For more information, please contact us directly.The Q&A section brings together all the answers to the most frequently asked questions. It is a starting point for reflection, but it’s not enough. To ensure that your mobility plans are successful, contact professionals and the authorities of both your country and France.
Entry | Residence | Work | Health and Social security
Entry
- What formalities do nationals from non-European Union countries have to undertake if they want to reside in France longer than three months?
- What type of visa do I need to stay in France longer than three months?
- Can I go to France just to live for a year without working?
- I have double nationality: Italian and American. I am married and I have three children who are American. Can I come work in France? What does my family have to do?
- Do I have the right to live and work in France once I'm married to a French citizen?
- When I arrived in France, I had a medical check-up during which they asked me to sign a "reception and integration contract". Do I have to sign it? What am I committing to?
Residence
- What are the different kinds of residence permits issued in France?
- How do I get a residence permit?
- When can I get a ten-year resident card?
- Who can get a ten-year resident card? I've been in France studying for seven years, can I get a ten-year resident card?
EUROPEANS
- I'm Italian and I've lived in France for several years. I heard that now I have to go register with the City Hall. Is that true?
- I'm German, my wife and my children are Chinese, and we came to settle in France. Does my family have to get visas and residence permits, when I don't have to?
- I am Romanian, and I have found work in France. Since Romania has joined the European Union, do I still need a residence permit and a work permit?
- I am polish and have worked in France for five years. Can I get residence papers that are better than just a temporary residence permit?
Work
- I came to France as a tourist, without a visa, but I decided to stay longer than three months. My passport hasn't been stamped. What do I have to do to get work papers?
- Who is supposed to get a work permit for me?
- Is it easy to get a work permit?
- I am a national of a non-EU country and I work for a company in United Kingdom (a member of the EU) that has asked me to work for one of their branches in France. What formalities need to be followed?
- What are the advantages of secondment?
- I am currently working in Germany and want to settle in France. My German work permit is still valid for another two years. Can I use it to go to France, since both countries are members of the EU?
- Can I come work in France before I get a permit from the French authorities?
- My work permit application was accepted, but I still don't have my residence permit. Can I still start to work?
- Can I come to France to create or takeover a business, and have a "non-salaried employee" status? What formalities need to be followed?
- Once I've received a residence permit, can I change jobs?
- We urgently need a senior manager to join our company in France and we heard the formalities could take up to three months. That is way too long for us. What can we do?
- My husband was transferred to France. At home, I have always worked. Can I keep working in France?
STUDENTS
- As a student in France, can I work?
- I am just finishing my studies and I want to stay in France an look for work. Is it possible? Is it easy to change my student status to become an employee?
- I am a student and I work 20 hours a week in my school. Can I "change status" to work full time for the same employer? I heard that if my first application is refused, I could loose my student status. Is that true?
Health and Social security
SOCIAL SECURITY
- How is the French social security system financed?
- What are the categories involved within the French social security system?
- Will I be eligible for social security benefits?
- What are the different social security benefits I am entitled to?
- When am I eligible for family allowances?
- I have a one-year working contract with a “carte de séjour temporaire-salarié”.
Can I get unemployment benefits if I quit or lose my job?
- Can I receive money for housing being a foreigner?
DOCTORS and HEALTHCARE
- Where can I find an open pharmacy in case of emergency?
- What happens if I need healthcare in France?
- Can I be reimbursed for appointments with my doctor?
- How do I get reimbursed for my medical expenses?
- Do I need to take out private health insurance?
- I forgot my “carte vitale” and the doctor gave me a “feuille de soins”,
what do I do with this?
- How and where can I find an English-speaking doctor?
- Which hospital ensures care in English in Paris?
- Is alternative health a common practice in France?
- How good is Dental work in France?
- I am expecting a child, how can I prepare the birth of my child?
- Where do I declare the birth of my child when it is on French soil?
- How do I obtain private health insurance?
- If I have an emergency, where do I go?
- Can I find an equivalent to the medicine I am used to back home?
- In case of death of a member of my family while in France, what should I do?
PENSION
- I love France and would like to retire there. Is it possible?
- Will I be able to benefit from the Pension allowances paid during
my working years in France?
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