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How do I hire a foreigner employee? - EEE

Verified 01 novembre 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Your situation

The employee is a European national (EEA)
The employee was never registered

To work in France, a national of the European Economic Area does not need work authorization.

An employer wishing to hire a national of one of these countries must respect the hiring formalities usual.

When the employee has never been registered in France, the employer must apply to the CPAM (or the MSA for an agricultural worker).

In addition to the DPAE, the employer must apply online for registration on the Health Insurance website.

Registration of a foreigner employee

Apply online for work authorization to hire a foreigner

Labor Code: Article R5221-1 to R5221-7
Work Authorization
Labor Code: Articles R5221-41 to R5221-46
Procedure for authenticating the residence permit
Labor Code: Articles L8256-1 to L8256-8
Sanctions
Labor Code: Articles L5224-1 to L5224-4
Additional penalties
Labor Code: Articles L8253-1 to L8253-7
Special contribution
Labor Code: Article R5221-3
Work Authorization Document List
Labor Code: Articles R5221-17 to R5221-22
Accessibility to apprenticeship and professionalization contracts for minors under the care of child welfare
Labor Code: Articles R1221-1 and R1221-2
Employee registration
Labor Code: Articles D1221-23 to D1221-27
Content of the single staff register
Labor Code: Article L5221-8
Waiver of verification for jobseekers
Labor Code: Article L5221-9
Nominative statement regarding students
Labor Code: Article D5221-21-1
Order of 1 April 2021 fixing the list of documents to be provided in order to obtain a work authorization
Order of 1 April 2021 on the issue, without objection, of work permits to non-European foreigners

FAQ

Foreigner employee: how are work authorizations issued?

Work authorization of an employed foreigner in France
Service-Public.fr
Talented passport: multi-year residence card of a foreigner in France
Service-Public.fr
Residence card or VLS-TS - Job search/company creation
Service-Public.fr
Social Security registration for an employee who arrives in France
Service-Public.fr
Procedure and formalities for hiring a private sector employee
Government Portal on Brexit Preparedness
Prime Minister
Recruit a foreign national present in France
Ministry of the Interior