Residence permit application Foreign researchers who plan to stay in France for longer than three months must apply for a residence permit. Those who are nationals of either the 15 older European Union countries, the 8 newer member countries that joined the EU on May 1, 2004 or the European Economic Area, Monaco, Andorra and Switzerland are not required to do so. Important: Nationals of Romania and Bulgaria (newest EU countries) are still required to apply for a residence permit. The residence permit application must be made at the prefecture within two months of arrival. However, we strongly recommend that you start the procedure as soon as you arrive. You may be asked to present proof that you have applied for a residence permit in order to successfully complete the numerous other formalities that you will be faced with when settling in France. If you live in Paris: Your request for a residence permit will be filed by the representative (correspondant chercheur étranger) from your host institution (the person at the host institution in charge of relations with the Paris prefecture). You must give the representative all the papers required for the residence permit application and complete the forms that the representative will give you. If you live in the Ile-de-France region but outside of Paris: You must go in person to your local prefecture (see list below) with all the documents required, and complete the forms at the prefecture: Documents required for a first residence permit application: Passport (photocopy of the pages bearing your personal details, the entry stamps and Scientist visa, the expiration date and the original passport if you go to the prefecture in person) 3 passport photographs (recent, full face, head uncovered, of good quality, in black and white or colour, 3,5 cm x 4,5 cm) If you are single: your birth certificate translated into French by an approved translator If you are married: a French translation by an approved translator of the livret de famille (an official family record book) or of the marriage certificate. If your spouse is already in France, a photocopy of his/her residence permit. a proof of your residence in Paris (such as a lease, an electricity or gas bill, a landter from the person providing your accommodation and a photocopy of his/her identity card) the original of the convention d accueil (make sure you keep a copy) stamped by the director of the accredited research institution and the French consulate in your home country. At the prefecture or with the correspondant-chercheur of your institution, you must complete the following documents: a form to request a medical examination a residency permit application which you should sign on both sides a feuille de renseignements (information sheet) which you must fill-out yourself and have stamped by the host institution
Préfectures d Ile de France 77 Prefecture of Seine-et-Marne www.seine-and-marne.pref.gouv.fr 12, Rue des Saints-Pères 77010 - MELUN CEDEX Phone number: 01 64 71 77 77 voice-responding server «carte de séjour» : +33 (0)1 64 71 78 77 Fax +33 (0)1 64 71 75 25 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 9 am to 4 pm Formalities - First residence permit application (inhabitants of the Melun and Meaux arrondissements who are non-eu nationals), Renewal of residence permit, Duplicate and change of address, Document de circulation pour étranger mineur (DCEM) (travel document required for non-french minors travelling without their parents) - Subprefecture of FONTAINEBLEAU 37 rue Royale 77305 - FONTAINEBLEAU Phone number : +33 (0)1 60 74 66 77 Fax +33 (0)1 60 74 66 90 Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9 am to 12.30 am and from 1.30 pm to 4 pm and Friday from 9am to 12h30 am. Formalities - First residence permit application, Renewal of residence permit, Duplicate and change of address, Document de circulation pour étranger mineur (DCEM) (travel document required for non-french minors travelling without their parents) - Subprefecture of MEAUX 27 place de l'europe 77109 - MEAUX CEDEX Phone number : +33 (0)1 60 09 83 77 Fax +33 (0)1 60 25 38 99 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 12h30 am