Immigration pathways
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The talent card (carte de séjour pluriannuelle "talent", formerly called passeport talent) is a multi-year residence permit with several categories, each with its own conditions. The prefecture decides on each application.
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Read the guideFor non-European nationals with a job offer in France. The employer requests a work authorisation, the worker applies for a long-stay visa marked salarié (permanent contract) or travailleur temporaire (fixed-term contract), then for the matching residence card. The prefecture decides.
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Read the guideFor non-European nationals studying in France for more than 3 months. Depending on nationality, pre-enrolment goes through Campus France (Études en France) or France-Visas, followed by online validation of the VLS-TS étudiant and renewal at the prefecture. A post-study job-search permit (APS) exists for some nationalities.
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Read the guideFamily routes described on official pages: regroupement familial (the OFII, mayor and prefect process), the foreign spouse of a French national, and other vie privée et familiale cases. Conditions, fees and procedures differ for each route, and Algerians and Europeans have separate rules.
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Read the guideHow the long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS) works: the France-Visas online application, the appointment with the consulate or its service provider, then online validation within 3 months of arrival in France. The consulate decides on each application.
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