor\u2019 involved in the French Tech sector can benefit from the French Tech Visa for Investors dedicated procedure.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Investors living outside of France should apply to the French consular authorities in their usual place of residence. The residence permit should be applied for at the same time as the long-stay visa marked Passeport Talent (\u2018Talent Passport\u2019) authorizing the foreign investor to enter France. Once in France, the residence permit is issued to the investor by the Prefect of their department of residence upon presentation of the long-stay visa. The procedure should be initiated no earlier than three months before the date of arrival in France.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">If applicants are already living in France under a different type of residence permit, they will need to apply to the Pr\u00e9fecture in their place of residence for a change of status so as to obtain a \u2018Talent Passport \u2013 Business investor\u2019. If the applicant is already living in France, the procedure should be initiated two months before the previous residence permit expires.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Welcome to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/you-are-coming-to-invest-in-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/you-are-coming-to-invest-in-france<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Permits, residence documents and documents authorizing freedom of movement for foreigners (in French only):<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/particuliers\/vosdroits\/N110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/particuliers\/vosdroits\/N110<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59a1b2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59a1b2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04ead15\" data-id=\"04ead15\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6b103d\" data-id=\"b6b103d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4067a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4067a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">You are an employee: your employer is in France<\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">To work in France longer than 3 months, you will need a residence permit.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Different categories of employees holding an employment contract with an employer established in France may be eligible for a multi-year Talent Passport permit, valid up to 4 years (renewable), under certain conditions :<\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Employees with a highly skilled position.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Certain employees transferred to France from another company in the same group and who have signed a local contract with the group\u2019s French entity.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Employees recruited by an innovative new company (\u201cjeune entreprise innovante\u201d \u2013 JEI) and skilled employees who have obtained a masters-level degree in France. Employees recruited by a company recognized as innovative by the French Ministry of Economy may also be granted a Talent Passport via the French Tech visa for Employees.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Foreign employees not eligible for a Talent Passport may still be granted access to the French labor market through the issuance of a temporary residence permit.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Employees posted to France by an employer located outside France are not eligible for a Talent Passport. They may be eligible, subject to certain conditions, for another specific multi-year residence permit: the \u2018Intra-company transfer\u2019 permit (\u201cSalari\u00e9 d\u00e9tach\u00e9 ICT\u201d or \u201cSalari\u00e9 mobile ICT\u201d) \u2013 or the \u2018temporary worker\u2019 card for employees posted to France within the scope of international service provision.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">You will find below the different residence permits you can apply for depending on your situation:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Highly skilled employees : \u2018Talent Passport \u2013 European Union Blue Card\u2019 multi-year residence permit<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Employees transferred within a group (French contract) : \u2018Talent Passport \u2013 Employee on assignment\u2019 multi-year residence permit<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Qualified employees or employees working in innovative companies : \u2018Talent Passport \u2013 Qualified employee or Employee of an innovative company\u2019 multi-year residence permit<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Applicants living outside France should apply to the French consular authorities in their usual place of residence. The residence permit should be applied for at the same time as the long-stay visa marked \u201cPasseport Talent\u201d (\u2018Talent Passport\u2019) authorizing the foreign employee to enter France. Once in France, the residence permit is issued to the employee by the Prefect of their department of residence upon presentation of the long-stay visa. The procedure should be initiated no earlier than three months before the date of arrival in France.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">If applicants are already living in France under a different type of residence permit, they will need to apply to the Pr\u00e9fecture (office of the Prefect, the local representative of national government) in their place of residence for a change of status. The procedure should be initiated two months before the previous residence permit expires.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Welcome to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/you-are-an-employee-your-employer-is-in-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/you-are-an-employee-your-employer-is-in-france<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-673292b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"673292b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec196ea\" data-id=\"ec196ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3a2ba5\" data-id=\"a3a2ba5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9db7eba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9db7eba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">You are an employee: your employer is outside France<\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Employees whose employment contract is maintained with their original employer are considered as seconded employees. They are sent to France for a temporary assignment of up to 3 years in the context of intra-group mobility or service provision.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Employees sent to France for an intra-company transfer can obtain a multi-year \u2018Intra-company transfer\u2019 residence permit (\u2018Salari\u00e9 d\u00e9tach\u00e9 ICT\u2019). Applicants whose assignment last under one year are issued with a VLS-TS marked \u2018Intra-company transfer\u2019.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Once the assignment is completed, posted employees cannot stay in France and must return to their country of origin, and in any event after no more than three years.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Posted employees should apply to the French consular authorities in their usual place of residence. The residence permit should be applied for at the same time as the long-stay visa marked \u2018Intra-company transfer\u2019 authorizing the foreign employee to enter France. The procedure should be launched no earlier than three months before the date of arrival in France.