Carte de séjour pluriannuelle portant la mention « passeport talent (famille) » (dite « talent-famille »)
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Carte de séjour pluriannuelle portant la mention « passeport talent (famille) » (dite « talent-famille ») as of 2026-06-01[1][2][3] |
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| Official name (English) | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Legal basis | Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile (CESEDA), articles L. 421-22 à L. 421-25 as of 2026-08-10[1] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-10[1] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | Not established from a qualifying source |
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| Minimum age | 18 as of 2026-08-10[1] L. 421-22: the spouse must be aged at least 18. Children of the couple who entered France as minors receive the card in the year following their eighteenth birthday. |
| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value The term has no numeric value of its own. L. 421-22: the card is issued « d'une durée égale à la période de validité restant à courir de la carte de séjour de son conjoint » — equal to the unexpired remainder of the principal's talent card. initial_duration_basis carries the rule (matches_sponsor). Sources: fr-ceseda-l421-7-25. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the sponsor's permit |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-10[1] Renewed as of right (« de plein droit ») for four years once the holder has resided in France for at least five years. Also renewed as of right where the holder accumulates five years' lawful uninterrupted residence in different EU Member States as the family member of an EU Blue Card holder, of which the last two in France, in which case art. L. 432-5 does not apply. |
| Renewal duration | 4 years as of 2026-08-10[1] Four years, on the five-years-residence limb of L. 421-22. |
| Work rights | Not established from a qualifying source |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-08-10[1] |
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Requirements
| Who can sponsor | specific permits as of 2026-08-10[1] Holders of the multi-year cards « talent », « talent-salarié qualifié », « talent-carte bleue européenne », « talent-profession médicale et de la pharmacie », « talent-chercheur », « talent-chercheur programme de mobilité » and « talent-porteur de projet » — i.e. arts. L. 421-9, L. 421-11 and L. 421-13-1 to L. 421-21. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child, adult dependent child as of 2026-08-10[1] L. 421-22: the spouse aged at least 18, and the children of the couple who entered France as minors, in the year following their eighteenth birthday or where they fall within art. L. 421-35. `minor_child` and `adult_dependent_child` both appear because the card is issued to children at the point they turn 18, having entered as minors; neither value alone describes that. |
| Sponsor income requirement | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Sponsor accommodation requirement | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Sponsor waiting period | Not applicable as of 2026-06-01[1][2] No waiting period. The whole point of the « famille accompagnante » route is that the family applies alongside the principal rather than after a qualifying period of the principal's residence, which is what distinguishes it from regroupement familial. |
| Pre-entry language test | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Sponsor and relation matrix |
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Process
| Where to apply from | Not established from a qualifying source |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-08-10[1] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Not applicable Principals on this route are themselves the accompanying family members. |
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Verification
| Sources cited | 3 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 3 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-06-01 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-10 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] CESEDA, Livre IV, Titre II, Chapitre I, Section 2 « Étranger talentueux » — articles L. 421-7 à L. 421-25 (texte consolidé)
Secrétariat général du Gouvernement — Légifrance · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-10 - [2] Carte talent : carte de séjour pluriannuelle d'un étranger en France (fiche F16922) — porteur de projet: conditions, pièces, coût, durée, famille
Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA), Premier ministre — Service Public · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-01 · Accessed 2026-08-10 · Archived copy - [3] Titres, cartes de séjour et documents de circulation pour étranger en France (dossier N110) — enumeration of French residence titles
Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA) — Service Public · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-02-10 · Accessed 2026-08-10