French Resident Permits: Can you study, work and travel with ANEF Attestations?

French administration has been making a gradual transition from offline to online applications via the ANEF portal. So, the temporary paper extensions called “récépissé” have been replaced by online attestations in PDF format. The users are required to download these documents and present them wherever required.

This video explains the various rights of these online attestations and tries to answer the following questions often asked by our readers.

Can I stay in France legally with this attestation?

Can I travel outside France/schengen area?.

Can I study or work?.

Topics Covered

  1. Confirmation du dépôt
  2. Attestations de prolongation d’instruction
    • première demande de titre de séjour
    • demande de renouvellement de titre de séjour
    • demande de titre de séjour – Reconnu réfugié
    • demande de titre de séjour – Bénéficiaire de la protection subsidiaire (BPI)
  3. Attestations de décision favorable
    • première demande de titre de séjour
    • demande de renouvellement de titre de séjour
  4. Carte de Sejour
  5. How to contact ANEF and the Prefecture?

1 thought on “French Resident Permits: Can you study, work and travel with ANEF Attestations?”

  1. Hi, I m currently in India and to travel to France next week. I m a student and enrolled in French University last year. My visa expired in August and I have Attestation DE Prolongation D’Instruction, validity till Nov 2025. With this document will I able to cross Indian Immigration to travel to Paris. Will the immigration officials in Mumbai or Delhi aware of these documents validity other than Visa??

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