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Vaidya Junior Member Member # 6072	Posted November 07, 2002 01:48 PM I am working for a global IT company. My customer is a fortune 100 US company. They have operations across the world and in France also. The customer wants me to re-locate to France for about 12 months. My company does not have an office in France, but they have one in UK. I understand that it is possible for me to get a visa/work permit (Temporary Secondment) to work in France. Can you tell me the procedure? I am married. Can I take my wife along with me if I get a Temporary Secondment permit. Thanks in Advance. -------------------- -------------------- Thanks and Regards
Ranjit Junior Member Member # 4057	Posted November 07, 2002 06:26 PM I was working in France last year on a temporary secondment status. I don't know if the procedure is the same for everyone, but I'm a Canadian national and was able to enter the country quite easily and farily quickly. Basically I entered France just with a couple of suit cases and worked out of my Canadian based umbrella company initially. I did not even get my visa as it was only after 3 - 4 months of working there, the paperwork was all completed such that I could proceed and process my Carte de Sejour and stuff. However I see that you are posting from India, assuming that your are an Indian citizen. I believe you need a visa to enter france for your first entry. I think the process is: 1. Get your Schengen Visa (if applicable)and enter France. Find a place to live, open a bank account etc. 2. Submit your documents to the French labour ministry (DDTFE or something like that) 3. Have them approve your work authorisation 4. Get a medical check up - this is a requirement for certain nationalities, I don't know if India is one of them. 5. Proceed to get your Carte de Sejour. To get your carte de sejour (and to do just about anything in France) you need to show a "justificatif de domicile" (Proof of residence) therefore I recommend you find a long term place to live asap, rather than living in temporary dwellings and moving about from home to home like a transient. I don't know what the procedure is for your wife. Do you speak French? Without any knowledge of French it will be difficult to deal with the authorities. Most of them don't (or do not want to) speak English. In theory you must obtain your Schengen visa and/or work secondment authorization prior to entering France and taking up your residence. What I did was, perhaps a bit dodgy and don't recommend it. However it was a contract that I did not care for and if the French authoroties wanted give me trouble and to send me back to Canada, I wouldn't have cared! Having said that, I had a most enjoyable experience in France and I plan to return there in the very near future. Best of Luck to you. Ranjit
jason99 Junior Member Member # 5995	Posted November 08, 2002 06:41 AM hi Ranjit ,can you kindly help i'm IT consultant(canadian citizen) im planing to move to france can you please send me info or where i can begin..thanks and i hope to hear from you email dhow@hotmail.com jason

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Vaidya
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Member # 6072

Posted November 07, 2002 01:48 PM

I am working for a global IT company. My customer is a fortune 100 US company. They have operations across the world and in France also. The customer wants me to re-locate to France for about 12 months. My company does not have an office in France, but they have one in UK.
I understand that it is possible for me to get a visa/work permit (Temporary Secondment) to work in France. Can you tell me the procedure?

I am married. Can I take my wife along with me if I get a Temporary Secondment permit.

Thanks in Advance.

--------------------

Thanks and Regards

Ranjit
Junior Member
Member # 4057

Posted November 07, 2002 06:26 PM

I was working in France last year on a temporary secondment status. I don't know if the procedure is the same for everyone, but I'm a Canadian national and was able to enter the country quite easily and farily quickly. Basically I entered France just with a couple of suit cases and worked out of my Canadian based umbrella company initially. I did not even get my visa as it was only after 3 - 4 months of working there, the paperwork was all completed such that I could proceed and process my Carte de Sejour and stuff.

However I see that you are posting from India, assuming that your are an Indian citizen. I believe you need a visa to enter france for your first entry.

I think the process is:

1. Get your Schengen Visa (if applicable)and enter France. Find a place to live, open a bank account etc.
2. Submit your documents to the French labour ministry (DDTFE or something like that)
3. Have them approve your work authorisation
4. Get a medical check up - this is a requirement for certain nationalities, I don't know if India is one of them.
5. Proceed to get your Carte de Sejour. To get your carte de sejour (and to do just about anything in France) you need to show a "justificatif de domicile" (Proof of residence) therefore I recommend you find a long term place to live asap, rather than living in temporary dwellings and moving about from home to home like a transient.

I don't know what the procedure is for your wife.

Do you speak French? Without any knowledge of French it will be difficult to deal with the authorities. Most of them don't (or do not want to) speak English.

In theory you must obtain your Schengen visa and/or work secondment authorization prior to entering France and taking up your residence. What I did was, perhaps a bit dodgy and don't recommend it. However it was a contract that I did not care for and if the French authoroties wanted give me trouble and to send me back to Canada, I wouldn't have cared!

Having said that, I had a most enjoyable experience in France and I plan to return there in the very near future.

Best of Luck to you.

Ranjit

jason99
Junior Member
Member # 5995

Posted November 08, 2002 06:41 AM

hi Ranjit ,can you kindly help i'm IT consultant(canadian citizen) im planing to move to france can you please send me info or where i can begin..thanks and i hope to hear from you email dhow@hotmail.com
jason