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In France, a residence permit is a document issued by the prefectures which allows an alien to reside in France without the cover of a visa.

The various residence permits
Until 2006, a distinction is made between a 10-year residence permit and a one-year temporary residence permit.

Since then, we have distinguished:
The long-stay visa (VLS-TS) allows certain categories of foreigners to enter France and stay there from 4 months to 1 year without having to apply immediately for a residence permit. Once in France, formalities must be completed with the French Immigration and Integration Office (OFII) to validate the visa.
the temporary residence card, valid for a maximum period of one year, renewable (with exceptions). Depending on the foreign situation, there are several types of temporary cards:
"Visitors" card (stay in France more than 3 months as inactive)
"Students" card
"Internships" card
"Scientists" map
"Artistic and Cultural Profession"
"Employees and temporary workers" card
"Commerce, Industrial and Craft" card
"Unemployed" card
map of seasonal workers
"Deployed employees" card
"Private and Family Life" card
Multi-year residence card
Residence card "passport talent" (4 years maximum)
Multi-year residence card "seasonal worker" (3 years maximum)
Multi-year residence card 'student posted ICT' (maximum 3 years)
"Retired" residence card (10 years)
Residence card issued to beneficiaries of subsidiary protection and members of their families (maximum 4 years)
Multi-year residence card issued to stateless persons and members of their families
the resident card, valid for a renewable period of 10 years; The number of foreigners accessing a 10-year card for the first time increased from 39,697 in 2003 to 24,133 in 2006, a decrease of 40%.

The conditions for granting residence permits are detailed in articles L-311-1 et seq. of CESEDA.

One or more receipts of a three-month validity may be returned to a foreign country requesting a card, thereby reducing the actual duration of the card. For example, a foreigner who temporarily receives two three-month-old receipts will receive an anti-dated residence card (on the day of his or her application for a card), leaving him or her only six months before renewing his or her application.

Digital footprint
Since the end of the month , a new model of residence permit for foreigners (TSE), in a format comparable to that of a credit card, has to be deployed in all prefectures. Since then, the foreign residence permit has incorporated the visual of two fingerprints, which gives the foreign residence permit the right to a residence permit