- For anyone that is an entrepreneur and wishes to immigrate to France, you will need to fulfil the requirements before you are eligible to become a permanent resident.
- This is a process that is implemented by the immigration authorities of the French government, and it specifically focuses on ensuring that entrepreneurs have the ability to be entrepreneurs in their own right.
- The entrepreneur visa is one of the most important tools available to the entrepreneur in the world today, and it is the primary tool used in the processing of almost all international immigration procedures today.
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Self-Employed Visa
This service is available across France

Who Is This Service For?

Requirements
It is important to understand the basics of the entrepreneur visa process in order to help you take full advantage of the opportunities that present themselves throughout the entrepreneur visa process. The process can be a lengthy and strenuous process. The main requirements for this process are as follows:
- You must be at least 18 years old. You must also be a permanent resident of the country that you reside in if you are planning on making an application.
- You must also be able to provide the immigration authorities with a full list of your current employment and education records. This is important because if you are unable to provide these documents to the immigration authorities, then you may find yourself disqualified from the entrepreneur visa process.
- Furthermore, you have to prove to the immigration authorities that your business provides you with a profit margin. You can't use this as an excuse, though, because even if your business doesn't bring in any money, it is still considered a form of income.
- For this reason, it is essential that you have proof of your profits when applying for entrepreneur visa France.

Useful Information
- After you receive your entrepreneur visa France, you will be able to start using it to conduct business on a regular basis. To get a French entrepreneur visa, you cannot just hand over any amount of money as a loan to your business.
- One of the biggest concerns among entrepreneurs trying to get their entrepreneur visa is proving their ability to pay taxes. This can take a while, too, since you are not eligible to present anything as evidence of how you will pay your taxes.
- You have to convince the immigration officials that your business is indeed one that pays taxes on its earnings. If you do not have the right records to back up this, you may find yourself having to pay hefty fines.
- However, if you do have the right documents, you can successfully process your entrepreneur visa under the entrepreneur visa process.

What Does This Service Consist Of?
- An initial discussion with lawyers highly experienced in making successful applications for residency visas based on an innovative business start-up
- A business plan or application for a visa by innovative business start-up is prepared, and all other documents required for a successful application are assembled under the guidance of your lawyer
- Assistance and advice on the documentation required and completing the forms to ensure the application is approved
- Assistance upon arrival with obtaining foreign residency cards
- Employment law services to ensure that employee contracts and conditions are dealt with in a manner consistent with French health and safety and employment law
- Ongoing tax, accounting and payroll services to help with the compliance aspects of your business are also available upon request

Free Support Services Included
When combined with the free and innovative Advocate Abroad support services you can be sure that you are obtaining completely transparent legal services from registered and regulated English-speaking lawyers abroad.These support services include:
- Verification of the regulatory status of your professional.
- Fees as recommended by the Local Professional Body
- Fees specified in advance and legally guaranteed.
- Service levels agreed in advance and guaranteed.
- All professionals must hold professional indemnity insurance.
- Professionals' proficiency in English monitored.
- Continuous quality controls and reviews.

Why choose Advocate Abroad?


When we set-up Advocate Abroad 14 years ago, getting legal services abroad was something of a lottery.
Clients faced a variety of problems from poor levels of English to questionable moral behaviour by some practitioners.
So we set-up Advocate Abroad to ensure standards by checking lawyers’ background, language levels, and competencies...
So we set-up Advocate Abroad to ensure standards by checking lawyers’ background, language levels, and competencies...
...and now, having handled over 40,000 enquiries, via hundreds of partners in 20 countries, we think we must be doing something right!
Rosa Torrandell
Senior Lawyer, Advocate Abroad SL
Senior Lawyer, Advocate Abroad SL
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