🇫🇷 France: sources & references

• France-Visas (official visa portal)
• Minimum income
• Visa duration
• Tax regime
• Family rules
• Application fees
• Health insurance
• Processing time

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2026-07-19

France has no digital nomad visa. Since June 2025, France had enforced a ban on remote work under the long-stay VISITOR visa (VLS-TS 'visiteur'); a 2026-06-23 Journal Officiel response from the Ministry of the Interior (answering National Assembly question n°11730) reversed course: remote work from France for a foreign employer, with income paid and taxed abroad and no activity benefiting a France-based business, is 'non-active' and IS compatible with visiteur status - no work permit needed. The visiteur visa has no fixed income figure in law; consulates require proof of 'sufficient and regular resources', commonly benchmarked against the SMIC. The Profession Liberale visa (resources ~SMIC, figure above) or the Talent Passport remain the applicable routes only if the work is integrated into the French economy (French clients, French-paid work, staff supervised in France). SMIC-linked figures rise with each revaluation - confirm the current amount and exact thresholds with your consulate.

• France-Visas - self-employed / liberal activity

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2026-07-16

• Assemblee Nationale - Question n°11730, teletravail et statut visiteur (answered 2026-06-23)

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2026-06-23

Last consulted

2026-07-16

• EU citizens' right to reside & work (free movement)

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2026-06-16

Last consulted

2026-07-10

• Legal basis: right to move & reside freely

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2004-04-29

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2026-07-10

• Right to work in another EU country

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2026-07-10