Foreigners’ law

The firm regularly advises its clients in France and abroad in the preparation of their visa application from abroad and their application for a residence permit in France.

It also assists and represents foreign nationals and companies before administrative institutions and courts, in particular in the event of refusal or withdrawal of a residence permit or of administrative sanctions.

Visa application from abroad

  • Applications for long-stay visas (VLS) or long-stay visas with residence permits (VLS-TS)
  • Family reunification

Applications for a residence permit in France or for naturalization

  • Resident card
  • Regularization
  • Change of status
  • Family reunification
  • Annual or multi-year residence permit
  • Application for a work permit
  • Request for an opinion from the French administration on the economic viability of a business project
  • Residence permit – Job search/creation of a company
  • Naturalization procedure

Application for talent passports in France 

  • Talent Passports
  • Family Talent Passports (for spouses and children of Talent Passport holders)
  • Follow-up of the dematerialized procedures enabling to apply online for a talent passport

Examples of cases handled

Counsel and assistance to large foreign groups wishing to employ executives and employees on French territory under the cover of a talent passport, and assistance in obtaining support for the family in France (banks, airlines, cell phone companies, shipping companies)

Counsel and assistance to a cosmetics company wishing to employ executives and employees on French territory under a talent passport

Counsel and assistance in changing the status of the "employee on assignment" card or the "ICT" card to the "highly qualified employee" talent passport (European Blue Card)

Application for a work permit on behalf of a construction company

Request for an opinion from the French administration on the economic viability of an interior design business project with a view to obtaining a residence permit for liberal professions

Request for an opinion from the French administration on the economic viability of a digital asset management business project with a view to obtaining an entrepreneurial residence permit

Counsel and assistance to companies in the luxury industry wishing to recruit employees in France to receive and advise foreigners visiting France either in their boutiques or in the department stores in PARIS

Counsel and assistance to a Japanese high fashion company wishing to recruit foreign employees in France

Counsel and assistance in contesting fines imposed by the OFII in case of employment of foreigners without a work permit

Our team Foreigners’ law

Yasong LIN

Yasong LIN

Jérôme RETORE

Jérôme RETORE

Our other areas of expertise

Commercial litigation – Contracts

Commercial litigation – Contracts

Criminal law of business affairs

Criminal law of business affairs

Family and Assets management law 

Family and Assets management law 

Foreign investments in France and abroad

Foreign investments in France and abroad

Tax law

Tax law

Inheritance law

Inheritance law

Insolvency law – Restructuring

Insolvency law – Restructuring

Real Estate and Construction law

Real Estate and Construction law

Foreigners’ law

Foreigners’ law

Labour law

Labour law

Intellectual property

Intellectual property

Corporate law

Corporate law