Business immigration  

Majorelle Mobility provides assistance in the following areas:  

Obtaining short- and long-term visas  

• Short-stay visas (Schengen visas), business travel  
• Recruiting employees for short-term or seasonal contracts: temporary work, teaching activities, models, medical professionals, airline crew, internships  
• Long-stay visas: VLS-TS, “young professional” status, students, Talent Passport, etc.  

“Talent Passport”  

• Skilled employees / innovative companies  
• Employees on assignment within an international group  
• Researchers  
• EU Blue Card for highly skilled employees  
• Entrepreneurs  
• Economic investors  
• Innovative economic projects  
• Corporate officers  
• Foreign nationals with international renown in science, literature, arts, education, or sports  
• Performers or creators of literary or artistic works, salaried or otherwise  

Secondment of workers and intra-group mobility  

• International service provision and foreign subcontracting
• Intra-EU recruitment or posting, for temporary assignments involving the transfer of resources from the European Union to France
• Intra-group mobility (ICT), for carrying out a senior management role, providing high-level expertise, or completing an internship

Obtaining work authorizations 

• Support in obtaining work permits for your foreign and posted employees, to ensure your company’s compliance with French regulations. 

• Verification of the labour market test, preparation and submission of the work permit application, follow-up of the procedure, and responses to additional requests from ANEF case officers.

Obtaining residence permits, managing renewals, and status changes  

• Initial residence permit applications and renewals  
• Status changes: from student/RECE to employee/temporary worker, etc.  
• Transition to multi-year residence permits  

Other immigration procedures handled by Majorelle Mobility  

• Management of accompanying family members (Talent Passport family, spouse of a French national, spouse of an EU national, etc.)
• Long-stay visitor / retiree status for foreign nationals wishing to settle in France without engaging in professional activity
• Nationality: application for naturalisation by decree, acquisition of French nationality through marriage, and issuance of French Nationality Certificates

Comprehensive and practical support for corporate immigration 

Thanks to our professional experience and the diversity of the clients we support in terms of nationality, background, and project scope we provide effective guidance throughout all your business immigration procedures.

Managing costs and timelines  

Navigating French immigration involves challenges between the letter of legal provisions (CESEDA – French immigration code) and the administrative practices (embassies, consulates, outsourced visa processing services, prefectures).  

We provide insights into costs and timelines to ensure optimal management of your immigration case.  

Anticipating risks and protecting corporate reputation  

Criminal, financial (fines, site closure), and reputational risks: improper HR management of foreign employees can lead to severe sanctions.

We assist you on a daily basis to ensure compliance with your legal obligations (e.g. paying the employer tax, maintaining up-to-date HR records in case of a labour inspection), and to handle sensitive cases (“Should I terminate an employee without a valid residence permit?”, “I have doubts about the authenticity of a residence permit”, “Can we regularise this employee’s situation?”).

We stand by your side in the event of a Labour Inspectorate audit.

Litigation support   

Majorelle Mobility’s lawyers assist you in the event of a visa refusal, residence permit denial, work permit rejection, or refusal to issue a French nationality certificate.

We help you file timely administrative and judicial appeals, including proceedings before the Administrative Court.

We also handle emergency interim applications, particularly to compel the Prefecture to issue a residence permit.

We operate throughout France and offer clearly defined and controlled costs.  

Adapting to new forms of work  

We address complex immigration cases that reflect career globalization and new work trends, such as remote work, freelancing, payroll portage, frequent travel, and work on offshore platforms.  

Our approach is pragmatic: we are transparent about the feasibility of your immigration projects and your chances of success.  

Beyond immigration support  

With complementary expertise in labor law, social security, and international mobility, we offer a comprehensive view of legal issues related to mobility to France: social security enrollment, employee vs. self-employed status, etc.  

A Recognized expertise in business immigration  

The firm is ranked among France’s top law firms for international mobility expertise (2024 Les Décideurs Ranking – Social Law – Mobility and Expatriation – High Recognition).

Additionally, the firm contributes to Lamy Droit des Étrangers (“LDDE”) and Lamy Mobilité Internationale (“LMI”) (Karnov Group Editions) and publishes in various legal journals (Les Cahiers du DRH, Semaine Sociale Lamy, AJ Pénal, among others).