Formalities - First residence permit application for EU citizens only, (for national of other countries, please contact the prefecture of Melun), renewal of residence permit, duplicate and change of address, Document de circulation pour étranger mineur (DCEM) (travel document required for non-french minors travelling without their parents) - Subprefecture of PROVINS 17, rue Sainte-Croix BP 204 77487 - PROVINS CEDEX Phone number : +33 (0)1 60 58 57 77 Fax +33 (0)1 60 57 57 70 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 1.30 pm 13 to 4 pm - Subprefecture of TORCY 7 rue Gérard Philipe 77200 TORCY Phone number : +33 (0)1 60 95 59 77 Fax : +33 (0)1 60 95 59 79 : Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 4 pm. Reception desk on Wednesday for
information or delivering of forms (but no delivering of residence permit). 78 Prefecture of Yvelines www.yvelines.pref.gouv.fr 1, rue Jean Houdon 78000 - VERSAILLES Phone number : +33 (0)1 39 49 78 00 Fax +33 (0)1 39 49 45 91 Come to 1 avenue de l Europe Foreigners reception desk : Application for asylum, Document de circulation pour étranger mineur (DCEM) application, visas extension, renewal and residence permit collection : : from Monday to Friday from 8.45 am to 3.45 pm First residence permit application : : Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8.45 am to 3.45 pm and Wednesday from 8.45 am to 12 am - Subprefecture of MANTES-LA-JOLIE 42 rue de Lorraine 78200 - MANTES-LA-JOLIE Phone number : +33 (0)1 30 92 74 00 Fax : +33 (0)1 30 94 76 87 Come to 18-20, rue de Lorraine : from Monday to Friday from 8.45 am to 3.45 pm - Subprefecture of RAMBOUILLAND 82 rue du général de Gaulle 78120 - RAMBOUILLAND Phone number : +33 (0)1 34 83 66 78 Fax : +33 (0)1 34 83 66 66 : from Monday to Friday from 8.45 am to 3.45 pm - Subprefecture of SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE 1 rue du Panorama 78100 - SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE Phone number : +33 (0)1 30 61 34 00 Fax : +33 (0)1.30.61.34.98 from Monday to Friday from 8.45 am to 3.45 pm 91 Prefecture of Essonne www.essonne.pref.gouv.fr Boulevard de France 91010 Evry Cedex Phone number : +33 (0)1 69 91 91 91 voice-responding server: +33 (0)1.69.91.92.00 Fax : +33 (0)1 64 97 00 23 Phone number : +33 (0)1 69 91 93 45 Fax : +33 (0)1 69 91 96 10 : from 9 am to 4 pm from Monday to Friday Subprefecture of EVRY-CORBEIL-ESSONNES 7, rue La Fayette 91100 CORBEIL-ESSONNES Phone number : +33 (0)1 60 88 84 00 : from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 am and from 2 pm to 4.30 pm
Subprefecture of PALAISEAU Avenue du Général de Gaulle 91125 PALAISEAU CEDEX Phone number : +33 (0)1 69 31 96 96 Fax: +33 (0)1 60 14 91 17 : from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm Subprefecture of ANDAMPES 4 rue Van-Loo 91150 ÉTAMPES Phone number: +33 (0)1 69 92 99 91 Fax +33 (0)1.64.94.84.85 : from 9 am to 4 pm except Wednesdays and during school holidays, it is closed from 12.30 am to 1.30 pm. Prefecture of Hauts-de-Seine www.hauts-de-seine.pref.gouv.fr 167-177, avenue Frédéric et Irène Joliot-Curie 92013 Nanterre Cedex Phone number: 08 21 80 30 92 (0.12 TTC / mn) Fax: +33 (0)1 47 25 21 21 : The foreigners office desk is open from Monday to Thursday from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm and Friday from 8.30 am to 4 pm Go to Prefecture of Nanterre if you live: Asnières, Bois-Colombes, Clichy, Colombes, Courbevoie, Garches, Gennevilliers, La Garenne- Colombes, Levallois-Perret, Nanterre, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Puteaux, Rueil-Malmaison, Suresnes, Villeneuve-la-Garenne SubPrefecture of Antony if you live: Antony, Bagneux, Bourg-la-Reine, Chatenay-Malabry, Chatillon, Clamart, Fontenay-aux-Roses, Le Plessis-Robinson, Malakoff, Montrouge, Sceaux, Vanves SubPrefecture of Boulogne-Billancourt if you live: Boulogne-Billancourt, Chaville, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Marnes-la-Coquette, Meudon, Saint-Cloud, Sèvres, Vaucresson, Ville d Avray Subprefecture of ANTONY 99 avenue Charles de Gaulle BP 87 92161 ANTONY CEDEX Phone number : +33 (0)1 56 45 38 00 Fax +33 (0)1 43 50 57 90 : from Monday to Friday from 8.45 am to 4 pm Email: sous-prefecture-de-antony@hauts-de-seine.pref.gouv.fr Subprefecture of BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT 11/12 quai Alphonse Le Gallo 92104 BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT Phone number : +33 (0)1 41 86 37 00 Fax +33 (0)1 46 03 12 08 voice-responding server: +33 (0)1 40 97 20 20 Entry : 82, rue de Sèvres : from Monday to Thursday from 9 am to 4.30 pm and Friday from 9 am to 4 pm E-mail: sousprefecturedeboulogne@hauts-de-seine.pref.gouv.fr