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Welcome to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/you-are-an-employee-your-employer-is-outside-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/you-are-an-employee-your-employer-is-outside-france<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Official website for visa application to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/en_US\/web\/france-visas\/welcome-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/en_US\/web\/france-visas\/welcome-page<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c05ab24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c05ab24\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebffb01\" data-id=\"ebffb01\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc7d1d2\" data-id=\"bc7d1d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0132e2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0132e2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">You are coming to provide a service<\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">A foreign company without any establishments in France can temporarily post its employees to France to perform a service under the terms of a subcontracting agreement. The employer-employee relationship with the employer outside France is maintained.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Those employees will need a work permit, in addition to a VLS-TS \u201ctemporary worker\u201d or a temporary residence permit \u201ctemporary worker\u201d. This does not apply to citizens of the EU, the EEE or Switzerland.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">The employer of the foreign employee will need to request a work permit to be attached to the residence permit application of the employee. The permit will be issued for a period over which the service is to be provided, up to 12 months.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Employees living outside of France will need to contact the French Embassy or Consulate in their country of residence. Employees living in France will have to contact the Prefecture of their Department of residence.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Welcome to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/you-are-coming-to-provide-a-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/you-are-coming-to-provide-a-service<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h3 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">Other circumstances<\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">If your residence permit no longer corresponds to your situation, you can apply to change your status so that it matches the reason of your stay in France.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">This \u2018change of status\u2019 must be applied for at the Pr\u00e9fecture of the foreign national\u2019s place of residence in France two months before the previous residence permit expires.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Welcome to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/other-circumstances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/other-circumstances<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5717f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5717f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-905b9f1\" data-id=\"905b9f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19207ef\" data-id=\"19207ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b0c79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43b0c79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Is your family coming with you<\/h2><div id=\"is-your-family-coming-with-you\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Residence permits, Talent Passports and intra-company transfer (ICT) permits granted to foreign investors, company directors, startup owners and employees make it easier for your family to come to France with you.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Family members may be eligible for residence rights as well as access to employment through the \u2018accompanying family\u2019 procedure.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">The simplified \u2018accompanying family\u2019 procedure is open to spouses and children under 18 who rely on the holder of one of the following multi-year permits:<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Various categories of \u2018Talent Passport\u2019 (New businesses, startups and company directors, highly skilled employees, employees transferred between companies on a French contract, qualified young graduates, and employees of a startup) : \u2018Talent Passport \u2013 Family\u2019 permit<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">\u2018Intra-company transfer\u2019 (Salari\u00e9 d\u00e9tach\u00e9 ICT) permit : \u2018Intra-company transfer \u2013 Family\u2019 permit<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">\u2018Intra-company transfer\u2019 (Salari\u00e9 d\u00e9tach\u00e9 mobile ICT) permit: \u2018Intra-company transfer \u2013 Family\u2019 (Salari\u00e9 d\u00e9tach\u00e9 mobile ICT- Famille) permit<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Welcome to France :<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/is-your-family-coming-with-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/is-your-family-coming-with-you<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f14c24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f14c24\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfd3a32\" data-id=\"dfd3a32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2650ee\" data-id=\"d2650ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782e14e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"782e14e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Do you need a work permit?<\/h2><div id=\"do-you-need-a-work-permit\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">A work permit can take different forms:<\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">A long-stay visa equivalent to a residence permit (VLS-TS) or a residence permit authorizing the holder to take up paid employment.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">A specific work permit for people whose residence permit does not allow them to work.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h3 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">Obtaining a work permit<\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">It is up to the employer, whether located in France or abroad, to submit the application for a work permit at least 2 months at least two months before the employee starts their assignment.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Before submitting the application, the employer must have attempted to find a candidate already in the French labor market with the help of government agencies (e.g. P\u00f4le Emploi) or private organizations.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">For employees living outside France, the employer should contact the foreign labor department of the local employment authorities (DIRECCTE) covering the place where the employee will be working.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">For employees living in France, the relevant authority is the one covering the foreign national\u2019s place of residence. Upon arrival, le employees can start working.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">The foreign national may begin work immediately upon arriving in France. A declaration must be submitted to the French Immigration and Citizenship Office (Office fran\u00e7ais de l\u2019immigration et de l\u2019int\u00e9gration \u2013 OFII) within three months of arrival. The employee is then asked to attend a compulsory medical examination and\/or welcome visit.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Welcome to France :<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/obtaining-a-work-permit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/obtaining-a-work-permit<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h3 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">Renewing a work permit<\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">In the context of a VLS-TS or a residence permit authorizing a salaried activity, the request for renewal must be made 2 months before the end of validity of the title with the prefecture of his place of residence in France.