FranceListe CSP, n° 172 · Liste naturalisation, n° 227 · Living in French society
A foreign national who is legally resident can set up their own business:
In the exam (French)
Une personne étrangère en situation régulière peut créer son entreprise :
- aonly after obtaining French nationalityseulement après avoir obtenu la nationalité française
- bonly with a business partner of French nationalityseulement avec un associé de nationalité française
- conly after ten years of residence in Franceseulement après dix ans de résidence en France
- dif their residence permit allows itsi son titre de séjour le lui permetCorrect answer
Why?
You do not need to be French to set up a business in France. A foreign national simply needs a residence permit (titre de séjour) that allows this activity; otherwise, they can ask to change their status, for example to the “entrepreneur/self-employed professional” (“entrepreneur/profession libérale”) residence permit. Associations and public support schemes help people who start a business.
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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.
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