• They have married either a French citizen, or any other national of European Union.
• There has been an inheritance of dual citizenship through parents of theirs.
• They are efficient professionals sent to French office of their company for achieving a specified task.

The current situation

The present scenario is such that France has ‘Working Holiday Agreements’ according to which citizens from New Zealand, Australia, and Canada having ages between 18 and 30 are entitled of undertaking paid employment up to around an year. The options regarding citizens of the US are somewhat complicated. As per the logic, the first option to be resorted to is applying for the work visa. As per the rules of French Embassy, citizens of the US are allowed to live in France, that too, without working, for around 3 months on the tourist visa. Work visa is to be applied for if you intend to prolong your stay. The crux of the matter is that you should acquire a job prior to applying for the work visa.

Self Employment

An American working in France in any field that too without marrying a French citizen would find it virtually impossible to acquire a job with any of the American or French company any more. French authorities would be requiring justification that concerned person possesses the skills which just don’t exist anywhere in France. This is, of course, a rare thing.

The only option left with people falling in the above category is of starting a company by themselves and be self-employed. This would definitely be requiring the typical minimum amounts which should be justified and also the payments of local levy from which exoneration won’t be obtained. There’re certain restrictions if you intend of coming over and employing yourself without seeking the permission of the government of France for anything.

Student Visas

The most well-known alternative to work visa is applying for student visa. You need to be a learner at one of the official universities for being eligible to work for around 19.5 hours/week on the student visa. Many foreigners actually get themselves enrolled in one of the university programs, which cot around 300 Euros/year, just for obtaining the right of working in France. They never even bother to attend the classes once the right of working is obtained on the official basis.

The flip side of this scheme is that it is being used as well as abused since long. That’s why, majority of applications regarding student visas are being turned down by the government of France. If official hoops do not happen to have any rewards returned, and you have travel bug still left, you can come down in the from of a tourist (for 3 months) and then travel to and fro between France and England for around 7 days for resetting the tourist visa in France.

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