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">In the context of a specific work permit, the renewal application must be submitted to the Territorial Unit of the employee\u2019s home 2 months before the end of the validity of the work permit.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">In the context of a change in employment status (from a salaried activity to a business start-up, for example), an application for a change of status must be submitted 2 months before the expiry of the previous residence permit.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Welcome to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/renewing-a-work-permit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/renewing-a-work-permit<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h3 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Md, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 18px; hyphens: manual; color: #0e2655;\">Employees posted to France by an employer established outside France\u00a0 (service provider)<\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">In addition to the required work permit, a pre-posting declaration must be sent in this case to the labor inspectorate at the place where the service is provided.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">The application must be submitted before the beginning of the mission by any foreign employer via dedicated teleservice.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Welcome to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/employees-posted-to-france-by-an-employer-established-outside-france-service-provider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/employees-posted-to-france-by-an-employer-established-outside-france-service-provider<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Specific teleservice (in French only) :<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/professionnels-entreprises\/vosdroits\/R42380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/professionnels-entreprises\/vosdroits\/R42380<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Standard templates for prior posting declarations :<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/travail-emploi.gouv.fr\/demarches-ressources-documentaires\/formulaires-et-teledeclarations\/etrangers-en-france\/article\/detachement-de-travailleurs-declaration-prealable-de-detachement-109542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/travail-emploi.gouv.fr\/demarches-ressources-documentaires\/formulaires-et-teledeclarations\/etrangers-en-france\/article\/detachement-de-travailleurs-declaration-prealable-de-detachement-109542<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f250f78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f250f78\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dffade3\" data-id=\"dffade3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd205fa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fd205fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9777b3f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9777b3f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26d3177\" data-id=\"26d3177\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e72f67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e72f67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Taxation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-747c107 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"747c107\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f5675f\" data-id=\"7f5675f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b51852 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b51852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fiscalite-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-11205\" alt=\"fiscalite\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4f8346\" data-id=\"d4f8346\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a32aba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a32aba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Tax residency<\/h2><div id=\"tax-residency\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Tax residency depends on internal regulations or reciprocal agreements and treaties.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Legal or conventional criteria determine tax residence. Your tax residence will be considered in France if you fulfill one of the conditions below, regardless of your nationality:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Your permanent place of residence is in France, i.e. your habitual place of residence or that of your family (spouse and children).<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">If you have dual permanent residence, the center of your financial and personal interests is in France.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">If your center of interests cannot be determined, your primary place of residence is in France (residence in France for more than 183 days in the same year).<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">In the absence of any other deciding criteria among the above (primary place of residence or no place of residence in either country), your tax residence will be in France if you hold French nationality.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Failing this, the tax authorities of both countries may be seized to determine your tax residence.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Persons having their tax residence in France are taxable on all their income from French and foreign sources. People who are not tax resident in France will only be taxed on their French source income.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">International tax treaties may also provide for specific arrangements.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual;\">Determination of tax residency:<\/span><a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/taxation\/tax-residency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/taxation\/tax-residency<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31f2304 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31f2304\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e91a9d\" data-id=\"1e91a9d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e42a701\" data-id=\"e42a701\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcbfafd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcbfafd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Tax regime for expatriates<\/h2><div id=\"tax-regime-for-expatriates\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">A special expatriate exemption scheme exists to help attract company directors and employees to France by providing partial income tax exemption, subject to certain conditions and for a period of up to eight years<\/span>.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Eligible employees and company directors of any nationality called upon to work full-time in a permanent or temporary position for a company established in France can benefit from this specific tax regime.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">To be eligible, beneficiaries must fulfill two conditions:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Not having been domiciled in France during the 5 calendar years preceding the taking of office<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Be a tax resident in France for the year in question.