What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?
For a model or professional assistant (such as a hairdresser, make-up artist or photographer) hired directly by a French or foreign employer for over three months, France-Visas requires the employment contract and an employer-applied work authorisation, and describes a long-stay visa serving as a residence permit valid for up to 12 months. A holder of the relevant salaried/temporary-worker VLS-TS or residence card may work only in the authorised salaried activity; a work authorisation is required for each new contract. The cited route guidance does not itself establish a special family-accompaniment entitlement.
See recorded sources
Limits of the record- The cited direct-hire route guidance does not establish a family-accompaniment entitlement or its conditions for this particular model/assistant route.
- https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/activite-salariee — France-Visas direct-hire model/assistant >3-month route
Model or model’s assistant without an agreement with a French agency
Your situation
You have been hired directly by a French or foreign employer to work as a
model
or a
model’s professional assistant
(hairdresser, make-up artist, photographer, etc.).
Your visa
If you are employed in France for three months or less, you must provide evidence of the event(s), show(s), or photo session(s) in France, and your direct involvement in them (for example, an employment contract). You will be issued with a
short-stay visa
(which is valid for up to 180 days and entitles you to be in France for a maximum of 90 consecutive or non-consecutive days). You do not need to apply for a work permit.
If you are employed in France for more than three months, you must submit an employment contract along with your application, and your employer must apply for a work permit. You will be issued with a
long-stay visa
serving as a residence permit, which is valid for up to 12 months.
- https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2728 — Service Public F2728 authorised-job limit/new contract
Si l'étranger a un VLS-TS ou une carte de séjour « salarié » ou « travailleur temporaire », une autorisation de travail est obligatoire pour qu'il puisse travailler.
Le VLS-TS ou la carte de séjour permet d'exercer seulement l'activité salariée pour laquelle une autorisation de travail a été obtenue.
Attention
Une autorisation de travail doit être demandée pour chaque nouveau contrat de travail.
