Corporate 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  

• Posting in the context of international service contracts, for employees working on assignments under a commercial agreement with a French entity  
• Recruitment or intra-community secondment, during temporary resource transfers from the EU to France  
• Intra-group mobility (ICT) for senior management, high-level expertise, or internships  

Obtaining work authorizations 

We assist in securing work permits for your foreign and seconded employees, ensuring your company’s compliance with French regulations.  

• Assessing the job market test requirement  

• Preparing and submitting work authorization applications  
• Following up on applications and responding to supplementary requests from ANEF administrators  

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  

• French naturalization applications  
• Managing accompanying family members (e.g., family members of Talent Passport holders, spouses of French nationals, spouses of EU citizens)  
• Long-term visitor/resident status for foreigners wishing to settle in France without working  
• Nationality applications: naturalization by decree, acquisition through marriage, obtaining French nationality certificates  

Comprehensive and practical support for corporate immigration 

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  

Poor HR management of foreign employees can result in severe penalties, including financial fines, site/contract closure, and reputational damage.  

We help you comply with legal obligations (paying employer taxes, maintaining up-to-date HR files for inspections, etc.) and manage sensitive cases (e.g., “Should I terminate a foreign employee without a residence permit?” “Can this employee’s situation be regularized?”).  

We also assist during labor inspections.  

Litigation support   

Majorelle Mobility’s lawyers support you in cases of visa, residence permit, work authorization, or nationality certificate refusals.  

We help you submit administrative and judicial appeals, particularly before Administrative Tribunals.  

We handle urgent injunctions to compel the Prefecture to issue residence permits.  

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).