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual;\">Fact sheet: expatriate regime:<\/span><a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/taxation\/expatriate-exemption-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/taxation\/expatriate-exemption-scheme<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f08597f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f08597f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0e3f57\" data-id=\"e0e3f57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e61051\" data-id=\"9e61051\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ddcd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8ddcd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Declaring your taxes<\/h2><div id=\"declaring-your-taxes\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">The tax return summarizes the income received by a taxpayer resident in France during the previous year and allows the French tax authorities to calculate the amount of tax to be paid. It also mentions the family situation and any dependents of the taxpayer.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">The declaration must be carried out each year between mid-April and end-May \/ beginning of June in case of declaration by Internet and according to the department of residence.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Once the declaration has been completed, an income tax notice stating the total amount to be paid is sent to the taxpayer by the tax authorities when it is taxable. This notice is sent to the taxpayer during the second half of the year.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">The declaration is made by tax household. A statement will be sufficient for all members of a family:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">The taxpayer or the spouses (married or pacs\u00e9s). Spouses or partners of PACS may also decide to make a separate declaration of their income<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Dependents<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">People who have just arrived in France must complete their declaration on paper in the first year. The procedure can be carried out by internet from the second year on the site www.impots.gouv.fr.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">The tax return form, which must be dated and signed by the taxpayer, is called Cerfa no. 2042. It evolves every year according to the law of finances. As an appendix to this declaration, certain types of income are reported on forms (property income, capital gains, income received abroad, etc.).<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual;\">General information about taxes:<\/span><a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/declaring-your-taxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/declaring-your-taxes<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Impot.gouv.fr:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.impots.gouv.fr\/portail\/international_en?l=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.impots.gouv.fr\/portail\/international_en?l=en<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d52184 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d52184\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe9db91\" data-id=\"fe9db91\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3420156\" data-id=\"3420156\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a36fd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a36fd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><div id=\"where-to-find-more-information\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: 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ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual;\">Useful contacts:<\/span>\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/useful-contacts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/useful-contacts<\/a><\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual;\">Contact us:<\/span>\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/contact-us<\/a><\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual;\">Tax4Business:<\/span><a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.impots.gouv.fr\/portail\/international-professionnel\/tax4business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.impots.gouv.fr\/portail\/international-professionnel\/tax4business<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00ab Imp\u00f4ts Service \u00bb :<\/span>\u00a0+33 810 467 687 \u2013 premium rate services<\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00ab Pr\u00e9l\u00e8vement \u00e0 la source \u00bb :<\/span>\u00a0+33 809 401 401<\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual;\">\u00ab Service des imp\u00f4ts des particuliers non-r\u00e9sidents \u00bb :<\/span>\u00a0+33 1 57 33 83 00 \/<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"mailto:sip.nonresidents@dgfip.finances.gouv.fr\">sip.nonresidents@dgfip.finances.gouv.fr<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ab4dae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ab4dae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3349b40\" data-id=\"3349b40\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d225b13 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d225b13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f83e9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f83e9d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07c4ff0\" data-id=\"07c4ff0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5c93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94a5c93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Social protection<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9bc6aac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9bc6aac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b2b193\" data-id=\"1b2b193\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5703fda dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5703fda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/H1.-COUVERTURE-SANTE-474x324-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-11207\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e557095\" data-id=\"e557095\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1ac72a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1ac72a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Foreign employees: Registering for French Social Security<\/h2><div id=\"foreign-employees-registering\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Foreign employees who work and live in France are covered by French social security legislation, regardless of their nationality or location of their employer.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">As such, they are covered by the \u201cR\u00e9gime g\u00e9n\u00e9ral\u201d (General Social Security System) of France\u2019s public health insurance fund. Foreign employees must be able to prove that they are legally allowed to live in France by showing a valid residence permit.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual;\">Social security for foreign employee:<\/span><a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/employees-registering-for-french-social-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/employees-registering-for-french-social-security<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">French Health Insurance:<a style=\"background: #ffffff; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ameli.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.ameli.fr<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f28b9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f28b9a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-533064b\" data-id=\"533064b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55f513e\" data-id=\"55f513e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9219646 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9219646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Seconded employees: Coverage by your home country\u2019s health insurance system<\/h2><div id=\"seconded-employees-coverage\" class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">According to the French social security, a seconded employee is one who has been sent by a foreign-based employer to perform a temporary assignment in France.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">The chain of command between the employee and the employer is maintained during the assignment in France. Under certain conditions, the employee may be covered by the social security system of the country in which they usually work.