{"id":971,"date":"2025-10-01T22:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/?p=971"},"modified":"2025-10-01T22:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:48:53","slug":"staying-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/?p=971&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Staying in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Visas&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to stay in France for a long time, you might need to request a visa. You can find out by going to your country\u2019s embassy or consulate, or by visiting this website&nbsp;: <a href=\"https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/\">https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Administrative procedures&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, almost all administrative procedures are done online; you can find all you need to know on this website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/\">https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taxes&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In France, everyone pays taxes. They can be direct, or indirect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Direct taxes: These are mostly taxes on income, paid by individuals and companies. They are automatically deducted from your salary if you are employed, but you still need to declare them by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/particuliers\/vosdroits\/R1280\">filling in a tax return<\/a> every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This online declaration allows you to obtain documents that grant access to services such as housing assistance (see below).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indirect taxes: Every time you buy something, a part of the cost goes to the state (tax on added value \u2013 TVA). You can find out more about this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economie.gouv.fr\/aqsmi\/les-impots-de-quoi-parle-t\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Financial support&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In France, the Family Allocations Office (Caisse d\u2019Allocations Familiales, CAF) can offer you different kinds of financial assistance, depending on your situation: housing subsidy, employment bonus (<em>prime d\u2019activit\u00e9<\/em>), active solidarity income (RSA), student housing, allowance for disabled adults, etc. You can find out all about them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caf.fr\/allocataires\/aides-et-demarches\/droits-et-prestations\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you pay rent and you are staying in France for more than 8 months, you can request housing support. The amount varies depending on your situation, but you can calculate it using this <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwd.caf.fr\/wps\/portal\/caffr\/aidesetdemarches\/mesdemarches\/faireunesimulation\/lelogement#\/preparation\">simulator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accommodation&nbsp;<\/strong>Check out our article about finding accommodation in Marseille here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:7px\">Header photo : St\u00e9phane Pachot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visas&nbsp; If you want to stay in France for a long time, you might need to request a visa. You can find out by going to your country\u2019s embassy or consulate, or by visiting this website&nbsp;: https:\/\/france-visas.gouv.fr\/ Administrative procedures&nbsp; Nowadays, almost all administrative procedures are done online; you can find all you need to know&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marseille-getting-organized"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_7473-scaled.jpg",2560,1920,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_7473-scaled.jpg",2560,1920,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_7473-scaled.jpg",2560,1920,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_7473-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_7473-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_7473-3200x2400.jpg",1290,968,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_7473-1536x1152.jpg",1536,1152,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_7473-2048x1536.jpg",2048,1536,true],"rt_custom":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_7473-scaled.jpg",2560,1920,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"adminYouth","author_link":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/?author=1"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/?cat=87&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">getting organized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Visas&nbsp; If you want to stay in France for a long time, you might need to request a visa. 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