If you intend to live in France permanently, or to work there for more than three months, one of the first things you must do after your arrival is to apply for a Carte de Séjour. La Carte de Séjour, the résident card , created in 1984, permits its holders to live and work in France. It is valid for 10 years and is automatically renewable.
There are three different categories of Carte de Séjour available, according to your work situation: Actif (if you are working you need to show a work contract); Non-Actif (for retired people or those who choose not to work you need to show proof of substantial revenue); and Etudiant (for students you must provide a certificate proving that you are enrolled at an educational establishment in France).
For EU citizens:
Citizens from the European Union, or from a country part of the European Economic Space, or with specific agreement with the EU are no longer required to get a resident card when they wish to settle in France.
NON-EU Residents:
Non-EU citizens must firstly find a job, obtain a work permit and a visa de long sejour (which allows you to live in France without working or being schooled, but requires a financial guarantee, proof of medical insurance and police clearance), go to France and finally apply for a carte de sejour.
You can apply for a Carte de Séjour Temporaire, which lasts one year. The ten-year permit, available after 3 temporary ones, which includes the work permit, costs about 40 euros+50 euros.
You must make your application within the first three months of arriving in France (without a Carte de Séjour you cannot obtain any form of state benefit to which you may be entitled, such as child benefit, if you have children, or housing benefit, for example).
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