Procedure to follow

• First issue

  Application elements

  • letter explaining the worker's recruitment and describing the functions that he or she will carry out,
  • CERFA form no. 13649*02 and its appendixes on the type of paid employment,
  • Kbis extract, for a moral person (unless it has already been sent within the past 12 months and has not been modified),
  • K extract, artisan permit or tax notice for a physical person (unless it has already been sent within the past 12 months and has not been modified),
  • instruments regulating legal persons, if any,
  • copy of the latest social security contribution statement (unless it has already been sent within the previous 12 months)
  • where applicable, a copy of the latest statement of contributions to the paid annual leave fund (unless it has already been sent within the previous 12 months),
  • a copy of the worker's passport or national identification document if he or she resides abroad,
  • worker's curriculum vitae or any other document supporting his or her qualifications and experience (degrees, certificates...); if exercise of the activity is subject to special regulatory conditions, documents proving that these conditions have been met,
  • where applicable, appointment document,
  • if the employment situation is applicable, evidence of searches carried out to recruit an applicant already present on the labour market,
  • copy of the event promoter's licence
  • labour inspector's authorisation if minors will be working at night

  Potential additional documents

  If needed by the administration:

  • copy of the draft employment contract
  • copies of the last 2 pages of the official employee register or copies of the last 3 declarations of staff movements for establishments with more than 50 employees.

  If the employer has already solicited a work permit, it may be requested:

  • the last 3 pay slips for foreign employees having worked in France,
  • supporting documentation for the latest social security contribution statement.

  Application submission

  DIRECCTERegional directorate for companies, competition, consumption, work and employment of the place of employment (submitted by the employer) or of the first performance location for itinerant activities, or the domicile of the producer or distributor if the artist's producer is located abroad.

  Application evaluation

  DIRECCTERegional directorate for companies, competition, consumption, work and employment.

  Upon arrival in France, the employee may work as long as he or she is in possession of his or her visa and signed employment contract.

  Medical examination

  The required medical examination, if it did not already take place in the country of origin (Cameroon, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia and Turkey), will be organised by the OFIIFrench Office of Immigration and Integration, by appointment, within 3 months following the arrival of the worker in France.

  Issuance of the residence permit

  Prefecture in the place of residence.

• Renewal

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  Application elements

  When the position occupied is the same as that which justified the issuance of the initial work permit:

  • certificate of presence in the position provided by the employer,
  • The last 3 pay slips (if these documents do not prove respect for the initially established compensation terms, the government may request the production of additional slips),
  • the most recent statement of social security contributions sent to the body responsible for their collection, and where applicable, to the paid annual leave fund,
  • for cases set out in bilateral social security agreements, the certificate of secondment.

  For the first renewal, if the foreign national no longer occupies the position that justified the previous work permit:

  If the worker is laid off:

  • the letter of termination of the employment contract,
  • employer's attestation to the body paying unemployment benefits,
  • employment certificate.

  When the worker has found a new occupation or has changed employers:

  • The last 3 pay slips (if these documents do not prove respect for the initially established compensation terms, the government may request the production of additional slips),

  For subsequent renewals:

  If the foreign national is working:

  • employment certificate.

  If the foreign national is seeking employment:

  • where applicable, an attestation from the body paying unemployment benefits establishing the period of coverage remaining and the total compensation.

  Potential additional documents

  n/a

  Application submission

   Prefecture.

  Application evaluation

   Prefecture.

  Issuance of the residence permit

   Prefecture.