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Non-Working Visitor Residence Card

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Guidance updated 14 November 2026. Full-review date shown above.

A one-year visitor card based on living from own resources, health cover and a no-professional-activity undertaking, with the mainland net-SMIC formula expressly removed locally.

No sponsorship requiredDoes not lead to permanent residencyThe applicable visitor provision describes a one-year temporary residence card. Any renewal requires continued compliance and the actual decision; it is not an automatic multiannual/permanent grant. The underlying entry visa and any card-filing or exemption steps remain separate.
Processing time
Confirm the current visitor visa/card sequence, actual evidence and deadline with the Administrator Superior and serving consular authority, including the actual document position. Confirm the actual first-card, renewal or visa-endorsement procedure, current form and filing deadline with the Administrator Superior before relying on a mainland ANEF/OFII process or a universal validation timetable. No private application, appointment or payment was tested. Current R444-2 extends the October 2026 R432-2 residence-card rules: generally a written decision within 90 days of a complete application, with a possible 30-day complexity extension and a separate 90-day implicit-refusal rule, subject to statutory category exceptions. These are not consular visa or prior family-reunification approval times and do not guarantee approval.
Government fees
The current France-Visas table lists EUR 99 for a long-stay visa where payable and exempts the foreign spouse of a French national; other category/country exemptions, local-currency collection and visa-centre services need separate checking. A visa-fee exemption does not establish a residence-charge exemption. A current complete Wallis and Futuna residence fee assessment was not verified: obtain the applicable charge, exemption and payment stage, rather than copying mainland tax totals or French Polynesia stamp amounts.
Typical duration
The applicable visitor provision describes a one-year temporary residence card. Any renewal requires continued compliance and the actual decision; it is not an automatic multiannual/permanent grant. The underlying entry visa and any card-filing or exemption steps remain separate.
Sponsorship required
No
Leads to permanent residency
No
Reviewed Legifrance / French Republic ↗

In short

A one-year visitor card based on living from own resources, health cover and a no-professional-activity undertaking, with the mainland net-SMIC formula expressly removed locally. Guidance updated 14 November 2026. Costs, application stages and eligibility conditions are set out with their sources below.

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What is the Non-Working Visitor Residence Card in Wallis and Futuna (French overseas collectivity)?

Non-Working Visitor Residence Card is an unsponsored Wallis and Futuna route. Indicative government fees are The current France-Visas table lists EUR 99 for a long-stay visa where payable and exempts the foreign spouse of a French national; other category/country exemptions, local-currency collection and visa-centre services need separate checking. A visa-fee exemption does not establish a residence-charge exemption. A current complete Wallis and Futuna residence fee assessment was not verified: obtain the applicable charge, exemption and payment stage, rather than copying mainland tax totals or French Polynesia stamp amounts; indicative processing time is Confirm the current visitor visa/card sequence, actual evidence and deadline with the Administrator Superior and serving consular authority, including the actual document position. Confirm the actual first-card, renewal or visa-endorsement procedure, current form and filing deadline with the Administrator Superior before relying on a mainland ANEF/OFII process or a universal validation timetable. No private application, appointment or payment was tested. Current R444-2 extends the October 2026 R432-2 residence-card rules: generally a written decision within 90 days of a complete application, with a possible 30-day complexity extension and a separate 90-day implicit-refusal rule, subject to statutory category exceptions. These are not consular visa or prior family-reunification approval times and do not guarantee approval; typical duration is The applicable visitor provision describes a one-year temporary residence card. Any renewal requires continued compliance and the actual decision; it is not an automatic multiannual/permanent grant. The underlying entry visa and any card-filing or exemption steps remain separate. This route does not lead to permanent residence.

Primary guidance checked with Legifrance / French Republic on 14 November 2026.

Overview

The applicable L426-20 visitor provision is read with L444-2: applicants show they can live from their own resources, hold medical insurance for the stay and undertake no professional activity locally. The territorial adaptation removes the national net-annual-SMIC income formula. That removes a particular mainland formula; it does not remove the actual assessment of adequate resources or establish a new fixed local amount. The local public page lists a non-work long-visa branch, but its dated references do not establish an exhaustive current card checklist. Wallis and Futuna is outside Schengen. L444-4 makes its temporary and multiannual residence cards territorial; a local resident card also gives residence rights in French Polynesia. An ordinary outside residence card does not establish Wallis and Futuna entry/residence rights, but the article expressly excepts a qualifying French carte de résident issued elsewhere. Do not confuse that French document class with every foreign permanent-residence card, every temporary French card or a Schengen visit visa. Confirm the actual document and any remaining local steps.

