INTERNATIONAL TALENTS AND FRANCE’S ATTRACTIVITY
Final part
1. INTRODUCTION
In the first three series of this legal article, we talked about the Talent Passport permits dedicated to highly skilled workers, to employees of a young innovative company, to employees transferred within a group and to researchers.
The last series of this article will focus on statistics.
2. STATISTICS
Indeed, on January 20, 2022, the French Ministry of Interior published several statistical reports related to the immigration. These reports are very interesting since they give detailed information on the types of visas and residence permits granted by the French Ministry of Interior from 2017 to 2021.
These statistics allow also comparisons to be made.
We have translated in English some of the charts extracted from these official French statistics.
2.1. The issuance of first residence permits by categories
The first residence permits correspond to permits held by adult foreigners (over 18) following an initial application for residence. They therefore do not take into account the renewals of titles, even when these change in nature (for example, a foreigner entering France with a “student” permit which would subsequently change to “employee” permit would not be counted a second time as a first residence permit). The chosen reference date is the validity date of the residence permit.
Since the implementation of Brexit, the British are third country nationals (non-EU). They are nevertheless presented separately in the table below, so as to have a homogeneous series.
Issues of first residence permits increased by 21,9% in 2021 compared to the year 2020, which tends to get closer to “pre-Covid” levels or even exceed them in some instances.
* This category embodies all British citizens and non-British citizens who own a “Brexit” residence permit. Brexit had a heavy impact on British citizen’s residence permits as they had the obligation to own a residence permit in France since October 1, 2021.
2.2. Issue of first residence permit for economic reason per subcategory
2.3. Talent passports permits issued since 2019
2.4. Stocks of temporary residence permits and residence permits held by third-country nationals at the end of the year
The stocks of permits in circulation do not correspond exactly to the presence of a foreign national on French territory because the residence permit remains valid even if the foreigner has left France. A foreigner may be issued a renewal permit different from the one he/she had obtained on first request. That would be the case for a student wanting to start a career in France for instance.
The stocks of valid titles and temporary resident permits owned by third countries nationals, besides UK citizens, increased on December 31, 2021 by 3,3% compared to December 31, 2020
Stock of permits and valid documents on December 31, 2021 by motivation and duration.
Thank you for reading our series of articles, “INTERNATIONAL TALENTS AND FRANCE’S ATTRACTIVITY”. This is the end of the series.
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Olivier MANDEL
Attorney-at-law admitted to the Paris Bar (France)
MANDEL-ASSOCIES Law firm