EXPATRIATE ABROAD

Impatriates, Foreigners, here are the questions you should consider before going to settle in France.

To face and solve the shortage of skilled workforce in the country, many French companies settled in France use impatriation by recruiting foreigned salaried employees . Nevertheless, it's not easy to take the necessary steps because when you except the different administative problems you have to face when preparing your expatriation such as the resident permit or work permit, the removal, your obligations and rights abroad , you have still to face the linguistic and cultural barrier and mainly the working habits. You will have to consider all these points before embarking on the adventure !

Though France is renowned for being one of the best welcoming country by offering very attractive conditions to those who chose to settle and work on its territory , even so, many points have to be considered before your departure. For sure, the social security system is very attractive as well as the tax system thanks to the 2008 modernization law. This new tax policy is aimed to offer very interesting tax exemptions to the impatriates or social foreign agents whose professionnal activity will be with a French company settled in France. Thus, they benefit from one of the most favourable tax system in Europe and that's why it makes the country one of the first destination for international investment. These employed salaried foreigners can be exempted from any tax on their additional income earned by their activity on the French territory (up to 50% of their income).

The big concern about impatriation is, nevertheless, the language barrier, the cultural gap the problems concerning the family reunification and the working habits. In fact, the ways of acting and behaving are so different from one country to another that the worker needs to have a good capacity to adapt. Except the problems the foreigners , not belonging to the EU, or not having yet an employee status , will get for entering and staying in the country, they will have problems for finding accomodation because they need to exhibit a payslip. The entry on the French territory is subject to the resident permit delivered by the French Consular Authorities of the country of residence and to a valid passport expired three months after the end of the stay.

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