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Visas & residency cards

Visas and residency cards

Here you can find the latest information on visas and residency cards - including the latest on withdrawal agreement residency cards.

What you need to know about French civic tests for residency and citizenship

Cultural sessions now offered to newcomers undergoing the Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) process via the Ofii immigration service

Five-year WA card holders in France reminded to apply for renewal in good time

If you obtained your card in 2021, you should apply to renew it two months before the expiry date

Can you offer rentals in France when staying on visitor visa?

There are different thresholds for rentals before they are deemed as ‘professional income’

'Visitor' card holders: what to do if refused 10-year card

French visas, cartes de séjour and removals of foreign nationals in 2025

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How did George Clooney obtain French citizenship despite speaking little French?

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11% more first French residency cards issued in 2025 than in 2024

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French justice minister supports freeze on immigration: who would be affected

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Travelling during a residency card renewal: how can I show I am exempt from EES?

Tens of thousands of ‘Brexit’ cards are nearing expiry this year

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Is there shortcut for six-month French visa application?

Appointments require physical visit to processing centre

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Brexit residency card renewals: 12 confusion points and solutions

We look at timing for applications, documents needed (and not needed) and what rights if card is delayed

New 2026 civic tests in France: 50 example questions in French

Candidates must score 80% on tests to pass

New civic tests for foreigners in France launch amid criticism

‘It’s the place we are happiest’: why George Clooney and family become French

Residency rights and border changes: What's new and changing in France in 2026

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Dual citizenship under threat: what the US bill means for Americans in France

We must stop senator’s plan to ban dual American citizenship say Franco-American lawyers

French MPs vote in favour of automatic renewal of long-term residency cards

Multi-year and 10-year cards would be only be refused in case of legal grounds for refusal

Briton’s EU voting rights cancelled in last-minute ruling by France's top appeal court

British civil servant Alice Bouilliez had previously been reinstated

France and UK edge closer on youth mobility deal

Key differences remain but partners have struck a 'warmer tone' over plans

Brexit WA residency card renewals simplified in some departments of France

Civic tests for French residency cards: Official website now open

Cancer treatment at risk due to delays for 18-year-old’s WA card

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French budget: Plans to increase cost of residency cards in 2026 by €100

Cost of visas and of French citizenship also proposed to be hiked

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EU visa-free travel: new suspension rules explained

Reasons allowed for pausing ‘90/180 days’ travel rights are being expanded

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Share your stories about visiting France under the 90/180 days rule

Campaign group France Visa Free wants rules to be relaxed

Is there a set date by which I must arrive in France from US on long-stay visa?

VLS-TS visas must be validated within three months

‘Some French residency renewals are so slow they are expired by time received’ - Amnesty International

French MPs back new health fee for ‘visitor visas’ and target Americans

More readers speak out on French citizenship denial over foreign income

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List: how to apply for Brexit card renewals in different areas of France

An increasing number of prefectures have online procedures, but some are yet to provide information

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Groups call for more clarity as France seeks to standardise Brexit WA card renewal process

The first residency cards are due for renewal but not all prefectures are taking up new simple online system

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Britons ordered to leave France over bad first year of work lose court appeal

Order was upheld despite their Dordogne gîte business now doing better. They say they have ‘absolutely nothing to go back to in the UK’.

Proposed law aims to simplify French residency card renewals

MP’s idea is backed by a large number of fellow socialists