Carte de séjour pluriannuelle portant la mention « talent-salarié qualifié »
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Carte de séjour pluriannuelle portant la mention « talent-salarié qualifié » as of 2026-06-01[1][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), article L. 421-9 as of 2026-08-10[1] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-06-01[1][3] Carte de séjour pluriannuelle. Where the intended stay is under one year the instrument is instead a VLS-TS "talent" (a long-stay visa serving as a residence permit) — see process.apply_from. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-06-01[3][4] |
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| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 4 years as of 2026-06-01[1][3] |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the contract |
| Renewable | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2026-08-10[1] L. 421-9: "Cette carte permet l'exercice de l'activité professionnelle salariée ayant justifié sa délivrance." The employer needs no separate work authorisation and is exempt from the tax on employing a foreign national. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-06-01[1][3] All three parcours rest on an employment contract with an establishment in France. |
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| Salary threshold |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-06-01[3] The employer is expressly relieved of applying for a work authorisation for this card, so no employment-situation test is run. |
| Qualification requirement | degree, none as of 2026-06-01[1][3] |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-06-01[3] The card rests on an employment contract with an establishment in France; the employer is exempt from the work-authorisation procedure and from the tax on employing a foreign national. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-08-10[1] |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-06-01[3] Two-stage consular-then-prefecture path. From abroad: a long-stay visa is applied for at the French consulate; for an intended stay under 12 months the consulate issues a VLS-TS "talent" to be validated online within 3 months of arrival, and for a stay of 1 year or more a 3-month long-stay visa "talent" followed by an online residence-card application. From inside France the card is applied for online within 2 months of entry on a long-stay visa, or between 4 and 2 months before an existing title expires. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-06-01[1][3] Spouse and minor children use the simplified "famille accompagnante" procedure and receive a multi-year "talent-famille" card (CESEDA art. L. 421-22) without going through family reunification. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child as of 2026-06-01[1][3] |
| Family may apply at the same time | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Family members' work rights | Not established from a qualifying source |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 4 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 4 |
| 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 de séjour ou VLS-TS – Recherche d'emploi/création d'entreprise (fiche F17319)
Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA) — Service Public · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-01 · Accessed 2026-08-10 - [3] 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 - [4] 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