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Please visit the Fondation Nationale Alfred Kastler (FNAK) to find out about the procedure for obtaining a visa and residence permit.
British citizens must now also apply for a residence permit as outlined on the website for all arrivals after January 1, 2021.


France-visas is the official site containing all the information necessary to guide you in your approach and assist you at each stage of your request (preparation of the file, entry, filing and follow-up of your request).
You will find all the information necessary for your stay as a public-sector researcher on the dedicated page:
Visa, staying, working
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Visa
- 10 year certificate of residence
- Fact sheet : British nationals and their family members
- Fact sheet: short-stay visa
- Long-stay visa equivalent to a residence permit (VLS-TS)
- EU, EEA and Swiss nationals
- Fact sheet: long stay visa
- Fact sheet: Different visa categories
- Applying for a short-stay visa
- Schengen Area
- Entering and staying in Mayotte
- Applying for a long-stay visa
- Travel visa
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Residence-permit
- Intra-corporate transferees (ICT) : seconded employees
- Recruiting a foreign employee: cost for the employer
- Graduates – “Talent Passport – Qualified employee”
- French Tech Visa for Founders
- ‘Talent Passport –Employee of a young innovative company’ (JEI)
- Talent Passport : new business
- Talent Passport – innovative business project
- Fact sheet : Employees hired by a French company
- French Tech Visa for Employees
- Fact sheet : run a company in France
- Employees transferred within a group: ‘Talent Passport – Employee on assignment’
- Launch your startup in France
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Investors
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Company directors
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Startup founders
- French Tech Visa for Founders
- Talent Passport : new business
- Talent Passport – innovative business project
- Fact sheet : run a company in France
- Launch your startup in France
- Temporary residence permit ‘Entrepreneur/independent professional’
- Resident card
- Residence certificate for “Non-salaried professions”
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Employees
- Intra-corporate transferees (ICT) : seconded employees
- Recruiting a foreign employee: cost for the employer
- Graduates – “Talent Passport – Qualified employee”
- ‘Talent Passport –Employee of a young innovative company’ (JEI)
- Fact sheet : Employees hired by a French company
- French Tech Visa for Employees
- Employees transferred within a group: ‘Talent Passport – Employee on assignment’
- Resident card
- Seconded employees excluding intra corporate transferees
- “Employee” residence certificate
- Highly skilled employees: “Talent Passport – European Union Blue Card”
- Temporary residence permit marked “Temporary worker”
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Work permit
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Accompanying family