{
  "country": {
    "code": "FR",
    "name": "France"
  },
  "route": {
    "id": "fr-talent-qualifie",
    "name": "Talent — qualified employee (salarié qualifié)",
    "kind": "res-work",
    "summary": "For people who earned a master's-level degree in France and have a contract of more than three months. The card lasts as long as the contract, 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 contract of more than three months is covered by the situation question you answer, and which card fits a degree earned outside France is our own reading, not the authority's words.",
      "not_asked": [
        "foreign-degrees-belong-on-the-blue-card"
      ]
    },
    "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 plus de 3 mois",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
          "legal_basis": "Fiche F16922 — salarié qualifié"
        }
      },
      {
        "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": "qualification",
        "op": "eq",
        "value": "degree"
      },
      {
        "field": "fr_degree",
        "op": "eq",
        "value": "yes",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Avoir obtenu en France un diplôme au moins équivalent au master",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
          "legal_basis": "Fiche F16922 — salarié qualifié"
        }
      },
      {
        "field": "salary_eur_year",
        "op": "gte",
        "threshold_label": "talent salarié qualifié",
        "threshold": {
          "amount": 39582,
          "currency": "EUR",
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Avoir un contrat de travail de plus de 3 mois qui prévoit une rémunération brute annuelle supérieure ou égale à 39 582 €.",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-02",
          "legal_basis": "CESEDA — carte de séjour talent (fiche F16922)",
          "history": []
        }
      }
    ],
    "readings": [
      {
        "id": "foreign-degrees-belong-on-the-blue-card",
        "text": "This is France's track for people who studied in France. With a degree from anywhere else, the European Blue Card is the card that fits — its own page on this site."
      }
    ],
    "statements": [
      {
        "id": "employment-contract-of-more-than-three-months",
        "kind": "precondition",
        "text": "An employment contract of more than three months",
        "field": "situation",
        "source": {
          "source_url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922",
          "quote": "Avoir un contrat de travail de plus de 3 mois",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "page": "https://permitrulebook.com/france/talent-qualified-employee/",
  "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"
}