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Posted Employee — Cross-Border Service up to 90 Days

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The pathway is for an employee whose employer, operating outside the European Economic Area, asks them to fulfil their employment contract through a one-off mission in a French company or organisation to provide a service to a French client or on its behalf, where the mission or service obligation does not exceed 90 days; a short-stay visa matching the declared posting length is issued.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The employer or the French company benefiting from the service must obtain a work permit from the French authorities, and the applicant submits that permit with the visa application.

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Limits of the record
  • For postings of 90 days or less the source exempts certain listed activities from the work permit (see R3).

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

For postings of 90 days or less, no prior work authorisation is needed when the employee performs an audit or expert assessment in IT, management, finance, insurance, architecture or engineering, or occasional teaching as a salaried guest teacher. Exempt employees must prove that the missions are exempt and related to the functions they carry out in their company at home.

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Limits of the record
  • The source states no qualification, experience or salary criterion.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The permission covers fulfilling the employment contract with an employer operating outside the European Economic Area through a one-off mission in a French company or organisation, to provide a service to a French client or on its behalf, where the mission or service obligation does not exceed 90 days. Unless the mission is exempt, the employer or the French company benefiting from the service must obtain a work permit. The official source does not state whether family members may accompany the worker.

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Limits of the record
  • Family accompaniment not stated.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

A short-stay visa matching the length of the declared posting (mission up to 90 days) is issued, and the worker must leave France before the visa expiry date. The official source does not state any renewal or longer-term residence direction.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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