General multi-annual residence permit
Verified 31 July 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Your temporary residence card is coming to an end. Under certain conditions, you can request a multi-year card. Can you apply for a multi-year residence card for a reason other than the temporary one? What is the cost of a multi-year residence card? We're doing an update on the regulations.
The multi-annual residence permit shall be issued only after a temporary residence card or long-stay visa as a residence permit (VLS-TS).
It shall bear the same reference as the temporary residence card for which you are requesting renewal. However, status changes are possible.
You may not apply for a multi-annual residence card for the same reason if you have one of the following residence cards:
- Temporary residence permit temporary worker
- Temporary residence permit private and family life issued to victims of trafficking in human beings or of procuring, or beneficiaries of a protection order
- Temporary residence permit visitor
- Temporary residence permit au pair
- Temporary residence permit trainee.
In order to apply for a multi-year residence card, you must meet the following 3 conditions:
- Continue to fulfill the conditions for issuing the temporary residence card you have
- Fulfill the integration requirement by proving your attendance and seriousness of your participation in the training provided by the republican integration contract, if you are subject to it
- Commit to the principles of the Republic by signing the contract of employment provided for this purpose when submitting your file.
Warning
The prefecture may refuse to deliver you your residence card if you are in one of the following cases:
- You have not complied with an obligation to leave the territory (OQTF)
- You committed acts of forgery and used false documents
- You committed crimes offenses bass or crimes (drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings, procuring, working conditions or undignified accommodation, in particular)
- You have committed acts of violence against elected officials, public officials or security officers.
Furthermore, your presence must not constitute a threat to public order.
The regulations are different depending on the temporary card you have.
General case
You can apply for a multi-year residence card for a reason other than the one that justified the issuance of your current card.
You must then fulfill the conditions for issuing the temporary residence card corresponding to the reason given.
Employee or entrepreneur/professional
To be able to request a residence card multiannual salaried worker or entrepreneur/professional, you must already have a residence card temporary for one of these reasons.
At the end of your temporary residence card salaried worker or entrepreneur/professional, you can then apply for a multi-year residence card for the same reason.
Filing of the application
The filing of the application depends on the temporary card you have.
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You have an employee residence card, entrepreneur/professional
You must submit your application to the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your residence, within 2 months before the end of validity of your residence card.
Warning
It is not possible to carry out the procedures in some sub-prefectures. Find out more on your prefecture's website.
You have a residence card for private and family life or student
You must submit your application on the website of theANEF, not earlier than 4 months and not later than 2 months before the expiry of your residence card.
Documents to be provided
You must provide the documents required for the issue of the temporary residence card corresponding to the reason given (private and family life, student, salaried worker).
You must also prove your attendance and the seriousness of your participation in the training provided by the Republican integration contract (when you are subject to it).
And pledge to respect the principles of the Republic by signing the contract of employment provided for this purpose when submitting your file.
Cost
General case
You have to pay €225 (tax of €200 + stamp duty €25) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty is requested when the card is handed over.
Other situations
You have to pay €75 by tax stamps, for the following reasons:
- Student
- Student Mobility Program
- Private and family life accident at work if you are in receipt of an income from an occupational disease or haemodialysis pension.
General case
In principle, the multi-annual residence card obtained after a 1re year of stay has a period of validity of 4 years.
The residence cards concerned include the following:
- Multi-annual employee residence permit
- Multi-annual residence permit "entrepreneur/professional"
- Multi-annual residence card ‘private and family life’ issued to beneficiaries of family reunification, foreigners who have reached the age of 18 and have resided in France since the age of 13, or who have been entrusted to theAse: titleContent accident at work at the most at the age of 16, or who were born in France and have resided there at least 8 years, and persons who have an pension.
Other situations
Student
The multi-annual residence card student shall be issued for the remainder of the course of study in which the student is enrolled. This duration may therefore vary from 1 to 4 years.
The multi-annual residence card student mobility program shall be of a duration equal to that of the program or agreement. This program or agreement must have a minimum duration of 2 years.
Private and family life
The period of validity of the multi-annual residence card private and family life is maximum 2 years for the following:
- French spouse(s)
- Parents of French children
- Foreigners with personal and family ties in France
- Foreigners who are ill (the length of the card corresponds to the length of care).
Conditions to be fulfilled
To renew your multi-year residence card, you must continue to meet the conditions for issuing it.
However, you can also request the renewal of the multi-annual residence card for another reason the person who justified the issue of your card, which is coming to the end of validity.
You must then provide the documents required for issuing the temporary residence card corresponding to the new reason for stay invoked.
Warning
Renewal of your multi-annual residence card may be refused if you cannot prove that you have established your habitual residence in France.
You are considered to be habitually resident in France:
- If you have transferred the center of your private and family interests there
- And that you stay there for at least 6 months during the calendar year
It may also be refused:
- If you have not complied with an obligation to leave the territory (OQTF)
- If you committed acts of forgery and use of false documents
- If you have committed offenses bass or crimes (drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings, procuring, working conditions or undignified accommodation, in particular)
- If you have committed acts of violence against elected officials, public officials or security guards
Filing of the application
The filing of the application depends on the temporary card you have.
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You have an employee residence card, entrepreneur/professional
You must submit your application to the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your residence, within 2 months before the end of validity of your residence card.
Warning
It is not possible to carry out the procedures in some sub-prefectures. Find out more on your prefecture's website.
You have a residence card for private and family life or student
You must submit your application on the website of theANEF, not earlier than 4 months and not later than 2 months before the expiry of your residence card.
Documents to be provided
You must provide the relevant documents for the reason you are applying for renewal of your residence card (private and family life, student, salaried worker).
Cost
The cost is different depending on the reason for your card.
General case
You have to pay €225 (tax of €200 + stamp duty €25) by tax stamps.
Proof of payment of stamp duty is requested when the card is handed over.
Other situation
You have to pay €75 by tax stamps for the following reasons:
- Student
- Student Mobility Program
- Private and family life accident at work if you are receiving an income from an occupational disease or
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Refusal to issue and renew residence permits
Renewal of residence permit: Articles L433-1 to L433-6
Contract of commitment to respect the principles of the Republic
Taxes and stamp duty payable
Implicit refusal to issue the residence card
Application for a multi-annual residence card: Articles R433-1 to R433-5
List of documents to be provided