carte de séjour pluriannuelle portant la mention « talent-porteur de projet » — parcours création d’entreprise
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | carte de séjour pluriannuelle portant la mention « talent-porteur de projet » — parcours création d'entreprise as of 2026-06-01[1][4] CESEDA art. L. 421-16, 1°. service-public labels the limb "talent-porteur de projet – parcours création d'entreprise". |
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| Official name (English) | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Legal basis | CESEDA art. L. 421-16, 1° (conditions: arts. R. 421-33, R. 421-33-1, R. 421-33-2 and R. 421-34) as of 2025-06-16[1][2] L. 421-16 in force since 28 January 2024 (LOI n° 2024-42 of 26 January 2024, art. 30). R. 421-33-1 and R. 421-33-2 created, and R. 421-33 amended, by Décret n° 2025-539 of 13 June 2025, art. 3, in force 16 June 2025. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2024-01-28[1] L. 421-16 issues a carte de séjour pluriannuelle (multi-year residence card). A long-stay visa bearing the mention "talent" is issued first where the intended stay is under 12 months (VLS-TS) or as a 3-month entry visa where it is a year or more; those are stages, not this instrument. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | Not established from a qualifying source |
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| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2021-05-01[2] |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 4 years as of 2026-06-01[1][4] |
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| Renewable | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2026-06-01[1][4] L. 421-16: "Cette carte permet l'exercice d'une activité commerciale en lien avec le projet économique ayant justifié sa délivrance" — a commercial activity connected to the project that justified issue, and nothing wider. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-06-01[3] Time on a multi-year "talent" card counts toward the five years of lawful, uninterrupted residence required for the carte de résident de longue durée-UE, except for the "salarié en mission" limb and its family members. |
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Requirements
| Minimum capital | EUR 30,000 as of 2025-06-16[2][4] |
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| Business plan required | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Endorsement required | Yes as of 2025-06-16[2][4] CESEDA art. R. 421-33: before filing the card application the applicant must request an opinion (avis) from the ministry responsible for the economy on the real and serious character of the business-creation project. |
| Innovation criterion | No as of 2024-01-28[1] The innovation test belongs to the 2° limb of L. 421-16, recorded separately as fr-talent-porteur-de-projet-projet-innovant; the 1° limb requires a real and serious economic project, not an innovative one. |
| Own means requirement | 1 × statutory national minimum wage, gross (annualised total) per year as of 2026-06-01[2][4] |
Process
| Where to apply from | Not established from a qualifying source |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-06-01[4] Spouse and minor children use the simplified "famille accompagnante" procedure and receive a multi-year "talent-famille" card without going through family reunification (regroupement familial). |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child as of 2026-06-01[4] |
| Family may apply at the same time | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Family members' work rights | Not established from a qualifying source |
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Verification
| Sources cited | 4 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 4 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2021-05-01 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-06-01 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile, sous-section 4 « Création d'entreprise et investissement » (art. L. 421-16)
Secrétariat général du Gouvernement / DILA — Légifrance · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2024-01-28 · Accessed 2026-08-10 · Archived copy - [2] Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile, sous-section 4 « Création d'entreprise, projet économique innovant et investissement » (arts. R. 421-33 à R. 421-36)
Secrétariat général du Gouvernement / DILA — Légifrance · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2025-06-16 · Accessed 2026-08-10 - [3] Carte de résident de longue durée-UE (étranger en France depuis 5 ans) (fiche F17359)
Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA), Premier ministre — Service Public · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-01 · Accessed 2026-08-10 - [4] 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