Moving elsewhere in Europe (s'installer ailleurs en Europe)

If you are from outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland, your French residence permit (titre de séjour) lets you live in France and travel within the Schengen area. With an EU long-term resident card, you must apply for a residence permit in your new European country within 3 months of arrival. With another type of permit, you must request a long-stay visa (visa de long séjour) to settle in another EU country.

Steps

You hold an EU long-term resident card

1. Ask your destination country's embassy or consulate in France for details.
2. Apply for a residence permit in your new European country no later than 3 months after arrival.
3. Under certain conditions, you can apply before leaving France; ask the relevant authorities in your destination country.

You hold another type of residence permit (titre de séjour)

1. Ask your destination country's embassy or consulate in France for details.
2. Request a long-stay visa (visa de long séjour) to settle in the other EU country.

Documents to bring

You hold an EU long-term resident card: proof your destination country may request

Key facts

• If you hold another type of residence permit (titre de séjour), your card does not let you settle in another EU member state.
• With EU long-term resident status, your destination country may require permission for you to work, depending on its labour market.
• With an EU long-term resident card, you may have to meet integration requirements in your destination country, including language classes.
• While living in another European country, you keep your French long-term resident status until you acquire that status in your new country.