Foreigner in France: multi-year residence card - ICT seconded employee

Verified 01 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

If you're a foreigner, no European and come to France (as an executive or expert) for a mission in a company of the group that employs you, you can apply for a residence card ICT posted employee. The card is valid for 3 years maximum. If the duration of stay is more than 3 months and 1 year maximum, a long-stay visa as a residence permit (VL-TS) mention ICT posted employee What are the conditions and procedures to benefit from this card? We're taking a look at the regulations.

What applies to you ?

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The multi-annual residence card ICT posted employee allows to stay in France to carry out a mission of more than 1 year during a intra-group temporary transfer (Intra corporate transfer).

You are affected if you meet all of the following conditions:

You are foreigner (except European or Algerian),
You have a long-stay visa or a VLS-TS ICT posted employee,
You come to France for hold a senior management position or provide expertise,
You have a employment contract with the company that employs you abroad,
You have a seniority of at least 6 months in the group that employs you.

Warning

Other rules apply if you are Algerian. If you are European, you do not need a residence permit.

The approach differs depending on your place of residence:

You live abroad

You must file your application with the French consular authorities in your country of residence.

Who shall I contact

Visa department (French embassy/consulate abroad)

You live in France

You must submit your application for a card within 2 months before the end date of your visa (or residence permit) to the prefecture (or sub-prefecture) of your home. Find out more on the prefecture's website.

Who shall I contact

Prefecture

Sub-prefecture

Police Prefecture of Paris

If your file is complete, you will receive a receipt pending the response of the prefecture.

Long-stay visa or valid residence permit

Passport (pages concerning civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular certificate with photo
or photo ID card
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality of less than 6 months with photo

Proof of address less than 6 months old

3 photos.
If the request is made on the internet: indicate the code of the e-photo (provided by the photographer or the authorized booth on the photo board).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service.

Form cerfa no. 15619 and documents requested in this form
Current employment contract concluded with the company that employs you outside of France or any equivalent document in local law
Proof of your seniority for at least 6 months in the group of companies: employer certificate and payslips
Proof of resources greater than or equal to €1,823.03 gross per month
Proof that the company that employs you and the one in which your mission is carried out belong to the same group of enterprises
Diplomas corresponding to the functions of executive or expert
If the profession is regulated : proof that you meet these conditions
If you are a model: copy of the model agency license
If you are engaged in a live performance activity: live performance entrepreneur license
If you are engaged in a casual live performance activity: copy of the prior statement of intervention to the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs
If necessary: mandate (if you use an agent to carry out your procedures)

Signed copy of the commitment to respect the principles of the Republic

Warning

The prefecture may refuse to deliver you your residence card if you have not complied with an obligation to leave the country (OQTF) or if you have committed any of the following acts:

Forgery and use of forged documents
Offenses severe or crimes (drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings, procuring, working conditions or undignified accommodation, among others)
Violence against elected officials, public officials or security agents.

Acceptance or refusal to issue the residence card

Your request is accepted

If your application is accepted, you are summoned to the prefecture for the issuance of the title.

Your request is denied

If the prefect has notified you of the refusal

The prefect's decision is yours notified by reasoned letter (explicit decision). Except in exceptional cases, this refusal shall be accompanied by a obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) determining the country to which you will be returned.

You can form a litigation before the administrative court (within 48 hours, 15 days or 30 days depending on the type of OQTF).

No response from the prefect on your request

If the prefecture has not replied after 90 days, this is an implicit refusal.

You can then train within 2 months of this refusal:

An administrative appeal (ex gratia before the prefect and/or hierarchical redress before the Minister of the Interior),
And/or a contentious appeal before the administrative court.

Warning

If your receipt expires and you do not have a response from the prefecture, it is possible that the processing time will be extended. In this case, you can get the renewal of your receipt. Find out more on the website of your prefecture.

Handing over the card

The card is given to you by the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home (upon your arrival in France on presentation of your visa if you have applied abroad).

You have to pay €225 (tax of €200 + stamp duty of €25) by tax stamps.

The card is issued for a duration equal to that of the mission (3 years maximum), from which the length of stay with a long-stay visa or VLS-TS is removed. For example: 2 years maximum after 1 year of VLS-TS.

Request for the card

You must submit the application for renewal of your card to the prefecture (or sub-prefecture) of your home, within 2 months before its end date.

If your file is complete, you will receive a receipt pending the response of the prefecture.

Who shall I contact

Prefecture

Sub-prefecture

Prefecture of Police of Paris - Service of residence permits

Warning

It is not possible to carry out the procedures in some sub-prefectures. Find out more on the website of your prefecture.

Documents to be provided

Valid residence card

Passport (pages concerning civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular certificate with photo
or photo ID card
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality of less than 6 months with photo

Proof of address less than 6 months old

3 photos.
If the request is made on the internet: indicate the code of the e-photo (provided by the photographer or the authorized booth on the photo board).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service.

Form cerfa no. 15619 and documents requested in this form
Current employment contract concluded with the company that employs you outside of France or any equivalent document in local law
Proof of your seniority for at least 6 months in the group of companies: employer certificate and payslips
Proof of greater or equal resources €1,603 gross per month
Proof that the company that employs you and the one in which your mission is carried out belong to the same group of enterprises
Diplomas corresponding to the functions of executive or expert
If the profession is regulated : proof that you meet these conditions
If you are a model: copy of the model agency license
If you are engaged in a live performance activity: live performance entrepreneur license
If you are engaged in a casual live performance activity: copy of the prior statement of intervention to the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs
If necessary: mandate (if you use an agent to carry out your procedures)

Signed copy of the commitment to respect the principles of the Republic

Your family can benefit from the simplified procedure accompanying family :

The “ accompanying family ” includes the person you are married to and your minor children. The simplified procedure allows them to come to France for the duration of your stay, without doing the family reunification procedure.

They have to get a long-stay visa at the French consulate of their country of residence.

This procedure is applicable even if your family arrives in France after you or if you get married after your arrival in France.

If your family members are already in France with long-stay visas, your spouse must submit an application for a residence card to the prefecture of his place of residence. Your minor children are exempt from residence permits until they reach the age of majority.

Documents to be provided

Long-stay visa or valid residence permit

Passport (pages concerning civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas)
or consular certificate with photo
or photo ID card
or consular card with photo
or certificate of nationality of less than 6 months with photo

Proof of address less than 6 months old

3 photos.
If the request is made on the internet: indicate the code of the e-photo (provided by the photographer or the authorized booth on the photo board).
If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service.

Residence card of your spouse or parent (or identity card)

Marriage certificate extract with the most recent mention or birth certificate extracts of children with filiation (documents corresponding to the situation at the time of application)