Registration of a residence permit in France through the “Passport-Talent” visa is available for 11 categories of applicants. Our company works with the category of founders of innovative IT projects (startups).

The main conditions for founders to obtain a visa “Passport-Talant”:

• Citizenship of a non-EU country;
• Absence of a criminal record;
• Applicant's age from 18 years;
• Availability of a sound business plan for the project;
• Preliminary approval of the project by a government agency in France.

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To obtain a Passport-Talent visa, the applicant needs to collect the following package of documents:

• Passport of the home country;
• Foreign passport;
• 3 photos of 3.5 x 4.5 cm;
• 2 completed application forms of the established sample;
• Letter of invitation from La French Tech;
• Proof of payment of government fees;
• Proof of sufficient financial means of the applicant for the period of stay in France;
• Applicant's birth or marriage certificate / children's birth certificate (if applying as a family).

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Compared to other immigration programs in France (through training, investment, purchase of real estate or financial independence), the Passport Talent startup visa is the most accessible, fast and inexpensive way to legally obtain a residence permit and, in the long term, EU citizenship.

The main advantages of the Passport Talent program for the category of innovative project founders:

• Minimum requirements to the applicant (age from 18 years, no criminal record in the home country);
• Obtaining residence permit status for 4 years with the possibility of permanent residence permit (after 5 years of residence) and French citizenship (after 10 years) for the applicant and all family members;
• Proof of a Master's degree and professional experience is not required;
• Proof of employment contract with a French employer is not required;
• No knowledge of the French language is required;
• No investment in a French company of €300,000 or more and proof of ownership of real estate in France of 9 square meters or more per family member;
• It is not required to have a large amount of money in the bank account to prove sufficient financial resources of the applicant (for example, to obtain a residence permit in France under the category of “financial independence” the applicant must have at least 20,000 euros in the bank account for each family member).

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To obtain a startup visa under the Passport Talent category, the applicant must submit an official document confirming the innovative nature of the project. Such a document can only be issued by a French startup incubator, which is on the list of organizations approved by the French government, after a successful presentation of the project.

The interview with the incubator representative takes place in English or French via video link. If you do not speak the above languages at a sufficient level to understand and communicate freely, our company will provide you with a simultaneous interpreter. He will accompany you throughout the interview.

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According to the official rules of the program, an applicant who has received a visa under the “Passport-Talent” category and is applying for a residence permit in France is obliged to perform certain steps to develop an innovative project upon arrival in the country.

The plan of obligatory works and terms of their implementation are individual for each project, so it is easy to adapt them to the situation, if there is such a need. For example, depending on the conditions and focus of the project, the applicant may be required to provide documents on company registration, office rental documents, a logo, a company website, and so on.

If you do not have the desire or ability to implement a startup project in France, our company will fully undertake all the work necessary to confirm the active status of your project and, consequently, your right to stay in the country.

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