Documents required for a first residence permit application:

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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

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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

Working hours

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 Working hours

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 Working hours

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 Working hours

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

Working hours :

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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 :

Working hours :from Monday to Friday from 8.45 am to 3.45pm

•

First residence permit application :

Working hours

:

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

Working hours : from Monday to Fridayfrom 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

Working hours : 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

Working hours from Monday to Fridayfrom 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

Working hours: 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

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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

Working hours : 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

Working hours : 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

Working hours : 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 Nanterreif 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 Antonyif 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

Working hours : from Monday to Friday from 8.45 am to 4 pm Email: [email protected]

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

Working hours : from Monday to Thursday from 9 am to 4.30 pm and Friday from 9 am to 4 pm E-mail: [email protected]

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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 : [email protected]

Entry : 124 rue Carnot

Working hours : 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 :

[email protected]

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 :

[email protected]

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

Working hours : on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 3.30 pm and on Wednesday from 1 pm to 3.30 pm

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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 protected]

Bureau des Etrangers

Working hours : 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

Working hours : 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

Working hours : 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

Phone number : 08 21 80 30 95 (0.12€/mn) Fax : +33 (0)1 30 32 51 85

e-mail : [email protected]

Working hours 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

Working hours: 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

Phone number : 08 21 80 30 95 (0.12€/mn) Fax +33 (0)1 34 04 30 71

Working hours : from 8.30 am to 4 pm, from Monday to Friday.

Subprefecture of ARGENTEUIL 2, rue Alfred Labrierre - BP 709 95107 - ARGENTEUIL

Working hours: 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.