Following the press release of the Ministry of Interior on 16 March 2020, Emergency Law n° 2020-290 of 23 March 2020 to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic, and Order n° 2020-328 of 26 March 2020 have now been promulgated.
In a press release published on 16 March on the website of the Prefecture of Police, measures concerning the validity of residence permits are announced.
In addition, the boarders of the Schengen Area are closed during thirty day : non European nationals will not be able to enter during this period of time.
The exit agreement, validated by the United Kingdom and ratified by the European Parliament, specifies the main provisions relating to the right of residence, the right to work and social security coverage for British nationals and their family members in the countries of the European Union as well as European nationals and their family members in the territory of the United Kingdom
Making France attractive to international talent is a government priority. The Ministry of the Interior reminds us of the main measures in force in order to ensure quality reception and promprt processing of applications at the Prefecture under the Talent Passport residence permit scheme
Twenty measures to “improve the immigration, asylum and integration policy” in France were presented by the Government on 6 November 2019
These two texts specify the conditions of application of workers’ secondment (posting) and the fight against illegal work, as well as the activities exempted from the secondment declaration and the designation of the representative in France. They entered into force the day after their publication on 5 June, except for certain provisions that will be applicable from 1 July 2019.
The French government has issued a decree, issued for the implementation of Ordinance No. 2019-76 of 6 February 2019, which specifies the conditions for issuing residence permits to British nationals in order to continue their stay in France after the Brexit date, in the event of no exit agreement being reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union.
The last provisions of the law of 10 September 2018 on residence and integration entered into force on 1 March 2019. Six orders, a circular and three decrees have been issued to date concerning the application of these provisions.
The French government published an order which determines the right of UK nationals continuing to stay in France after the Brexit date of 29 March 2019, in the most probable event of no exit agreement being reached between the UK and the EU. Such UK nationals will be allowed three to twelve months to acquire permanent residency if they have been in France for 5 years or more on 30 March 2019, or acquire the appropriate permit to stay, if they have been in France on such day for less than 5 years.