The residence permit mentions the identity of the holder (name, nationality, date of birth), the type of title (temporary, multi-year, resident), the mention specifying the reason for the stay (employee, student, etc.), validity dates, a foreigner number (AGDREF or personal number or foreigner number), a photo, and security elements such as a hologram.

Check the physical elements (photo, mentions, hologram). In case of doubt, contact the prefecture or use tools like the ANEF API (reserved for certain structures). Some titles can be verified via the TES application (secure electronic titles) (from CNIL via electronic submission to state services).

Go to administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr, log in, fill out the dedicated form, attach supporting documents (contract, passport, etc.), and track the progress in your personal space.

These are jobs with a labor shortage, facilitating the recruitment of foreign nationals. Positions can be found in construction, hospitality, transportation, and the healthcare sector. The list is set by ministerial decree and may vary by region. (Decree No. 2025-539 of June 13, 2025, concerning “talent” residence permits and amending certain provisions related to “job-search-entrepreneurship” and “entrepreneur and liberal profession” residence permits.)

An employee is hired locally under a French contract. A detached worker is temporarily sent by a foreign company to work in France while remaining employed, paid, and affiliated with the social protection system of their home country (subject to conditions).

This is done online at sipsi.travail.gouv.fr, at least two business days before the start of the mission. The foreign company provides the employee’s information, mission details, and the client in France. However, ensure that the employer based abroad informs their temporarily detached employee in France of their rights. The employer must respect the “core” of French labor law, such as working hours, paid leave, holidays, health, safety, etc., and attach the required documents.

In France, any work accident must be declared using the Cerfa 14463*03 (formerly 60-3682) (DAT-PRE (S6200)), whether the person injured is an employee in France or detached. This declaration must be sent to the labor inspection of the location where the accident occurred by the client or user company, within two business days. The foreign employer should send the work accident declaration to the social security of the country of affiliation. Daily allowances will be paid by the social security of the country of affiliation and according to its rules.

If a bilateral agreement exists between the country of affiliation and France, the foreign employer or the detached employee must request a detachment certificate from the social security of their home country. Contributions remain in the country of origin. Check which branches of social security are covered by the agreement (e.g., health, maternity, work accidents, unemployment). The employer may need to pay French social charges not covered by the agreement. If there is no agreement, the foreign employer must pay social contributions in France.

Obligations depend on the foreign employer, the country of origin: presence or absence of a bilateral agreement, compliance with labor law, SIPSI declaration, social affiliation in France in the absence of an agreement. Labor law obligations apply in France within the framework of equal treatment, such as working hours, overtime, remuneration, health, safety, etc.

There are 37 countries that have signed a bilateral agreement with France concerning social security. These allow, among other things, to maintain affiliation to the home country’s social security during the detachment. European and International Social Security Liaison Center.

The following countries have signed an agreement with France that offers certain advantages, including lists of jobs open to nationals of these countries or a reduced number of years in France to qualify for a Resident Card: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, Gabon, Mauritius, Lebanon, Russia, Senegal, and Tunisia. Reciprocal programs, under certain conditions, also exist for nationals of the following countries: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay.