ICT trainee card (carte de séjour temporaire stagiaire (mobile) ICT)
If you are a non-European foreign national coming to train within your employer’s group, this temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) lets you stay in France for an intra-group placement. Apply at your local préfecture or sous-préfecture within the 2 months before your VLS-TS expires, and check the préfecture website for instructions.
Steps
- Check your préfecture website: some sous-préfectures cannot handle this application.
- Submit your application to your local préfecture or sous-préfecture within the 2 months before your VLS-TS expires.
- If your application is complete, you receive the récépissé receipt (récépissé) while you wait for the préfecture’s decision.
- Pay 350 € using the timbre fiscal tax stamp (timbre fiscal).
Documents to bring
ICT trainee
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Mobile ICT trainee
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Key facts
- You must have worked within your employer’s group for at least 6 months.
- If you are a mobile ICT trainee staying for less than 90 days, you keep your ICT trainee residence permit (titre de séjour) from the other EU country and receive no French permit.
- If you apply late, you must pay an additional 180 € regularisation visa fee unless there is force majeure or you present a valid visa.
- Your temporary residence card (carte de séjour temporaire) is valid for 1 year minus the time already spent in France with your VLS-TS.
- Different rules apply if you are Algerian; if you are European, you do not need a residence permit (titre de séjour).
When to renew
- Apply at your local préfecture or sous-préfecture within the 2 months before your VLS-TS expires.
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