Four Routes to France
Carte Talent
A multi-year residence permit (up to 4 years) across 7 categories: qualified employees, EU Blue Card, medics, researchers, founders and investors, executives, artists and authors. Family joins via talent-famille.
Explore Carte Talent →Startup foundersFrench Tech Visa
The carte talent "porteur de projet" track for startup founders: incubator backing or ecosystem support letters, €22,404/year in resources — and your company may not exist yet.
Founder's Route →Long stay · 12 months1-Year Visas
Visiteur or student: a legal year in France to close evidence gaps, learn the language and file for carte talent from inside the country. The landing strip before the long programme.
Start With a Year →Short stay · 90/180Schengen Scouting
A standard short-stay visa (90 days in 180) engineered to feed your future dossier: incubator meetings, industry events, school visits, a face-to-face with your avocat.
Plan a Scouting Trip →Why FranceTalentVisa
Consultant + avocat, one team
We build the strategy and the evidence; a licensed French avocat performs the regulated legal work. One project, two professions, no middlemen — the avocat's work is included in package prices.
UK Global Talent track record
We are part of GlobalTalent Group — years of UK Global Talent visa casework for creative and tech profiles. France is the same craft in a different jurisdiction: categories, evidence, narrative.
Honest assessments
No "99% success" banners and no invented statistics. We tell you which category is realistic, what your profile is missing and how long the evidence will take — before you pay for anything.
Three working languages
Consultations in English or Russian, documents prepared in French. Nothing gets lost between you, us and the prefecture.
Free Eligibility Check
Not sure which category fits? Send your profile — our team and the avocat will map you to a realistic track within 1 business day. No charge, no obligation.
How It Works
- Request and questionnaire — free
- Profile assessment with category breakdown (60–90 min)
- Strategy: category, fallback track, evidence plan, timing
- Dossier assembly and filing (France-Visas / ANEF) with the avocat
- Decision, relocation, renewals and talent-famille for your family
How We Work — and Who Does What
What we do
Profile and eligibility assessment, category strategy, evidence curation, business narrative for founders, dossier assembly and coaching. We prepare the strongest possible case before anything is filed.
What the avocat does
We are not a French law firm. All legally significant acts in France — regulated advice, filings, representation before prefectures — are performed by a licensed French avocat (member of the bar) we work with as one team. The avocat's work is already included in our package prices.
Our honesty pledge
We are not affiliated with the French government. Consulates and prefectures decide — approval can never be guaranteed, and we never promise it. We assess every profile before taking it on, and we say no when the chances are weak.
Quick Answers
Do you guarantee approval?
No — nobody honestly can. Consulates and prefectures decide. We guarantee an honest pre-payment assessment, a professionally built dossier and a licensed avocat's work.
Do I need to speak French?
Most carte talent categories have no formal language requirement. For daily life and renewals the language helps. We work in English and Russian; documents are prepared in French.
How long does it take?
Schengen — weeks. 1-year visas — 1–3 months. Carte talent / French Tech Visa — typically 2–6 months, most of it spent building evidence, not waiting for a decision.