carte de séjour temporaire « visiteur »
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | carte de séjour temporaire « visiteur » as of 2026-06-01[2] |
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| Official name (English) | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Legal basis | CESEDA art. L. 426-20 as of 2026-06-01[2] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-06-01[2] Carte de séjour temporaire. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA, EFTA as of 2026-06-01[2] |
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| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | 1 year as of 2026-06-01[2] "Cette carte de séjour visiteur est valable 1 an." |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-06-01[2] Renewable; the renewal application is filed online through ANEF. |
| Renewal duration | Not established from a qualifying source Not stated. The fiche describes the renewal procedure and its cost but does not state the validity of the renewed card. |
| Work rights | none as of 2026-06-01[2] A condition of the card is not working in France, whether as an employee, a trader, an auto-entrepreneur, an artisan or in a liberal profession; a handwritten sworn statement undertaking not to work in France is a required document. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-06-01[1] Time on a carte de séjour temporaire "visiteur" counts toward the five years of lawful, uninterrupted residence required for the carte de résident de longue durée-UE. |
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Process
| Where to apply from | Not established from a qualifying source |
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| Statutory processing time | Not applicable as of 2026-06-01[2] No statutory decision period is stated. The fiche states only that silence from the prefecture for four months is an implied refusal, which is an appeal trigger rather than a decision deadline. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-06-01[2] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Not established from a qualifying source |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 2 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 2 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-06-01 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-06-01 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] 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 - [2] Carte de séjour temporaire « visiteur » d'un étranger en France (fiche F302)
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