Refugee: residence permit, travel document and accompanying document

Verified 02 août 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Your situation

  • You have been granted asylum and are applying for a residence permit
  • You are of another nationality
  • You have just been granted refugee status
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What is the nature of the residence permit?

As a refugee, you are entitled to a resident card allowing you to move freely in France.

How to obtain the residence permit?

Upon receipt of the mail recognizing you as a refugee, you must submit your card application online.

Apply online for a residence permit, a change of situation, a travel document, an application for ANEF naturalization

The prefecture has a three-month period from the date of the decision granting you refugee status to issue you your resident card.

She also gives one to the following family members:

  • Your spouse, common-law partner or civil union partner, who is already authorized to reside in France for family reunification
  • Your spouse or civil union partner, who is at least 18 years of age, if the marriage or civil union is later than the date of your asylum application. The marriage must have been celebrated, or the civil union entered into, for at least 1 year, with a community of actual life.
  • Your children within one year of age 18 or aged 16 to 18 who say they want to work
  • Your parents (direct ascendants at 1er degree) if you are a recognized refugee child and you are still a minor and unmarried.

When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.

What documents are to be provided?

Documents vary depending on whether you are applying for the resident card for yourself or for your family.

For you

You must provide the following:

  • Civil status certificate (transmitted by theOfpra: titleContent to the prefecture)
  • Decision of Ofpra or the NDA: titleContent granting you refugee status
  • Declaration on the honor of no polygamy in France if you are married and are a national of a country that allows it
  • Proof of payment of stamp duty (to be delivered at the time of delivery of the security)
For your family members

You must provide the following:

  • Full copy of birth certificate (unless he already has a residence card) with the most recent entries
  • Passport (pages concerning civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
    or consular attestation with photo
    or photo ID
    or consular card with photo
    or certificate of nationality under 6 months with photo
  • Proof of payment of stamp duty (to be delivered at the time of delivery of the security)
  • Decision of theOfpra: titleContent or the NDA: titleContent conferring refugee status on the spouse, partner, common-law partner or child
  • Proof of family connection with the refugee:
    • Proof of marriage (full copy of the marriage certificate or family record book)
    • Proof of civil union (copy of civil union contract)
    • Proof of parentage for children or for  ascendants (full copy of the birth certificate or family record book, declaration of natural child or adoption decision)
    • Proof of 1 year of living together if you have not entered France for family reunification.
  • If he arrived in France on the basis of family reunification: medical certificate issued by theOfii: titleContent (at the latest when the residence permit is given).

When you apply for a residence permit on the Internet, you immediately get a dematerialized certificate deposit.

What is the cost of the residence permit?

You need to pay €25 (stamp duty) by tax stamps.

Tax stamps are sold only in dematerialized form (the paper stamp can only be used overseas).

For a renewal of your title, you will need to pay €225 (tax and stamp duty).

How is the residence permit issued?

You are contacted by email or SMS when your residence permit is ready. It is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your residence department.

What is the period of validity of the residence permit?

The residence permit issued to you is a residence card. It is valid 10 years.

The certificate bearing the entry recognized refugee and the resident card allow you to work in France.

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