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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
  1. What formalities do nationals from non-European Union countries have to undertake if they want to reside in France longer than three months?
  2. What type of visa do I need to stay in France longer than three months?
  3. Can I go to France just to live for a year without working?
  4. 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?
  5. Do I have the right to live and work in France once I'm married to a French citizen?
  6. 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
  1. What are the different kinds of residence permits issued in France?
  2. How do I get a residence permit?
  3. When can I get a ten-year resident card?
  4. 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
  1. 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?
  2. 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?
  3. 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?
  4. 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
  1. 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?
  2. Who is supposed to get a work permit for me?
  3. Is it easy to get a work permit?
  4. 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?
  5. What are the advantages of secondment?
  6. 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?
  7. Can I come work in France before I get a permit from the French authorities?
  8. My work permit application was accepted, but I still don't have my residence permit. Can I still start to work?
  9. Can I come to France to create or takeover a business, and have a "non-salaried employee" status? What formalities need to be followed?
  10. Once I've received a residence permit, can I change jobs?
  11. 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?
  12. My husband was transferred to France. At home, I have always worked. Can I keep working in France?
STUDENTS
  1. As a student in France, can I work?
  2. 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?
  3. 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
  1. How is the French social security system financed?
  2. What are the categories involved within the French social security system?
  3. Will I be eligible for social security benefits?
  4. What are the different social security benefits I am entitled to?
  5. When am I eligible for family allowances?
  6. 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?
  7. Can I receive money for housing being a foreigner?
DOCTORS and HEALTHCARE
  1. Where can I find an open pharmacy in case of emergency?
  2. What happens if I need healthcare in France?
  3. Can I be reimbursed for appointments with my doctor?
  4. How do I get reimbursed for my medical expenses?
  5. Do I need to take out private health insurance?
  6. I forgot my “carte vitale” and the doctor gave me a “feuille de soins”,
    what do I do with this?
  7. How and where can I find an English-speaking doctor?
  8. Which hospital ensures care in English in Paris?
  9. Is alternative health a common practice in France?
  10. How good is Dental work in France?
  11. I am expecting a child, how can I prepare the birth of my child?
  12. Where do I declare the birth of my child when it is on French soil?
  13. How do I obtain private health insurance?
  14. If I have an emergency, where do I go?
  15. Can I find an equivalent to the medicine I am used to back home?
  16. In case of death of a member of my family while in France, what should I do?
PENSION
  1. I love France and would like to retire there. Is it possible?
  2. Will I be able to benefit from the Pension allowances paid during
    my working years in France?
Last Updated on Thursday, 08 October 2009 16:32
 
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