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Services and practical steps for life in France

Services et démarches pour votre vie en France

Banque, logement, santé, séjour, entreprise : trouvez le bon parcours et préparez votre dossier dans votre espace personnel.

Acre: check start-up support

Acre : vérifier une aide au démarrage

Conditions, deadlines and rates depend on your situation and start date.

Insure my professional activity

Assurer mon activité professionnelle

Required cover depends on your trade and its risks.

Choose and check my activity

Choisir et vérifier mon activité

Trading, craft or professional services: obligations may differ.

Bank account for my business

Compte bancaire pour mon activité

Check dedicated account requirements and your bank’s terms.

Create my micro-enterprise

Créer ma micro-entreprise

Micro-enterprise is a regime for an individual business, also called auto-entrepreneur.

Starting a business as a foreign national

Créer une activité en tant qu’étranger

Check the residence and business rules that apply to your circumstances before starting.

Create a company: SASU, SAS, EURL, SARL

Créer une société : SASU, SAS, EURL, SARL

Prepare the decisions and documents required for a company before registration.

Quotes, invoices and electronic invoicing

Devis, factures et facturation électronique

Prepare invoices that match your activity and the applicable timetable.

Choose my business address

Domicilier mon entreprise

The registered address and the place where you work may differ.

Declare my turnover to Urssaf

Déclarer mon chiffre d’affaires à l’Urssaf

Organize the declarations and payments associated with your business.

Estimate my self-employed income

Estimer mes revenus indépendants

Use the official simulator to explore your project without sending those figures to The Database.

Micro-enterprise income tax, VAT and CFE

Impôts, TVA et CFE du micro-entrepreneur

Separate social contributions, income tax, VAT and CFE.

Change or close a micro-enterprise

Modifier ou fermer une micro-entreprise

Stopping work requires formalities as well as final declarations.

Entrepreneur / self-employed residence permit

Séjour entrepreneur / profession libérale

Prepare your project and check the appropriate residence permission before starting work.

Check a business and its SIRET

Vérifier une entreprise et son SIRET

Find a business’s public information before contacting it.

Get support for starting a business

Être accompagné pour entreprendre

Find a public contact for your project and location.

Learn French and settle in

Apprendre le français et s’intégrer

Check the applicable integration pathway and locally available courses.

Budget, debt and banking difficulties

Budget, dettes et difficultés bancaires

List income and expenses to prepare for an adviser appointment.

Banque de France forms and evidence

Formulaires Banque de France et pièces à préparer

Steps, documents and official links to prepare your request.

Get help with an online procedure

Me faire aider pour une démarche en ligne

Find a reliable starting point for everyday procedures in France.

My first taxes in France

Mes premiers impôts en France

Find a reliable starting point for everyday procedures in France.

Open my bank account, step by step

Ouvrir mon compte bancaire, étape par étape

Steps, documents and official links to prepare your request.

Open a bank account after a refusal

Ouvrir un compte bancaire après un refus

Find a reliable starting point for everyday procedures in France.

Bank refusal: prepare the right-to-an-account process

Refus bancaire : préparer le droit au compte

Steps, documents and official links to prepare your request.

Report a consumer problem

Signaler un problème de consommation

Gather the invoice, correspondence and a factual description of the problem.

Exchange my driving licence

Échanger mon permis de conduire

Find a reliable starting point for everyday procedures in France.

Procedures for my family and children

Démarches pour ma famille et mes enfants

Prepare your household procedures, considering each person’s age and circumstances.

Support for my family

Les aides pour ma famille

Prepare your household procedures, considering each person’s age and circumstances.

Enroll my child in school

Scolariser mon enfant

Prepare your household procedures, considering each person’s age and circumstances.

Supplementary solidarity health cover

Complémentaire santé solidaire

Check health coverage, household resources and supplementary solidarity cover conditions.

Understand state medical assistance

Comprendre l’aide médicale de l’État

Read current State Medical Aid conditions and find appropriate support.

