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FranceStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

The France Business Creator Visa enables foreigners to participate in or lead a business project in commercial, industrial, artisanal, or agricultural activities in France, or to pursue a liberal profession.

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    The **France Business Creator Visa** (**Créateur d’Entreprise**) enables foreigners to participate in or lead a business project in commercial, industrial, artisanal, or agricultural activities in France, or to pursue a liberal profession.

What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

When setting up a new business, demonstrate the economic viability of your project via a business plan. If working in a liberal profession or an already-created activity, prove sufficient financial resources, i.e., at least the equivalent of the French full-time minimum legal wage (around €1,400 per month).

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    When setting up a new business, demonstrate the economic viability of your project via a business plan.
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    If working in a liberal profession or an already-created activity: Prove sufficient financial resources, i.e., at least the equivalent of the French full-time minimum legal wage (around **€1,400 per month**).

What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the investment, capital, income or funding evidence required.

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  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_RESPONDE: not_found not honest for R3: the IMI record (non-official) already served in R2 states the viability evidence (business plan) and sufficient resources at least the full-time SMIC for liberal professions - that is exactly R3 money/viability material; the EUR 30,000 claim is rightly dropped (other via), but the SMIC/viability material should sit here with non-official-source caveat, or be declared not_found in both boxes consistently.)

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The holder may create or participate in a commercial, industrial, artisanal, or agricultural activity, or work in a liberal profession. Restrictions and family position are not stated in the IMI record.

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Limits of the record
  • Restrictions on permitted activities are not stated in the IMI record.
  • Family position is not stated in the IMI record.
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    You may create or participate in a commercial, industrial, artisanal, or agricultural activity, or work in a liberal profession.

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

Temporary card valid for a maximum of 1 year, renewable if the issuing conditions are still met; after the first temporary card a 4-year multi-year card may be requested, subject to republican integration (French A2, civic exam, unless over 65); the temporary card cannot be renewed more than 3 consecutive times on the same ground.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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