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France Self Employed Worker

Procedures

Company Contact
Where and how to apply Authorisation to perform independent activities You must first be authorised by the competent administrative authority to perform the self-employed activity. Which authority you apply to will depend on the nature of your activity – for example the Chamber of Commerce issues authorisations to companies, while a special authorisation from the local departments of health is needed to open a restaurant or bar. The One-Stop-Shop for Immigration and the Provincial Directorate of Labour verify that you come within the quota and that you have all the necessary requirements to carry out your self-employed activity. Visa Once your activity has been authorised, the embassy or consulate in your country of origin or residence will issue you with a visa which you have six months to collect and use to enter Italy. This period of time is calculated starting from the date on which the authorisation to work is released. The authorisation to work is necessary to obtain the entry visa. Residence permit Within eight days of arriving in Italy, you must apply for a residence permit at the Local Immigration Police Headquarters (Questura) of the competent province where you will work. The application will be processed through the Post Office (Portale Immigrazione – in Italian). As a general rule, visas to enter the Italian territory (excluding Uniform Schengen Visas) cost €116. As for residence permits, their cost is €40 for stays between 3 and 12 months; €50 for stays between 12 and 24 months; and €100 for long-term residence permits, highly-qualified workers and intra-corporate transferees. In addition, administrative costs amount to €30 for the sending of the postal kit; €16
Documents required F Required documents may vary depending on the type of project and financial resources related to this project. The residence permit “entrepreneur/liberal profession” You must: ⦁ have a non-salaried activity; ⦁ demonstrate the economic viability of your project; ⦁ show that your project provides you with sustainable financial resources at least equivalent to the minimum legal wage in France for a full-time worker representing 18 254,54 EUR gross per year as of 1 January 2019 (SMIC – Salaire minimum interprofessionnl de croissance); ⦁ provide documents showing the respect of the legislation of your field of activity. The “passport talent” with the mention “business founder” You must: ⦁ have a serious and real intention of creating a business in France; ⦁ show a diploma at least equivalent to a Master’s degree or prove a professional experience of a least 5 years at the same level; ⦁ invest at least 30,000 EUR in your project. The “passport talent” with the mention “innovative project recognised by a public entity” You must: ⦁ provide documents certifying the innovative nature of your economic project; ⦁ have a project whose innovative nature is recognised by a public entity. To prove the innovative nature of your project, you must fulfil on of these conditions: ⦁ your business must receive or have received in the last 5 years public support for innovation; ⦁ a share of the capital of your business must be hold by a corporate entity or an alternative investment fund specialised in financing or investing in innovative business, with unlisted shares (the list of corporate entities and investment funds is fixed by decree by the Ministry of the Economy and Finances); ⦁ your business was supported by an incubator dedicated to innovative companies. The applicable fee for each permit is 269 EUR.
Duration of validity of permits The multiyear residence permit “entrepreneur/liberal profession”, the “passport talent” with the mention “innovative project recognised by a public entity” and the “passport talent” with the mention “founding a business” are valid for a period of 4 years and renewable.
Appeals You can appeal a refusal of a French entry visa to the Commission for Appeals Against Visa Application Refusals within two months of the date of notification of the decision. If the Commission rejects the appeal, or if, despite the positive opinion of the Commission, ministers confirm the visa refusal, you may, within two months, submit a request for annulment before the Administrative Court of Nantes, which is responsible in the first instance for litigation on visa refusal. An administrative appeal may also be submitted to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. More on appeals of visa decisions. Refusal of residence permits may be appealed before the prefect, a hierarchical appeal may be made to the Minister in charge of immigration or an administrative appeal may be made to the Administrative Tribunal of competent jurisdiction, within two months of notification of the decision. More on administrative and hierarchical appeals.
Further information You need to register your business with the relevant registration office as soon as you arrive in France. More on registering your business in France More on visa application to France More on settling in France

Rights

Salaried activities This residence permit does not authorise you to exercise a salaried activity.
“Long-term EU resident” residence permit F If you hold a “passport talent” residence permit with the mention “founding a business” or “innovative project recognised by a public entity”, or a temporary (VLS-TS) or multiyear “entrepreneur/liberal profession” residence permit, you can get an EU long-term residence permit after five years of uninterrupted stay in the EU, provided you have resided continuously in France for the last two years. During the required five years of continuous residence, a maximum absence of 12 consecutive months and 18 months in total is allowed. The EU long-term residence permit is valid for ten years, and is renewable. Requirements: ⦁ regular, sufficient and stable financial resources, at least equivalent to the full time monthly gross minimum wage representing 1,521.22 euros as of 1 January 2019 (⦁ SMIC – Salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance); ⦁ health insurance; ⦁ suitable accommodation. The applicable fee for each permit is 269 EUR. The permit gives you access to employment and vocational training and allows its holder to apply for the right to reside in another EU country under the facilitated procedure of Directive 2003/109/EC. You must submit your request to the prefecture of your place of residence no later than two months before the expiry of your “passport talent” residence permit or your temporary (VLS-TS) or multiyear “entrepreneur/liberal profession” residence permit. Your integration to French society will be assessed in terms of your commitment to respect the principles governing the French Republic and your sufficient proficiency of the French language. More on the EU long-term residence permit
“EU long-term resident” residence permit for your family TYour spouse and children can also apply for an EU long-term residence permit if they can prove five years of uninterrupted residence in France under a “family passport talent” residence permit or a “private and family life” residence permit issued under family reunification.

