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From your first titre de sejour to your tax declaration. Everything you need for life in France.
Validate your VLS-TS online within 3 months of arriving in France. This applies to most expats who arrived with a long-stay visa.
Understand the French residence permit system, identify your situation, and find the exact process for your case.
Renew your French residence permit before it expires.
Apply for the 10-year residence card for long-term stability in France.
Notify the prefecture of your new address to update your residence permit records.
Bring your spouse and/or children to join you in France.
Understand your residence, healthcare, tax, housing, and admin steps as an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen moving to France.
Understand the residence-card path for non-EU spouses, partners, children, or dependent family members of an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen living in France.
Check whether you are covered by the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and how to handle a WARP/Article 50 residence-card file.
Check whether a spouse, partner, child, dependent parent, or other family member can use the UK Withdrawal Agreement family route.
Choose the right post-2021 long-stay visa and residence path if you are not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement.
Validate your VLS-TS online within 3 months of arriving in France. This applies to most expats who arrived with a long-stay visa.
Understand the French residence permit system, identify your situation, and find the exact process for your case.
Renew your French residence permit before it expires.
Apply for the 10-year residence card for long-term stability in France.
Notify the prefecture of your new address to update your residence permit records.
Bring your spouse and/or children to join you in France.
Understand your residence, healthcare, tax, housing, and admin steps as an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen moving to France.
Understand the residence-card path for non-EU spouses, partners, children, or dependent family members of an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen living in France.
Check whether you are covered by the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and how to handle a WARP/Article 50 residence-card file.
Check whether a spouse, partner, child, dependent parent, or other family member can use the UK Withdrawal Agreement family route.
Choose the right post-2021 long-stay visa and residence path if you are not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement.
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You must validate your VLS-TS within 3 months of arrival. If you're close to the deadline, validate immediately on this portal - late validation may require a new visa application.
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