Foreigner in France: temporary residence card - intern (mobile) ICT

The temporary residence card ICT intern (or ICT mobile trainee) allows you to stay in France to do an internship as part of a intra-group temporary transfer (Intra corporate transfer).

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

• You have a VLS-TS ICT intern (or an "ICT" residence permit issued by another member country of the European Union, if you are an ICT mobile trainee)
• You come to France for do an internship at an institution or company of the group that employs you abroad
• You have an internship agreement or an employment contract with the company that employs you abroad
• You have a seniority of at least 6 months in the group that employs you.

If you are an ICT mobile trainee and your mobility is less than 90 days, there will be no issuance of a residence permit in France. Indeed, in this case, you keep the residence permit that was issued to you by the member country of the European Union (EU) who welcomed you under the status of "ICT intern".

Your family members can also reside in France with the residence permit issued by the EU host country.

You must submit your card application within 2 months before the end of validity of your VLS-TS to the prefecture (or sub-prefecture) of your home. Find out more on the prefecture's website.

If you submit your application after the deadline, except in cases of force majeure or presentation of a valid visa, you will have to pay, in addition to the cost of the card, a visa fee for regularization of €180.

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

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

The VLS-TS Intern (mobile) ICT has a validity period equal to the duration of the internship.

The period of validity of the temporary residence card Intern(mobile) ICT is 1 year less the length of stay with the VLS-TS.

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)

• Proof of payment of the stamp duty (to be delivered at the time of delivery of the title)

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

Where to turn?

Your spouse and adult children receive a temporary residence card ICT trainee (family).

The duration of this card is equal to the remaining validity period of your stay. It gives the right to the exercise of any professional activity.