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How can you change your student residence permit (titre de séjour) to an employee or temporary worker card after your studies in France?

You can change your student residence permit (titre de séjour) to an employee or temporary worker residence card if you have a signed employment contract or a promise of hire and your employer has a work authorisation. You must apply in the 2 months before your student residence card (carte de séjour étudiant) expires. The employment situation is held against you unless the job is on the shortage occupation list, or, with a licence professionnelle, the job is related to your training and paid at least 2 800,53 € gross per month.

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What steps do you take with a Bac+2 diploma to work in France after your studies?

  1. If you have a Bac+2 diploma, sign an employment contract or obtain a promise of hire, and make sure your employer obtains a work authorisation.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  2. If you have a Bac+2 diploma, apply for a change of status to a salarié or travailleur temporaire card in the 2 months before your student residence card expires.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  3. If you have a Bac+2 diploma and your job is not on the shortage occupation list, the employment situation is held against you.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  4. If you have a Bac+2 diploma and come from a country with an agreement with France on migration flows or professional migration, you can also use the shortage occupation list provided by that agreement.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

What steps do you take with a licence to work in France after your studies?

  1. If you have a licence, sign an employment contract or obtain a promise of hire, and make sure your employer obtains a work authorisation.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  2. If you have a licence, apply for a change of status to a salarié or travailleur temporaire card in the 2 months before your student residence card expires.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  3. If you have a licence and your job is not on the shortage occupation list, the employment situation is held against you.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

What steps do you take with a licence professionnelle to work in France after your studies?

  1. If you have a licence professionnelle, you can ask for a job-search/business-creation residence card before your student residence card expires, to look for a job or prepare a business creation project.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  2. The licence professionnelle allows a salarié/travailleur temporaire card with a signed contract or job offer and employer-obtained work authorisation. The licence professionnelle faces job-market objection unless the job is in the shortage list, or is training-related and pays 2 800,53 € gross monthly or more. The licence professionnelle needs a status change in the 2 months before the student residence card ends.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  3. If you have a licence professionnelle, apply for the change of status in the 2 months before your student residence card expires.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  4. If you have a licence professionnelle and your job is not on the shortage occupation list, the employment situation is held against you unless the job is related to your training and paid at least 2 800,53 € gross per month.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

What steps do you take with a master or equivalent to work in France after your studies?

  1. If you have a master or equivalent, you can ask for a job-search/business-creation residence card before your student residence card expires, to look for a job or prepare a business creation project.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  2. The master or equivalent allows a salarié/travailleur temporaire card with a signed contract/job offer and employer-obtained work authorisation. The master or equivalent faces employment-situation opposition unless the job is in the shortage list or training-related and paid at least 2 800,53 € gross monthly. The master or equivalent requires a status change in the 2 months before the student residence card ends.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  3. If you have a master or equivalent, apply for the change of status in the 2 months before your student residence card expires.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
  4. If you have a master or equivalent and your job is not on the shortage occupation list, the employment situation is held against you unless the job is related to your training and paid at least 2 800,53 € gross per month.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

What are the employment conditions for a foreign student with a licence professionnelle who wants to work in France after graduation?

When must you apply for renewal?

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