Validating your « Passeport-Talent Famille » visa as a residence permit

Holders of visas issued for a term of more than three months marked « Passeport talent – famille » (family – Passport talent) are exempted from applying for a temporary residence card during the first year of their stay in France.

Holders of this visa (except minor children) are required to have their visa « validated as a residence permit » within three months of their arrival in France. This procedure is mandatory for all holders of this visa.

Online procedure

Visas are validated online at the following address:

https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/#/

After having entered their visa number, provided different information (passport number, surname, first name, nationality, date of birth, address in France) and paid a tax of 200 euros in the form of an electronic tax stamp, holders of this visa confirm the registration of their visa and receive a validation certificate in PDF format.

This certificate must be saved, printed and kept for the duration of their stay in France.

What next?

Holders of this visa who wish to stay in France after the expiry date of their visa must apply for a renewal with the prefecture of their place of residence three months before the expiry date of their « valid as a residence permit » visa.

The residence permit number that will then be requested by the Prefecture is the visa registration number indicated on the validation certificate.