Talent Passport
‘Business investor

Are you a citizen of a non-member State of the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland, looking to invest in France with the intention of establishing yourself in the country?
 
Foreign company investors who are nationals of the EU, EEA or Switzerland are automatically entitled to pursue their activity in the same way as a French national, without any other formality.  British citizens must now also apply for a residence permit as provided below for any arrival after January 1, 2021. Algerian citizens are subject to the stipulations of the French-Algerian Agreement (refer to our fact sheet on the topic).
 
For foreign executives from outside the EU, the EEA or Switzerland wishing to invest in the French economy and settle in France, a specific residence permit exists: the multi-year Talent Passport ‘Business investor’ residence permit.
 

Eligibility

To be eligible, the entrepreneur must provide evidence of:

Foreign investors wishing to settle in France to undertake a planned investment can apply for a Talent Passport marked ‘Business investor’ if they proceed to a direct investment either:
⦁ Personnally; or
⦁ Via a company they control; or
⦁ Via a company in which they have at least a 30% shareholding.
They also need to meet the following cumulative criteria:
⦁ They are creating or protecting, or committing to create or protect, jobs within the four years following the investment;
⦁ They are investing, or committing to invest, at least €300,000 in fixed tangible or intangible assets.
Direct investments include share capital investments, reinvested earnings or ‘loans between affiliated companies’. Exclusively financial investments are therefore outside the scope of the scheme.

Types of Germany
Freelancer Visa?

There are two types of Freelance Visas for Germany that you can apply for, based on your occupation:

Length of stay

The maximum duration is four years on a renewable basis.
The validity period of this permit is variable and depends on the nature, characteristics and duration of the planned investment in France.

Helpful tip: If the planned length of stay is less than a year, foreign investors can apply for a long-stay visa equivalent to a residence permit (‘VLS-TS’) marked Passeport Talent (‘Talent Passport’).

This is valid for up to 12 months. If foreign nationals wish to stay in France beyond this period, they may apply for a four-year Talent Passport residence permit.

Where to apply

Investors living outside France should apply to the French consular authorities in their usual place of residence.

The application for a “Talent Passport” long-stay visa authorising entry into French territory for the foreign company leader is initiated on the official France-visas website.
More information on France-visas
Once in France, the foreign talent must apply upon arrival for the relevant Talent passport on the dedicated platform in order to finalize the application for the residence permit.

Once the application is validated by the Prefecture via the platform, the foreign talent will receive a certificate of approval which will be equivalent to a residence permit until the talent goes to the appointment at the Prefecture to get the definitive residence permit.

Between the application and the delivery of the residence permit, the foreign talent can check the status of his or her application on his or her online account, answer to any request to complete his or her file, and check the decisions made.

Extending your stay

Renewal
Renewal applications must be submitted in the three months before the residence permit expires on the dedicated website.

The investor must present documents proving that he or she continues to meet the conditions for the issuance of the permit. There are two different situations:

⦁ if the investor continues to invest, he/she must provide all documents justifying the continuation of the investment, the amounts already committed (initial or additional) with the maintenance or creation of employment;

⦁ if the investment project can be considered completed, any document justifying a new investment project in the territory.
Between the application and the delivery of the residence permit, the foreign talent can check the status of his or her application on his or her online account, answer to any request to complete his or her file, and check the decisions taken.
Administrative cost: €225

Change of status
In the event of a change in the professional situation of the talent, a change of status may be considered in the three months before the residence permit expires if the talent applies for another Talent passport. They will be required to prove eligibility for the new residence permit requested. It will be two months in the other cases.

Residence card
At the end of 5 years of legal and uninterrupted residence in France, workers in this category may apply for the resident card entitling the bearer to reside on French soil and engage in any professional activity (provide they hold the necessary diplomas, if working in a regulated professions).
Residence cards are issued for 10 years we have a renewable basis.

The spouse and dependent children of the holder of a Talent Passport permit have accompanying family status.
The spouse should apply, and will be issued with a ‘Talent Passport – Family’ residence permit. This permit authorizes the family to stay and undertake any paid employment in France as long as the foreign employee’s residence permit is valid.
Administrative cost: €225 for the spouse’s residence permit and €99 per visa issued to each member of the accompanying family.

You are already living in France
If applicants are already living in France under a different type of residence permit, they will have to apply for a change of status on the dedicated website.  They will be asked to prove their eligibility for the desired residence permit.
Between the application and the delivery of the residence permit, the foreign talent can check the status of his or her application on his or her online account, answer to any request to complete his or her file, and check the decisions made.
 
When should I begin the procedure?
The procedure should be initiated no earlier than three months before the date of arrival in France.
If the applicant is already living in France, the procedure should be initiated three months before the previous residence permit expires.

 
Documents required
Applicants can obtain a list of exactly which documents are required from the authority responsible for handling the application and on France-visas.gouv.fr
As an indication, you can download a list of documents that must be submitted with an application for a ‘Talent Passport’ residence permit for a business investor.
List of documents to provide

Cost of the residence permit

Foreign investors must pay a tax of €200 to the French Immigration and Citizenship Office (Office français de l’immigration et de l’intégration – OFII) when the permit is issued. In addition to this tax, stamp duty of €25 is also charged on residence permits.
In addition to this administrative cost of €225, the long-stay visa authorizing entry into France costs €99.

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