To apply for the activity bonus, you must:

• be over 18 years old
• have a professional activity (employee or self-employed) or be unemployed and have a low income
• live in France on a stable basis (at least 9 months a year)

• have international protection (refugee status, stateless person, or beneficiary of subsidiary or temporary protection), or a 10-year residence permit, or a residence permit with authorization to work for at least 5 years.

The main questions about the activity bonus are here, with general answers.

Before making a request, to check if you are entitled to the activity bonus, you must first run a simulation on the CAF website.

If the simulator indicates that you are not entitled to receive this assistance, an explanation is given.

If you made a mistake while answering the questions, you can start again.

To be sure of receiving it and to know exactly how much, you must then register with the CAF and officially apply for the activity bonus (steps 3 and 4).

To apply for the activity bonus, you need:

• an identity document (residence permit, receipt)
• a social security number
• proof of household resources (all the money you received) before your application for the activity bonus (for example, February, March, April, if it is May): pay slips, France travail unemployment benefits, health insurance benefits if you are on sick leave, etc.
• if you are not yet registered with the CAF: a bank identity statement (RIB)
• if you are self-employed (self-employed, business owner): a tax notice for year N-2 (for example for the year 2023 if it is 2025)

If you are already registered with the CAF, log in to your personal space by clicking here .

If you are not registered, you must apply for a service online and then create your account.
> Read: the Réfugiés.info fact sheet " Register and request assistance from the CAF"

To apply for the activity bonus, go to the CAF website.

Click on:

• Help and procedures
• My Procedures section
• Access my procedures
• Apply for benefits online
• Professional life
• (RSA) Active Solidarity Income
• Make the request.

Answer the questions, the same as for the simulation (step 2) and send your documents.

The CAF will respond to you directly in your My Account area or on the Caf-My Account mobile application.

Use your credentials to log in.

You will then receive the activity bonus in your bank account for 3 months with a fixed amount, in relation to the resources you have declared.

Every 3 months, you must declare your resources to the CAF.

For example, for a declaration made in May, the CAF needs to know the resources for February, March and April.

> Read: the Réfugiés.info fact sheet "Completing the quarterly declaration to the CAF"

But, you have to check everything and complete these lines on your declaration according to your situation:

• the gross turnover collected each month if you are self-employed or self-employed
• child support
• income received from abroad
• income from movable capital (financial investments, savings account: livret A, etc.)
• other income: rent received from property rentals, severance pay, etc.

You can make this declaration in the "My Account" area of the CAF website or on the "Caf-My Account" mobile application on your cell phone.

• download the application from the AppStore (iPhone)
• Download the app on Google Play (Android).

Your CAF sends you notifications and an email every 3 months to remind you to do this.

If your personal or professional situation changes, you must inform the CAF quickly in your personal space in "Declare a change" or on your profile in the application.

For example :

• Moving
• Departure abroad
• Change in family situation (birth, your child leaves home, marriage or civil partnership, divorce, etc.)
• Change in professional situation (unemployment, new job for you or your spouse, start of your business, etc.).

1. You can contact the CAF (by mail, telephone, or email) to request an explanation.
2. If the answer does not suit you, send a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt to the CAF's Amicable Appeal Commission (CRA) no later than 2 months after the decision.
3. If the CAF's Amicable Appeal Commission (CRA) refuses or does not respond within 1 month, you have 2 months to appeal to the Administrative Court .