Get a social security number

Obtenir mon numéro de sécurité sociale

Understand initial social-security registration when you were born abroad.

Apply for health coverage

Ouvrir mes droits à l’Assurance maladie

Check the route for opening health-insurance rights for your circumstances.

Health support for people in exile

Santé et accompagnement des personnes exilées

Understand how to access care and find the organization suited to your situation.

Find help accessing healthcare

Trouver une aide pour accéder aux soins

Understand how to access care and find the organization suited to your situation.

Housing and family support

Aides au logement et à la famille

Find the right housing route and check the conditions before sharing documents.

Need emergency accommodation

Besoin d’un hébergement d’urgence

Find the right housing route and check the conditions before sharing documents.

Understand my rental agreement

Comprendre mon contrat de location

Find the right housing route and check the conditions before sharing documents.

Apply for social housing

Demander un logement social

Find the right housing route and check the conditions before sharing documents.

Prepare my rental application

Préparer mon dossier de location

Find the right housing route and check the conditions before sharing documents.

Prepare a proof-of-accommodation letter

Préparer une attestation d’hébergement

The host can use the official template to certify a real accommodation arrangement.

Understand an asylum appeal

Comprendre un recours en matière d’asile

Find the appropriate contact. For a decision or appeal deadline, promptly seek an individual review.

Ask for protection

Demander une protection

Find the official stages of a protection application and appropriate reception services.

Get help with discrimination

Faire face à une discrimination

Find the appropriate contact. For a decision or appeal deadline, promptly seek an individual review.

Find legal help

Trouver une aide juridique

Find an initial contact for a legal question and check the conditions for assistance.

Get help from La Cimade

Être accompagné par La Cimade

Find reception services and access arrangements published by La Cimade.

Translate a document

Faire traduire un document

Ask the receiving organization whether a certified translation is required.

Procedures for Algerian nationals

Les démarches pour les ressortissants algériens

Algerian citizens have specific rules. Start with official guidance matching your plans.

Nationality and civic examination

Nationalité et examen civique

Identify your situation and consult the official procedure before preparing your file.

Prepare a residence application

Préparer un titre de séjour

Identify your situation and consult the official procedure before preparing your file.

Renew my documents

Renouveler mes papiers

Prepare a renewal using your current document and the procedure matching your situation.

Visa and arrival in France

Visa et arrivée en France

Use France-Visas to identify entry conditions for your nationality, residence and plans.

Find land and prepare a purchase

Chercher un terrain et préparer son achat

Check the seller’s current listings. Historical sales are not available land.

Explore planning permissions

Consulter les autorisations d’urbanisme

Sitadel publishes permission data. A permission is not proof that work has started.

Find public works tenders and projects

Trouver des marchés et projets de travaux

Tender notices describe a procurement procedure, not a guaranteed construction start date.

Check planning rules for a plot

Vérifier les règles d’urbanisme d’un terrain

Consult published planning documents and easements for your plot.

Refugee reception and integration

Accueil et intégration des réfugiés

Organizations can help. Check who they support, their hours and access conditions before travelling.

Associations and solidarity services

Associations et services de solidarité

Organizations can help. Check who they support, their hours and access conditions before travelling.

Disability: support and MDPH procedures

Handicap : aides et démarches MDPH

Identify the needs to explain and the responsible organization in your department.

Receive mail without a stable home

Recevoir son courrier sans domicile stable

Ask the local social welfare center or an approved organization about a postal address.

Find information in my language

Trouver des informations dans ma langue

Organizations can help. Check who they support, their hours and access conditions before travelling.

Find food and social support

Trouver une aide alimentaire et sociale

Organizations can help. Check who they support, their hours and access conditions before travelling.

Find support near me

Trouver une aide près de chez moi

Organizations can help. Check who they support, their hours and access conditions before travelling.

Domestic violence: find help

Violences conjugales : trouver de l’aide

In immediate danger, contact emergency services. Use a safe device to look for support.

Emergency: who should I call?

Urgence : qui appeler ?

In immediate danger, contact emergency services. This website does not handle emergencies.