How do you get a residence permit (titre de séjour) as a salarié with a permanent contract or as a travailleur temporaire with a fixed-term contract in France?

A non-European foreign national who has found a job in France can get a salarié residence permit with a permanent contract (CDI). A non-European foreign national who has found a job in France can get a travailleur temporaire residence permit with a fixed-term contract (CDD). For a salarié or travailleur temporaire residence permit, you need a work authorisation. If you are admitted to stay in France for the first time, you need a long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS) for the salarié or travailleur temporaire residence permit.

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You have a permanent contract (CDI) and you live abroad: what steps do you take to get the salarié residence permit?

1. If you have a permanent contract (CDI) and you live abroad, your employer must apply online for the work authorisation (autorisation de travail) before your entry into France.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
2. For a salarié residence permit application from abroad, the administration informs your employer if the administration agrees. For a salarié residence permit application from abroad, your employer must then tell you if agreement is given. After your employer tells you for the salarié residence permit application, you can apply for a long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS) with the online visa service.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
3. If you have a permanent contract (CDI) and you come from abroad, you can start working as soon as you arrive in France.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
4. Within 3 months following your arrival in France, you must validate your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS) and pay a tax that is added to the visa fees, using the online service.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
5. At the latest 2 months before the end date of your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS), you must file your residence permit (titre de séjour) application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
6. If your file is complete, you receive a récépissé receipt while you wait for the préfecture's answer.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

You have a permanent contract (CDI) and you live in France: what steps do you take to get the salarié residence permit?

1. If you have a permanent contract (CDI) and you live in France, your employer must apply online for the work authorisation (autorisation de travail).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
2. If you have a permanent contract (CDI) and you live in France, you must file your card application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home before the end of your residence permit.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
3. If your file is complete, you receive a récépissé receipt while you wait for the préfecture's answer.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

You have a fixed-term contract (CDD) and you live abroad: what steps do you take to get the travailleur temporaire residence permit?

1. If you have a fixed-term contract (CDD) and you live abroad, your employer must apply online for the work authorisation (autorisation de travail) before your entry into France.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
2. For a travailleur temporaire residence permit from abroad, the administration tells your employer if the work authorisation is agreed. For a travailleur temporaire residence permit from abroad, your employer tells you if the work authorisation is agreed. When your employer tells you of the agreement for the travailleur temporaire residence permit, you can apply online for a long-stay visa valid as a residence permit.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
3. Within 3 months following your arrival in France, you must validate your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS) and pay a tax that is added to the visa fees, using the online service.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
4. At the latest 2 months before the end date of your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS), you must file your card application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

You have a fixed-term contract (CDD) and you live in France: what steps do you take to get the travailleur temporaire residence permit?

1. If you have a fixed-term contract (CDD) and you live in France, you must file your card application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home before the end of your residence permit.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
2. If your file is complete, you receive a récépissé receipt while you wait for the préfecture's answer.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

You have a permanent contract (CDI), your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit is ending and you still occupy the job that justified the visa: which documents do you provide for the salarié residence permit?

You have a fixed-term contract (CDD), your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit is ending and you still occupy the CDD that justified your last work authorisation: which documents do you provide for the travailleur temporaire residence permit?

You have a permanent contract (CDI), your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit is ending and you are without employment: which documents do you provide for the salarié residence permit?

You have a permanent contract (CDI) and you change status: which documents do you provide for the salarié residence permit?

What do you need to get a salarié residence permit with a permanent contract or a travailleur temporaire residence permit with a fixed-term contract in France?

• You need a work authorisation (autorisation de travail) to get the salarié residence permit with a permanent contract (CDI) and to get the travailleur temporaire residence permit with a fixed-term contract (CDD).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• If you are admitted to stay in France for the first time, you need a long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS) marked salarié for a permanent contract (CDI) or marked travailleur temporaire for a fixed-term contract (CDD).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• If you are European or Algerian, other rules apply to you.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• You pay 350 € (a 300 € tax plus a 50 € timbre fiscal tax stamp) by timbres fiscaux for the salarié residence permit and for the travailleur temporaire residence permit.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• The salarié residence permit and the travailleur temporaire residence permit are valid 1 year and can be renewed.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

When must you apply for renewal?

• For the salarié residence permit, if you live abroad and your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS) is ending, you must file the card application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home at the latest 2 months before the end date of the VLS-TS.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For the travailleur temporaire residence permit, if you live abroad and your long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS) is ending, you must file the card application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home at the latest 2 months before the end date of the VLS-TS.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For the salarié residence permit, if you have a permanent contract (CDI) and still occupy the job that justified your last work authorisation, you must file the renewal application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home at the latest 2 months before the end date of your card.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For the salarié residence permit, if you no longer have a job, you must file the renewal application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home at the latest 2 months before the end date of your card.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For the salarié residence permit, if you have changed job, you must file the renewal application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home at the latest 2 months before the end date of your card.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
• For the travailleur temporaire residence permit, if you have a fixed-term contract (CDD), you must file the renewal application at the préfecture or sous-préfecture of your home at the latest 2 months before the end date of your card.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

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