Carte de séjour temporaire portant la mention « travailleur temporaire »
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Carte de séjour temporaire portant la mention « travailleur temporaire » as of 2026-05-01[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. 421-1 à L. 421-4 (carte de séjour pour motif professionnel) as of 2026-05-01[3] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-05-01[3] Carte de séjour temporaire. A first admission is normally made on a VLS-TS carrying the same mention, which serves as a residence permit for its first year. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-05-01[3][4] |
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| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-05-01[3] |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | 1 year as of 2026-05-01[3] Valid for one year and renewable. |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-05-01[3] Renewable for a period equal to the remainder of the current fixed-term contract or to the new fixed-term contract, which the fiche states may exceed one year. |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2026-05-01[3] The card rests on a work authorisation tied to the job that justified it; the fiche sets out a separate document list and a fresh work authorisation for taking a different job. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-06-01[2] |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-05-01[3] A fixed-term employment contract (contrat à durée déterminée, CDD) together with a work authorisation. |
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| Labour-market test | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Qualification requirement | none as of 2026-05-01[3] No qualification condition attaches to the card itself; the condition is the work authorisation. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-05-01[3] The employer applies for the work authorisation online before the applicant enters France. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-05-01[3] |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-05-01[3] Two-stage. From abroad the employer must obtain the work authorisation before entry, after which the applicant applies for a VLS-TS and may start work on arrival; the VLS-TS is validated online within three months and the residence-card application is filed at the prefecture no later than two months before the VLS-TS expires. An applicant already in France applies at the prefecture of their domicile. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-05-01[3] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-06-01[1] Holders of a temporary card of at least one year, including « salarié » and « travailleur temporaire », may sponsor family reunification (regroupement familial) after 18 months' residence — see fr-regroupement-familial. No accompanying-family fast track equivalent to « talent-famille » applies. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child as of 2026-06-01[1] Via family reunification only: spouse aged at least 18 and minor children. |
| Family may apply at the same time | No as of 2026-06-01[1] Family reunification is applied for after the sponsor has completed 18 months' residence in France, not together with the sponsor's own application. |
| 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 | 2026-05-01 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-06-01 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Regroupement familial (fiche F11166)
Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA) — Service Public · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-01 · Accessed 2026-08-10 - [2] 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 - [3] Travail d'un étranger en France : carte de séjour – salarié/travailleur temporaire (fiche F15898)
Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA) — Service Public · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-05-01 · Accessed 2026-08-10 - [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