Trainee Caregiver Visa (young au pair)

Foreign nationals who wish to enter France understudy purposes with the intention to remain there more than three months, up to a year, are separated under a few categories according to their age and studies.

The categories exempted from this visa are:

• Third-country nationals that hold a short-stay visa – marked as Famille de Français (‘Family of a French national’).
• EU nationals.
• EEA nationals (Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein).
• Nationals of the principalities of Monaco and Andorra.
• Nationals of San Marino and the Holy See.
• Foreign nationals and their families who have acquired long-term resident status in another EU country.
• Students who have attended school in France without interruption from the age of 16 and are continuing their studies in the country.