How do you apply for a temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) as a young au pair (jeune au pair) in France?

You request the carte de séjour temporaire jeune au pair at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home address. You request the carte de séjour temporaire jeune au pair in the 2 months before your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit ends. You must have obtained a long-stay visa to request the carte de séjour jeune au pair. You must have concluded a convention with your host family. The carte de séjour jeune au pair is valid 1 year maximum.

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How do you apply for a temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) as a young au pair (jeune au pair)?

You must conclude a convention with your host family setting out the rights and obligations of both parties.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You must conclude the convention before you leave for France, because the convention is needed to obtain your visa.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You must have obtained the long-stay visa (visa de long séjour) to apply for the young au pair residence card.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You file your card application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home address in the 2 months before the end date of your long-stay visa (visa de long séjour) valid as a residence permit.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You check your préfecture's website, because some sous-préfectures cannot process the application.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You pay 100 € in timbre fiscal tax stamps when your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (visa de long séjour valant titre de séjour) is validated on arrival, then 150 € when the first residence permit is issued.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You collect your card from the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home address, depending on where you filed your application.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

How do you renew a temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) as a young au pair (jeune au pair)?

If you want to continue your stay beyond 1 year as a young au pair (jeune au pair) in France, you must conclude a new convention for a maximum of 1 year.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You apply for renewal of the temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) as a young au pair (jeune au pair) in the 2 months before the temporary residence card ends, at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home address.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You check your préfecture's website, because some sous-préfectures cannot process the renewal.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You pay 100 € in timbre fiscal tax stamps when the residence permit is issued.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You collect your card from the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home address, depending on where you filed your application.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

Which documents do you provide for a first application for a temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) as a young au pair (jeune au pair)?

Which documents do you provide to renew a temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) as a young au pair (jeune au pair)?

Who can obtain a temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) as a young au pair (jeune au pair)?

You can obtain a temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) as a young au pair (jeune au pair) only if you are a non-European foreigner and you meet all the conditions.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
To obtain the temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) as a young au pair (jeune au pair), you must be between 18 and 30 years old.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You must be hosted temporarily by a family of a different nationality from yours, with which you have no family relationship, in order to improve your language skills and your knowledge of France, in exchange for light housework and childcare.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You must have obtained a long-stay visa (visa de long séjour) to apply for the young au pair residence card.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
The préfecture has 90 days from the filing of your complete application to decide on the temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

When must you apply for renewal?

You apply to renew the temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) as a young au pair (jeune au pair) in the 2 months before the temporary residence card ends, at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home address.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

Renewal planner · the end date of your permit gives the filing window