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An e-photo is required for official documents. Explanations on how to make and use it on the internet.
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An e-photo is required for official documents. Explanations on how to make and use it on the internet.
Apply for naturalization by decree to become a French citizen.
By creating a personal account, you can complete your procedures online (residence permit, naturalization, etc.)
If you are a refugee, you no longer need to provide a certificate of custom to get married in France
Request a travel document for foreigners (TVR, TIV, VAT) to travel outside France
How to apply for and retrieve the definitive residence permit.
CAF provides financial assistance in different life situations. Find out how to register and apply.
Apply for a new residence permit on the Étrangers en France (ANEF) website when your card expires.
What is Active Solidarity Income? Who can receive this financial assistance? How to do?
Apply for a circulation document for a foreign minor on the website Étrangers en France (ANEF).
A social worker can advise you and help you with your procedures.
Requirements andsteps to obtain temporary protection in France
Declare on the ANEF website your new address, the loss or theft of your residence permit, ...
Find out how to find a certified translator in your language near you and how to contact them.
When and how to declare income, pay taxes, and receive a tax notice.
Find out how to buy a tax stamp, necessary for obtaining some official documents.
Find out how to obtain a "safe conduct" document allowing you to travel to your country of origin.
Official document given by OFPRA proving the date and place of birth.
In what situations and how to request your original documents from OFPRA
You can renounce your refugee status by contacting the Ofpra.
If you have two children (or more), you can apply for financial assistance from the CAF (family allowance).
Method and advice for declaring your resources every 3 months to the CAF.
Find out how to open a checking account at a banking institution.
Understand everything about the Republican Integration Contract (CIR).
You wish to bring your family to France to live with you.
Conditions, steps, documents, celebration, declaration, rights and duties of marriage in France
Obtain proof of your level of French (DELF, DALF, DILF, TCF, FET...)
Apply for social housing (HLM) with a rent adapted to your income.
The carte Vitale is issued for free to anyone who benefits from health insurance.
Find out how to get married in a foreign country.
Explanations, conditions, and steps for entering into a civil partnership (PACS) between two adults, simpler than marriage
The CROUS offers low-rent housing primarily for scholarship students.