{
  "country": {
    "code": "FR",
    "name": "France"
  },
  "route": {
    "id": "fr-talent-blue-card",
    "name": "EU Blue Card (talent — carte bleue européenne)",
    "kind": "res-work",
    "summary": "A contract of at least six months, plus a higher-education diploma of three years or more — or five years of comparable experience. Up to four years, and the job does not have to be advertised first.",
    "info_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
    "scope": {
      "value": "some-conditions-stated-not-asked",
      "reason": "Every rule that decides this route is a question you answer; the six-month contract is covered by the situation question you answer, and the shorter experience France allows for some listed professions is not checked here — this page judges you on the general rule. The five years of experience it accepts instead of a diploma have no window, so your answer about the last seven years stands in for them.",
      "not_asked": [
        "listed-professions-not-modelled",
        "seven-year-answer-is-a-floor"
      ]
    },
    "criteria": [
      {
        "field": "citizenship",
        "op": "eq",
        "value": "third_country"
      },
      {
        "field": "destination",
        "op": "in",
        "values": [
          "fr",
          "all"
        ]
      },
      {
        "field": "situation",
        "op": "eq",
        "value": "offer",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Avoir un contrat de travail de 6 mois minimum",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
          "legal_basis": "Fiche F16922 — carte bleue européenne"
        }
      },
      {
        "op": "any",
        "label": "located in France",
        "paths": [
          {
            "label": "France chosen as destination",
            "criteria": [
              {
                "field": "destination",
                "op": "eq",
                "value": "fr"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "offer in France",
            "criteria": [
              {
                "field": "situation_country",
                "op": "eq",
                "value": "fr"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "op": "any",
        "label": "diploma or experience",
        "paths": [
          {
            "label": "3-year higher-education diploma",
            "criteria": [
              {
                "field": "qualification",
                "op": "eq",
                "value": "degree"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "5 years of comparable experience",
            "criteria": [
              {
                "field": "experience_7y",
                "op": "eq",
                "value": "5plus"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Avoir un diplôme sanctionnant au moins 3 années d'études supérieures ou 5 années d'expérience professionnelle de niveau comparable",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
          "legal_basis": "Fiche F16922 — carte bleue européenne",
          "history": [
            {
              "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
              "quote": "Avoir un diplôme sanctionnant au moins 3 années d'études supérieures ou 5 années d'expérience professionnelle de niveau comparable",
              "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
              "reason": "rule-rekeyed",
              "checked_at": "2026-09-17",
              "note": "s25 (v1.1 critique F2): read experience eq y5in7 before, experience_7y eq 5plus after."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "field": "salary_eur_year",
        "op": "gte",
        "threshold_label": "1.5× reference salary",
        "threshold": {
          "amount": 59373,
          "currency": "EUR",
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Avoir une rémunération annuelle brute supérieure ou égale à 1,5 fois le salaire brut moyen annuel de référence, soit 59 373,00 € brut annuel.",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-02",
          "legal_basis": "CESEDA — carte talent, carte bleue européenne (fiche F16922)",
          "history": []
        }
      }
    ],
    "readings": [
      {
        "id": "listed-professions-not-modelled",
        "text": "For some listed professions France counts three years of experience in the last seven instead of five. We do not model that list, so this card judges you on the general rule."
      },
      {
        "id": "seven-year-answer-is-a-floor",
        "text": "Our question asks about the last seven years; the fiche names no window for its five, so five or more there meets the rule, and experience older than seven years — which the rule also counts — is not something this card can see."
      }
    ],
    "statements": [
      {
        "id": "employment-contract-of-at-least-six-months",
        "kind": "precondition",
        "text": "An employment contract of at least six months",
        "field": "situation",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Avoir un contrat de travail de 6 mois minimum",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "page": "https://permitrulebook.com/france/eu-blue-card/",
  "dataset_version": "2026.09.18",
  "schema_version": "0.8.2",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "https://github.com/OytunOnal/permit-rulebook-data",
  "rules_read": "2026-09-17"
}