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. 13654*02 and its appendixes,
  • Kbis extract, for a moral person (unless it has already been sent within the past 12 months and has not been modified),
  • Kbis 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,
  • evidence of the worker's qualifications and experience,
  • evidence of searches carried out to recruit an applicant already present on the labour market. 
  • questionnaire on housing for seasonal workers.

  Potential additional documents

  n/a

  Application submission

  DIRECCTERegional directorate for companies, competition, consumption, work and employment for the department where the host company is established (submitted by the employer).

  Application evaluation

  If the DIRECCTERegional directorate for companies, competition, consumption, work and employment accepts the application, it will send the file to the OFIIFrench Office of Immigration and Integration:

  • to the competent DTRegional Office, which will send the file electronically to the Consulate of France for the issuance of a visa for "seasonal work",
  • directly to the REForeign office under the agreements signed with Morocco and Tunisia. Before routing through the OFIIFrench Office of Immigration and Integration, Moroccan and Tunisian seasonal workers must sign a document, at the REForeign office,  through which they agree to return to their country upon the expiration of their contract and go to the Office in Casablanca or Tunis to establish their return. The REForeign office will send the signed contract to the Consulate for issuance of the visa under "CESEDACode for the Entry and Residence of Foreigners and Asylum Seekers L.313-10 4°". Upon arrival in France, the seasonal worker may work as long as he or she is in possession of his or her visa and signed employment contract. Upon arrival in France, seasonal workers must go to the Prefecture to solicit the issuance of a CSTTemporary residence permit for "seasonal workers".

  If a seasonal worker has signed several successive employment contracts, each new contract must be submitted by the new employer to the DIRECCTERegional directorate for companies, competition, consumption, work and employment which will verify that the total duration of the contracts does not exceed 6 months. The DIRECCTERegional directorate for companies, competition, consumption, work and employment will sign CERFACentre for the Registration and Revision of Administrative Forms form 13564*02.

  After the seasonal work period in France, workers must register with the REForeign office of the OFIIFrench Office of Immigration and Integration in Morocco or Tunisia to attest to their return to their country of origin. Nationals of other Countries must present their passports to the control services upon leaving France. If a seasonal worker does not leave France at the end of the 6 months authorised in France, he or she may have his or her CSTTemporary residence permit for "seasonal workers" revoked.

  Medical examination

  The required medical examination will be scheduled by the OFIIFrench Office of Immigration and Integration, just once, prior to the issue of the residence permit, within 3 months after the arrival of the seasonal worker in France.

  For Moroccan and Tunisian nationals, the medical examination will take place at the REForeign office.

  Issuance of the residence permit

   Prefecture.

• Renewal

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  Application elements

  n/a

  Potential additional documents

  n/a

  Application submission

  n/a

  Application evaluation

  In the  second and third years of validity of the CSTTemporary residence permit, the seasonal worker will be released from having to go to the Consulate, the employment contract signed by the DIRECCTERegional directorate for companies, competition, consumption, work and employment having simply been submitted upon arrival by the employer.

  After the employment period in France, foreign nationals must have their passport stamped upon leaving the territory to attest to their return, or by the REForeign office of the OFIIFrench Office of Immigration and Integration (Morocco and Tunisia). If a seasonal worker does not leave France at the end of the 6 months authorised in France, he or she may have his or her CSTTemporary residence permit for "seasonal workers" revoked.

   

  Issuance of the residence permit

  Prefecture in the place of residence.