France
A destination. Different possibilities.
Explore the available legal routes and ALLCB VISA assistance for France.
Find the route for your plans.
Schengen short-stay visa — tourism
For tourism or a private trip in France within the authorised Schengen short-stay period.
Schengen short-stay visa — private or family visit
For visiting relatives, friends or another private host in France.
Schengen short-stay visa — business
For meetings, conferences, trade fairs and other permitted short professional activity without local employment.
Short stay for medical treatment
For planned treatment in France compatible with an authorised short stay.
Airport transit visa assessment
For travellers whose nationality or itinerary may require a French airport transit visa.
Long-stay visitor visa
For living in France for more than three months without working.
Long-stay student visa
For higher education or another eligible long-term course in France.
Student entrance-examination visa
For sitting an entrance examination or admission interview in France, with the applicable continuation route after success.
School-going minor visa
For a foreign minor attending an eligible school in France without the parents settling under the same route.
Trainee or student internship visa
For an eligible structured internship or professional placement governed by a compliant training agreement.
Young au pair route
For an eligible young person living with a host family while providing limited family assistance and studying French.
Volunteering or civic-service visa
For an eligible assignment under a recognised volunteering or civic-service framework.
Talent residence — researcher
For a qualified researcher hosted in France under an eligible research agreement.
Salaried employee — permanent or long contract
For genuine salaried employment in France under the appropriate work-authorisation and residence route.
Temporary worker route
For time-limited salaried employment with a compliant French employer.
Seasonal worker route
For eligible seasonal employment in France while maintaining the required principal residence outside France.
Intra-company transfer — ICT assignee
For an eligible manager, specialist or trainee transferred temporarily within a corporate group to France.
Talent residence — qualified employee
For a highly qualified graduate or professional meeting the current qualified-employment conditions.
Talent residence — EU Blue Card
For highly qualified employment meeting the current EU Blue Card conditions in France.
Talent residence — innovative-company employee
For an eligible employee recruited by a recognised innovative company for duties linked to its research or development project.
Talent residence — innovative economic project
For a founder carrying an innovative economic project recognised through the appropriate French process.
Entrepreneur or self-employed professional
For creating or operating a viable commercial, industrial, craft, agricultural or liberal activity in France.
Talent residence — direct economic investment
For an applicant making a qualifying direct economic investment in France.
Talent residence — artistic or cultural profession
For an eligible performer, author or creator carrying out a documented artistic or cultural activity in France.
Talent residence — national or international reputation
For a person with established recognition carrying out an eligible activity in France.
Job-search or business-creation residence after studies
For eligible graduates or researchers completing qualifying studies or research in France and seeking work or launching a related business.
Working-holiday visa
For eligible young nationals of partner countries combining an extended cultural stay with incidental work.
Young professional exchange route
For eligible young workers from partner countries gaining professional experience under a bilateral arrangement.
Family of French citizen — spouse
For the foreign spouse of a French citizen joining or living with the French spouse in France.
Family of French citizen — parent of French child
For an eligible foreign parent genuinely contributing to the care and upbringing of a minor French child living in France.
Family of French citizen — child or dependent ascendant
For an eligible foreign child or dependent parent of a French citizen under the applicable family category.
Family reunification with a foreign resident
For eligible spouse and minor children joining a qualifying foreign resident in France.
Family member of an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen
For an eligible non-European family member accompanying or joining a mobile EU, EEA or Swiss citizen in France.
International adoption entry visa
For a child entering France following an eligible international adoption procedure.
Residence for medical care assessment
For a person already in France whose serious health situation may meet the special residence test for medical care.
Asylum or subsidiary protection
For a person in France or at the border who fears persecution or serious harm and may meet the protection test.
Residence renewal or change of status
For a lawful resident renewing the same basis or moving to another qualifying French status before expiry.
Ten-year resident card assessment
For an eligible foreign resident meeting a statutory family, protection, duration-of-stay or integration basis.
EU long-term resident card
For an eligible non-European national completing the required lawful and uninterrupted residence in France.
French nationality by naturalisation assessment
For an applicant assessing eligibility for French nationality through naturalisation.