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Depending on the status of an intra-community posted worker, seconded employee by bilateral agreement, or other, additional formalities will be required.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual;\">Social security for seconded employees:<\/span><a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/seconded-employees-ensuring-you-will-continue-to-be-covered-by-your-home-country-s-health-insurance-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/seconded-employees-ensuring-you-will-continue-to-be-covered-by-your-home-country-s-health-insurance-system<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">French Health Insurance:<a style=\"background: #ffffff; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ameli.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.ameli.fr<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eda30cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eda30cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df1d52d\" data-id=\"df1d52d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20b2302 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"20b2302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fabc1e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fabc1e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc5d6e8\" data-id=\"fc5d6e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ccdb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73ccdb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Daily life\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5faa414 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5faa414\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2654d9e\" data-id=\"2654d9e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac5f81a dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac5f81a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vie-quotidienne_inter-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-11211\" alt=\"vie-quotidienne_inter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vie-quotidienne_inter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vie-quotidienne_inter-700x700.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77abcdf\" data-id=\"77abcdf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ffc09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92ffc09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Opening a bank account<\/h2><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Opening a French bank account is required to carry out everyday transactions (receiving salary, paying rent and bills, shopping, etc.).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">To open an individual or joint bank account, you will need to present valid photo identification and proof of address in France.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">You may be asked to provide any of the following documents:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Passport, and Residence permit<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Proof of address (an electricity, gas, water or landline bill, or a declaration that you are being housed free of charge signed by the person providing you with accommodation, together with a copy of one of their bills and their photo ID)<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Proof of income: pay slip or tax notice<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Foreign tax identification number<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">If a bank rejects your application to open an account, it must provide grounds for its decision. In such cases, you may appeal to the Banque de France, which will assign you a bank.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">You will find below a list of banks available in the Alpes-Maritimes:<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Banque Populaire, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Caisse d\u2019Epargne, CIC, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole, Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel, HSBC, La Banque Postale, LCL, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale.<\/p><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Opening a personal bank account:\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/opening-a-bank-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/opening-a-bank-account<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Banque Populaire :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.banquepopulaire.fr\/portailinternet\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.banquepopulaire.fr\/portailinternet\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Barclays Bank :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barclays.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.barclays.co.uk\/<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">BNP Paribas :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/mabanque.bnpparibas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/mabanque.bnpparibas\/<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Caisse d\u2019Epargne :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caisse-epargne.fr\/cote-d-azur\/particuliers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.caisse-epargne.fr\/cote-d-azur\/particuliers<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">CIC :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cic.fr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.cic.fr\/en\/<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Cr\u00e9dit Agricole :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.credit-agricole.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.credit-agricole.fr\/<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Cr\u00e9dit Mutuel :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creditmutuel.fr\/home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.creditmutuel.fr\/home\/index.html<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">HSBC :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hsbc.fr\/en-fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.hsbc.fr\/en-fr\/<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Site de la Banque Postale :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.labanquepostale.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.labanquepostale.fr\/<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Site du LCL :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lcl.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.lcl.fr\/<\/a><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Site de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale :\u00a0<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; letter-spacing: 0px; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; word-break: break-all; display: inline !important; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.societegenerale.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.societegenerale.fr\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37e99e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37e99e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ced2ba6\" data-id=\"ced2ba6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-403f6e0\" data-id=\"403f6e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3897c9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3897c9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h2 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 500; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-transform: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary);\">Finding an accomodation<\/h2><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">There are various ways of finding a new accommodation in France :<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Relocation agencies: Firms that specialize in helping skilled employees and their families relocate to France. Their services include obtaining official documents, searching for accommodation, schools for the children, and employment for spouses.