Apply for the activity bonus (prime d'activité)

To be entitled to the activity bonus, you must meet the following three conditions:

• Have a professional activity (salaried or not) and have low income,
• Live in France in a "stable and effective" manner,

Please note : Residing in France in a “stable and effective” manner means that you must not, during a year, stay outside France for more than 3 months. If you stay more than 3 months abroad, you can claim the activity bonus for only the full months of presence in France.

Stable and effective residence does not necessarily mean having a stable / fixed domicile. You can apply for the activity bonus if you are homeless and live permanently in France. You must then be "domiciled", for example with a CCAS (communal center of social action).

• Be in regular stay.

Please note : The “regular stay” conditions to be fulfilled depend on your nationality (European or foreigner from another country):

- If you are European, you must be entitled to stay in France and have lived there for at least 3 months at the time of the request.
- If you are not a European, having refugee status is sufficient to consider that you are legally resident.

Before making the request, you can, if you wish, get an idea of the amount of financial assistance that you will be able to receive, thanks to the CAF “simulator” by clicking here.

Click on the category that concerns you:

• the form for "beneficiaries" (if you are already registered with CAF),
• or the form for "non-beneficiaries" (if you are not registered with CAF).

Please note : Also read: our Réfugiés.info sheet "Registering for the Family Allowance Fund (CAF)"

Fill in all the information requested and be sure to put the number “0” in the boxes linked to your resources, if you perceive “0 euro”.

Please bonte : The amount given has an "indicative" value, that is to say that the actual amount you will receive may be lower or higher!

To request the activity bonus, you must then go to this page of the CAF website by clicking here.

Please note : If you need help with the process, you can go directly to the CAF closest to your address. An advisor can then accompany you to verify your rights and take the necessary steps with you.

Two options are available on the site:

• If you are registered with CAF, click on “You are a beneficiary (...) click here”, and follow the instructions (in this case, the procedure will be faster).
• If you are not registered with CAF , click on “You are not a beneficiary (...) click here”, then “RSA and activity bonus”, “activity bonus” then on “make the request "and complete the form page after page. Please fill in at least the boxes with a blue "asterisk" (a star)!

You must have certain documents with you to complete the form:

• Your ID or passport,
• A bank identity statement in “BIC” and “IBAN” format (if you are not yet a CAF beneficiary). Indeed, the activity premium is paid into a bank account or into a savings account. You must therefore have one to provide your RIB, if you do not have one, you can go to a Banque Postale counter, for example.
• Proof of address (document indicating your address),
• All the household resources for the 3 months preceding your request for an activity bonus (pay slips, various aid received, etc.).

If your file is accepted by the CAF services, you will receive a notification for a period of 3 months : this means that the activity bonus will be paid to you for 3 months with a fixed amount, based on your resources. of the previous semester.

Please note : If you receive a decision of "refusal of attribution" (a negative answer from CAF), or if there seems to you to be an error in the amount, you can contest the decision by making an appeal to the "commission of amicable recourse ”from your CAF. This appeal must be made within 2 months after receipt of the CAF decision.