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

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

If you are a foreigner no European and come to France to do an internship in a company of the group that employs you, you must enter France with a long-stay visa "ICT intern" that will allow you to apply for a temporary residence card "ICT intern". If you already have an ICT intern residence card in another state EU Member you can come to France under certain conditions and you can benefit from a temporary residence card ICT mobile trainee. We're taking stock of the regulations.

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 concerned if you complete the whole the following conditions:

  • 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)
  • Coming to France for do an internship at an institution or company of the group that employs you abroad
  • Credit Memo an internship agreement or an employment contract with the company that employs you abroad
  • 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. In this case, you will retain the residence permit issued to you by the Member State 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.

FYI  

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

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 of regularization of €180.

Who shall I contact

Warning  

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

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

The documents to be provided are different depending on the nature of the residence card, ICT trainee or ICT mobile trainee:

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ICT Trainee

  • 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.
  • Long-stay visa or valid residence permit
  • 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 approved booth on the photo board.
    • If you don't have an e-photo yet, you can locate a digital photo and signature service.
  • Current employment contract concluded with the company that employs you outside France, or otherwise, any equivalent document in local law more than 3 months old
  • Proof that the company that employs you and the one that welcomes you on internship belong to the same group of companies
  • Proof of resources greater than or equal to €1,867.02 gross per month
  • Diploma of Higher Education

ICT mobile trainee

  • 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.
  • Residence card ICT intern issued by another EU Member State
  • 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.
  • Current employment contract concluded with the company that employs you outside France or any equivalent document in local law, more than 3 months old
  • If necessary, a mission letter from your employer specifying the conditions of remuneration. These conditions must correspond to the nature of the job held, the length of the mission and the location of the establishment or the company that welcomes you.
  • Proof that you will be an intern and that you will be able to return to an entity, established in a third country, belonging to the same company or group of enterprises at the end of your mission
  • Proof that the company that employs you and the one that welcomes you on internship belong to the same group of companies

You have to pay €350 (tax of €300 + stamp duty of €50) 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 apply for a residence card at the prefecture of his place of residence. Your minor children are exempt from residence cards 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
  • Residence card of your spouse or parent (or identity card)
  • Marriage certificate extract bearing the most recent mention or birth certificate extracts of children with filiation (documents corresponding to the situation at the time of application)
  • 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.
Where to turn?

Who shall I contact

Warning  

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

Your spouse and adult children receive a temporary residence card ICT intern (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.