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Apartment hunters: Professionals who specialize in searching for apartments and houses. After an in-depth interview to determine the needs of the individual or family, apartment hunters search for an ideal home on their behalf.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Real estate agents: When a property owner chooses to use an estate agent, the fees are shared between the owner and the future tenant. To find an estate agent, you can contact the relevant trade associations.<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Specialist websites: Searches can be performed based on certain criteria (location, apartment size, rental price, number of bedrooms, etc.). The most popular websites are:<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Seloger.com<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Explorimmo<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">ParuVendu<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Rentals between individuals:<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">pap (Particulier \u00e0 Particulier)<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: circle;\">Le Bon Coin (website featuring classified ads from individuals)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">Finding an accommodation:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/renting-accommodation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/renting-accommodation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; display: flex; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; -webkit-box-direction: normal; flex-flow: row nowrap; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; width: 887.5px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h2 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-Demi, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; hyphens: manual;\">Numbers to know in an emergency<\/h2><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; padding-left: 20px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">European emergency number : 112. If you are a victim or witness of an accident in a country in the European Union<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">SAMU (French Emergency Medical Assistance Service) : 15. To call out a medical team to a medical emergency as well as to be referred to a round-the-clock health facility<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Emergency Police number : 17. To report a crime requiring an immediate police response<\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;\">Fire Brigade : 18. To report a dangerous situation or accident concerning people or property and receive a swift response<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); color: #777d8b; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">French Government:<a 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elementor-element-0f7dd7b\" data-id=\"0f7dd7b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e98e776 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e98e776\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px; color: #777d8b;\"><div style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\" style=\"hyphens: manual; width: 927.5px; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; float: left;\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" style=\"hyphens: manual; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; width: 917.5px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual;\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px;\">Before arriving in France, you should cover several important topics including visas, residence permits, and employment contracts. You should also check how your family is affected by those subjects.<\/p><p style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-text); font-size: 16px; font-family: SourceSansPro, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">The \u201cWelcome to France\u201d online service can lead you every step of the way through the procedures to be completed with a personalized guide. You can also refer to the website of the French Government for any queries related to your documents.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\" style=\"hyphens: manual; width: 927.5px; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; float: left;\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" style=\"hyphens: manual; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; width: 917.5px;\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual;\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  useful-links\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 40px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary);\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><h4 style=\"text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: bold; font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 17px; hyphens: manual; color: #36353c; background: #e2edf2; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color-primary); padding: 19px 27px;\">Useful links<\/h4><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; hyphens: manual; list-style: none; padding: 20px 27px;\"><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 36px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\"><span style=\"hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Find out which documents you need to come to France:<a style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/my-procedures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.welcometofrance.com\/en\/my-procedures<\/a><\/span><\/li><li style=\"hyphens: manual; color: var(--color-primary); font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; font-family: ITCAvantGardePro-demi, serif;\">France-visas:<a style=\"background: #ffffff; hyphens: manual; cursor: pointer; color: var(--color-theme-1); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); margin-bottom: 0px; display: block; word-break: break-all; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/en_US\/web\/france-visas\/faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/en_US\/web\/france-visas<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; hyphens: manual; margin-bottom: 30px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11997270 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11997270\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;pyramids&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M761.9,40.6L643.1,24L333.9,93.8L0.1,1H0v99h1000V1\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d377c63\" data-id=\"3d377c63\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming to France The C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur Setting Working Doing Business Studying Doing Research Professional events Visiting Welcome to France! Facts and figures Surface area: 633,186 sq. km. Population 66.6 million Capital city: Paris Official language: French Currency: Euro (EUR) System of government: Republic Founding member of the European Union Permanent Member of the UN Security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":11152,"parent":11123,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Coming to France - Welcome Guide C\u00f4te d&#039;Azur<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find usefull information related to your wish to come and relocate to France &amp; C\u00f4te d&#039;Azur in order to work or invest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investincotedazur.com\/en\/welcome-guide-cote-dazur\/welcome-guide-coming-to-france\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coming to France - Welcome Guide C\u00f4te d&#039;Azur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find usefull information related to your wish to come and relocate to France &amp; 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