The temporary residence permit to search for a job or to start a business allows foreign students and researchers to stay in France at the end of their study or research. This is in order to add professional experience or a first experience in the world of entrepreneurship to their training.
This residence card is only valid for 12 months and is not renewable. During this period, holders of the “job search” or “business creation” residence permit are authorized to:
● Seek and exercise any professional activity without a time limit during the validity of this residence permit
● Prepare for the creation of a business in a field that corresponds to their training or research.
The temporary residence card “looking for a job” or “starting a business” is available to students who:
● Stays or has already stayed in France with a student residence card
● Has obtained one of the French higher education diplomas (professional license, specialized master, master of sciences), a master's degree or equivalent
● to researchers who have stayed in France with a talent passport residence permit with the mention “researcher” and who have completed their research work.
The application for a “job search or business creation” residence permit is made at the prefecture (France) of course before the expiry of your residence permit.
It can also be done at the French consulate in your country of residence. In this case, you left France after graduation and within a maximum of 4 years after the student graduated.
If you meet the conditions, a VLS-TS Visa (Long Stay Visa equivalent to a residence permit) with the mention “job search/business creation” will be issued to you.
Then, you must validate this visa within 3 months following your arrival in France.
Once validated, your VLS-TS will have the same value as the residence card issued by the prefecture to former students who have not left France.
The documents required to obtain a residence permit vary according to the location and profile of the student.
For a student who has just obtained his diploma from French higher education and who intends to stay in France to work or start a business, he must provide the following documents:
● your passport
● your birth certificate
● 3 photos
● your valid “student” residence card (or “student mobility program”)
● your diploma obtained during the year or a certificate of success from the jury
● proof of health insurance
● proof of a business creation project in a field corresponding to your training (if that is your objective)
● a proof of address dating back less than 3 months
If you left France after graduating, you will need to bring the following documents:
● your passport
● your birth certificate
● 3 photos
● your diploma obtained in the 4 years preceding the application
● proof that you had the “student” residence card (or “student mobility program”) when you obtained your diploma
● proof of health insurance
● proof of sufficient financial resources to meet your needs
● proof of a business creation project in a field corresponding to your training (if that is your objective)
● a proof of address dating back less than 3 months.
Your residence card will cost you 75 euros. You will have to pay for them by buying tax stamps.
For foreign researchers who have completed their research, you must provide the following documents:
● your passport
● your birth certificate
● 3 photos
● your valid “talent researcher passport” (or “researcher-mobility program”) residence card
● confirmation by the research organization of the completion of the research work
● proof of health insurance
● proof of a business creation project in a field corresponding to your research (if that is your objective)
● a proof of address dating back less than 3 months
Your residence card will cost you 225 euros. You will have to pay for them by buying tax stamps.
In the event that your “job search/business creation” residence card expires, you must apply for a new residence card to stay in France.
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