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 no. 13653*03 and its appendix 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,

   

  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 for the place where the company has its headquarters to introduce a worker residing abroad.
  • Prefecture: if the foreign national resides in France and does not have a work permit, he or she must apply for a status change with the Prefecture for his or her place of residence.
  • Prefecture: if the foreign national resides in France and holds an appropriate work permit, the employer must send the prefect a copy of the worker's residence permit at least 2 working days before the hiring date - no response within 2 working days will be considered as an acceptance.

   

  Application evaluation

  The geographically competent DIRECCTERegional directorate for companies, competition, consumption, work and employment will evaluate the application. If it is accepted, the application will be sent to the OFIIFrench Office of Immigration and Integration (DTRegional Office or REForeign office) which will electronically transfer it to the Consulate of France for issuance of the VLS-TSLong Stay Visa equivalent to a Residence Permit for "temporary workers" (see the sheet on the VLS-TS).

  Upon arrival in France, employees may work as long as they are in possession of their VLS-TSLong Stay Visa equivalent to a Residence Permit 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. The DTRegional Office of the OFIIFrench Office of Immigration and Integration will then attest, in the interested party's passport, to the accomplishment of the formalities required for the long stay visa to allow the stay in France (see the sheet on the VLS-TS). 

  Issuance of the residence permit

  Consulate for a VLS-TSLong Stay Visa equivalent to a Residence Permit.

  Prefecture in the place of residence for renewal.

• 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 three 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, and where applicable, contributions to the paid annual leave fund,
  • for cases set out in bilateral social security agreements, the certificate of secondment.
  • When the foreign national no longer holds 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 Employment Hub
  • employment certificate,
  • where applicable, an attestation from the body paying unemployment benefits establishing the period of coverage remaining and the total compensation.

  If the worker has found an occupation or has changed employers:

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

  Potential additional documents

  n/a

  Application submission

  Prefecture for the place of residence, 2 months before the expiration of the VLS-TSLong Stay Visa equivalent to a Residence Permit.

  Application evaluation

   Prefecture.

  Issuance of the residence permit

  The Prefecture will issue the interested party a temporary residence permit for "temporary workers" upon renewal.