Seasonal Worker Multi-Year Residence Card
🇫🇷 France visas · Work
What it is
French multi-year residence card for seasonal work ("travailleur saisonnier"), for non-European foreign nationals meeting the seasonal-employment conditions.
Key facts
- Category
- Work
- Duration
- Valid for up to 3 years, renewable.
- Processing time
- See the French consulate or prefecture.
- Maximum validity
- 3 years
- Extendable
- Yes
- Dependants
- No
- How to apply
- Mixed
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee (first issuance of the carte travailleur saisonnier (taxe 100)
- EUR 150
- Application fee (renewal of the card (droit de timbre 50 + taxe 50))
- EUR 100
- Application fee (droit de visa de regularisation, only if the renewal applica)
- EUR 180
Key requirements
- Non-European foreign national
- Seasonal employment contract in France
- Undertaking to maintain residence outside France
Working on this visa
3-year card but seasonal work capped at a cumulative 6 months per year; stay allowed only during the periods fixed by the card; habitual residence must remain abroad; seasonal contract of at least 3 months required.
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 3 August 2026.