Permit Rulebook

Talent — qualified employee (salarié qualifié)

The rules, quoted and dated:

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. Every number on this page is the authority's own sentence, with the page it came from and the day we read it. This page is for people who need a permit to work in France. This page describes the rules; it does not decide on you.

PR

What this route asks for

€39,582/year — talent salarié qualifié

Read from the authority's own page on , with the sentence it came from below.

Algeria: France applies a different agreement to you

For Algerian nationals, France applies the agreement of 27 December 1968 instead of its own immigration code — the Conseil d'État said so, in a case about a shopkeeper's permit rather than a talent card. The page France sends an Algerian reader to offers a one-year certificat de résidence: no passeport talent, no EU Blue Card. Against that, the EU directive behind the Blue Card covers third-country nationals and names no exception. We searched the official sites on 2026-09-10 and found no page that settles it — so we do not guess. The four routes below are shown with their rules, and whether they are open to your passport is not something this site can tell you.

Il suit de là que les dispositions du code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile qui sont relatives aux différents titres de séjour qui peuvent être délivrés aux étrangers en général et aux conditions de leur délivrance, ne sont pas applicables aux ressortissants algériens, lesquels relèvent à cet égard des règles fixées par l'accord précité. · legifrance.gouv.fr · Conseil d'État, 2e et 7e chambres réunies, 2 mars 2026, n° 500835 · · French, from legifrance.gouv.fr. Official page ↗
Le certificat de résidence portera la mention salarié. · service-public.gouv.fr · Fiche F2215 — Certificat de résidence d'1 an pour Algérien · · French, from service-public.gouv.fr. Official page ↗
This Directive applies to third-country nationals who apply to be admitted, or who have been admitted, to the territory of a Member State for the purpose of highly qualified employment under this Directive. · eur-lex.europa.eu · Directive (EU) 2021/1883, Article 3(1) — Scope · · English, from eur-lex.europa.eu. Official page ↗

Read the page for Algerian nationals (certificat de résidence d'un an) ↗

Where do you stand on this route? The questions are answered on this device only — nothing is sent anywhere. You get each rule against what you declared, the gap if there is one, and which single change would open more routes.

Check yours — France, Talent — qualified employee (salarié qualifié)
What the checker asks, and what it does not

Every number below is quoted from an official page, and a daily check re-reads every source. On this route — quoted and dated · scored — 1 condition this interview did not ask, in our own words, not the authority's. 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.

A non-EU passport

Who this is for

Citizens of the EU, of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and of Switzerland, can live and work in Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands under free movement — the routes on this site are for other passports. Check registration rules after arrival (e.g. Anmeldung in Germany).

As an EU national you generally don't need a work permit to work anywhere in the EU. · europa.eu · TFEU (the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) art. 45 (free movement of workers) — Your Europe · · English, from europa.eu. Official page ↗

A job offer

Condition

This route asks for a job offer.

Avoir un contrat de travail de plus de 3 mois · service-public.gouv.fr · Fiche F16922 — salarié qualifié · · French, from service-public.gouv.fr. Official page ↗

A university degree

Condition

This route asks for a university degree.

What the checker asks
  • Your highest completed qualification?

Yearly salary

Threshold · 2026

This route asks for at least €39,582/year — the yearly salary for the job you would do.

  • €39,582/yearthis route — talent salarié qualifié
  • €59,373/yearEU Blue Card (talent — carte bleue européenne) — another route here
Avoir un contrat de travail de plus de 3 mois qui prévoit une rémunération brute annuelle supérieure ou égale à 39 582 €. · service-public.gouv.fr · talent salarié qualifié · CESEDA — carte de séjour talent (fiche F16922) · · French, from service-public.gouv.fr. Official page ↗

A French master's-level degree

Condition

This route asks for a French master's-level degree.

Avoir obtenu en France un diplôme au moins équivalent au master · service-public.gouv.fr · Fiche F16922 — salarié qualifié · · French, from service-public.gouv.fr. Official page ↗
Also required — not checked here
  • An employment contract of more than three months
    Avoir un contrat de travail de plus de 3 mois · service-public.gouv.fr · · French, from service-public.gouv.fr. Official page ↗
Our reading, not the authority's words
  • 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.