{
  "country": {
    "code": "FR",
    "name": "France"
  },
  "route": {
    "id": "fr-talent-innovante",
    "name": "Talent — employee of an innovative company",
    "kind": "res-work",
    "summary": "For a job at a company France officially recognises as innovative, in work tied to its research and development. The salary threshold is the same as the qualified-employee card, and no French degree is needed.",
    "info_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
    "scope": {
      "value": "every-deciding-rule-asked",
      "reason": "Every rule that decides this route is a question you answer: the work tied to the company's research and development is the situation you declare, and the recognition the company itself must hold is the employer question. Both are stated in the authority's words beside your answers.",
      "not_asked": []
    },
    "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 des fonctions en lien direct avec le projet de recherche et de développement de cette entreprise",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
          "legal_basis": "Fiche F16922 — salarié en mission ou entreprise innovante"
        }
      },
      {
        "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"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "field": "fr_innovative_employer",
        "op": "eq",
        "value": "yes",
        "short_reason": "an employer France recognises as innovative",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Être recruté dans une jeune entreprise innovante ou une entreprise reconnue innovante par le ministère de l'économie",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
          "legal_basis": "Fiche F16922 — entreprise innovante"
        }
      },
      {
        "field": "salary_eur_year",
        "op": "gte",
        "threshold_label": "talent — entreprise innovante",
        "threshold": {
          "amount": 39582,
          "currency": "EUR",
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Avoir un contrat de travail qui prévoit une rémunération brute annuelle supérieure ou égale à 39 582 €.",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-04",
          "legal_basis": "CESEDA — carte talent-salarié qualifié, parcours entreprise innovante (fiche F16922)",
          "history": []
        }
      }
    ],
    "statements": [
      {
        "id": "work-tied-to-the-research-and-development-project",
        "kind": "precondition",
        "text": "Work directly tied to that company’s research and development project",
        "field": "situation",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Avoir des fonctions en lien direct avec le projet de recherche et de développement de cette entreprise",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07"
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "a-young-innovative-company-or-one-the-ministry-recognises",
        "kind": "precondition",
        "text": "The employer must be a young innovative company, or a company France’s ministry of the economy recognises as innovative",
        "field": "fr_innovative_employer",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Être recruté dans une jeune entreprise innovante ou une entreprise reconnue innovante par le ministère de l'économie",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "page": "https://permitrulebook.com/france/talent-employee-of-an-innovative-company/",
  "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"
}