93 Prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis www.seine-saint-denis.pref.gouv.fr 1, esplanade Jean Moulin 93007 BOBIGNY CEDEX Phone number : +33 (0)1 41 60 60 60 Fax +33 (0)1 48 30 22 88 E-mail : courrier@seine-saint-denis.pref.gouv.fr Entry : 124 rue Carnot : from Monday to Thursday : from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm and Friday from 8.30 am to 3.30 pm You have to go to the prefecture of your place of residence. To know what prefecture it is, have a look at the following webpage and choose the name of your town: http://www.seine-saint-denis.pref.gouv.fr/menu-demarche-sejour-etranger.htm If you live in Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen, Villetaneuse : Direction des Etrangers Bâtiment René Cassin 11 esplanade Jean Moulin 93007 BOBIGNY cedex from Monday to Friday from 8.30 am to 4 pm e-mail : info-etrangers@seine-saint-denis.pref.gouv.fr Phone number Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm +33 (0)1.41.60.25.10 - Subprefecture of Le Raincy 6, allée de l'église 93340 LE RAINCY Phone number : +33 (0)1 43 01 47 00 Fax +33 (0)1 43 01 48 10 Subprefecture of Le Raincy 57 Avenue Thiers 93340 LE RAINCY from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm e-mail : Etrangers-Le-Raincy@seine-saint-denis.pref.gouv.fr Phone number : +33 (0)1.43.01.47.54 - Subprefecture of Saint-Denis 28-30 boulevard de la Commune de Paris 93200 SAINT-DENIS Cedex Phone number : +33 (0)1 49 33 94 44 Fax +33 (0)1 42 43 28 34 Direction des Etrangers 39 bis rue de Strasbourg 93200 SAINT-DENIS Phone number : +33 (0)1 49 33 95 00 : on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 3.30 pm and on Wednesday from 1 pm to 3.30 pm 94 Prefecture of Val-de-Marne www.val-de-marne.pref.gouv.fr
21 à 29, avenue du Général de Gaulle 94011 Créteil Cedex Phone number : +33 (0)1 49 56 60 00 voice-responding server: +33 (0)1 49 56 60 60 E-mail : email@val-de-marne.pref.gouv.fr Bureau des Etrangers : from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm except on Thursday : from 9 am to 1 pm Foreigners reception desk : Phone number +33 (0)1 49 56 62 67 Subprefecture of NOGENT-SUR-MARNE 4 avenue du maréchal de Lattre-de-Tassigny 94736 - NOGENT-SUR-MARNE CEDEX Phone number : +33 (0)1 49 56 66 03 Fax +33 (0)1 49 56 66 60 : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday : from 9 am to 4 pm and on Thursday : from 9 am to 1 pm Subprefecture of L'HAY-LES-ROSES 2 avenue Larroumés 94240 - L'HAY-LES-ROSES Phone number : +33 (0)1 49 56 65 00 Fax +33 (0)1 49 56 65 70 : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday : from 9 am to 4 pm and on Thursday : from 9 am to 12.30 95 Prefecture of Val-d'Oise www.val-doise.pref.gouv.fr avenue Bernard-Hirsch 95010 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex Fax : +33 (0)1 30 32 51 85 e-mail : courrier@val-doise.pref.gouv.fr of the foreigners reception desk : from 9 am to 4 pm, from Monday to Friday. Subprefecture of PONTOISE 3, rue de la Coutellerie 95301 - CERGY PONTOISE CEDEX Fax : +33 (0)1 30 38 25 89 E-mail : SousPrefecturePontoise@val-doise.pref.gouv.fr : from 9 am to 12 and from 1 pm to 4 pm, from Monday to Friday. Subprefecture of SARCELLES 1 boulevard François Mitterrand - BP 80025 95842 SARCELLES Fax +33 (0)1 34 04 30 71 E-mail : SousPrefectureSarcelles@val-doise.pref.gouv.fr : from 8.30 am to 4 pm, from Monday to Friday. Subprefecture of ARGENTEUIL 2, rue Alfred Labrierre - BP 709 95107 - ARGENTEUIL Fax : +33 (0)1 34 23 36 32 E-mail : SousPrefectureArgenteuil@val-doise.pref.gouv.fr : from 9 am to 4 pm from Monday to Friday. Important: deposit of residence permit and renewal of residence permit applications are possible everyday except on Tuesday.