Additional sources

Eligibility

Typical criteria

  • ✓Show that the applicant can live from own resources for the proposed stay; obtain the authority's actual assessment rather than substituting the mainland net-SMIC formula removed by L444-2.Legifrance / French Republic ↗
  • ✓Medical insurance covering the stay and an undertaking not to exercise professional activity locally.Legifrance / French Republic ↗
  • ✓Obtain any required territory-valid entry permission and complete the actual visitor-card/endorsement procedure; verify any qualifying resident-card exemption separately.Legifrance / French Republic ↗

Common blockers

Typical evidence

  • ·Current passport/identity, travel and civil-status evidence, actual territorial visa or qualifying exemption/status document, and local address/accommodation evidence appropriate to the category. Obtain the current application form and photograph requirements rather than treating another territory's checklist as local.Legifrance / French Republic ↗
  • ·Foreign civil-status documents and any required certification, legalisation/apostille or accepted French translations for the actual document/country. Confirm current formats, validity and any exemption with the authority.Legifrance / French Republic ↗
  • ·For the ordinary non-work long-visa channel, the local published list names identity/family situation, resources, local address, origin-country criminal record and a consular-approved physician's medical certificate. That dated generic list is not certified as the exhaustive current checklist for every family/protected case; apply the actual category and statutory exceptions.Legifrance / French Republic ↗
  • ·Evidence of the applicant's own resources and their availability for the actual stay, medical cover for the whole period and the required no-professional-activity undertaking. Obtain the actual current visitor-card checklist, accepted funding sources and document forms.Legifrance / French Republic ↗
  • ·Territorial entry/visa or qualifying status evidence, local accommodation/address and any applicant-specific consular documents actually required. For renewal, continuing means, cover, residence and compliance evidence as directed by the authority.Legifrance / French Republic ↗

Application pathway

  1. Check the route fit

    Confirm a genuine non-working stay, actual available resources and the appropriate territorial entry/document position.

  2. Build the evidence pack

    Obtain the serving authority's current visitor visa/card checklist, means assessment, deadlines and fee instructions.

  3. Submit through the official channel

    Prepare the required evidence, obtain the actual visa where needed and complete the authority-confirmed local card/endorsement steps.

  4. After approval

    Maintain medical cover, resources and the no-professional-activity condition; seek the actual renewal or different permission before changing activity.

After approval: prepare for your next step

For Non-Working Visitor Residence Card, use the actual decision and the issuing authority’s instructions to establish what has been granted. A successful application, permission to enter, permission to work and a residence document are not interchangeable.

  1. 1. Check the decision. Confirm the name, passport, status granted, start date and any next action. Resolve an error with the authority before relying on the document for travel or employment.
  2. 2. Establish the travel step. Read any entry window, activation, collection or in-country registration instruction. For an extension or change of status, do not assume leaving the country is required or safe while a further step remains pending.
  3. 3. Confirm what you may do. Check whether employment, self-employment, remote work or study is permitted under the status granted. Do not infer unrestricted work rights from the absence of an employer sponsor.
  4. 4. Organise the household. Check each accompanying person’s permission separately, then arrange healthcare, accommodation, access to money and the relevant local registrations. A tax number or bank account does not by itself prove a right to work.
  5. 5. Keep the ongoing conditions visible. Record the actual expiry, renewal process, permitted absences and any duty to report changes. An initial grant does not automatically establish permanent residence or citizenship.
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Official application links

Where to actually go next

Government links only

These are the official pages to use for this route. Open them before preparing documents: the forms, fees, appointment systems, and sponsor steps can change without warning.

  1. Official guidanceApplicant
    Read the visitor-card provision ↗

    Read it together with the territorial income adaptation.

    Legifrance / French Republic · verified

  2. Official guidanceApplicant
    Read the local visitor income and territorial-validity adaptations ↗

    Check L444-2 and L444-4 rather than copying mainland thresholds or document assumptions.

    Legifrance / French Republic · verified

  3. Official guidanceApplicant
    Confirm the current local visitor procedure ↗

    Obtain the current category checklist and actual visa/card sequence; published references are dated.

    Administrator Superior / State services in Wallis and Futuna · verified

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Frequently asked questions

Is the mainland net-SMIC threshold automatically required?+

No. L444-2 expressly removes that formula from the applicable visitor provision. Own-resource sufficiency is still assessed; a fixed current local amount was not verified.

Does visitor residence permit remote or freelance work?+

The provision requires an undertaking against professional activity and expressly excludes work permission. It is not a verified remote-work or freelance route.

Is a one-year card permanent residence?+

No. It is a temporary visitor document. Continued eligibility, renewal and any later status have their own requirements and decisions.

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How we verified this

We check every figure on this page against the primary government source, record the date it was last checked, and re-check it on a regular schedule. Rules change, so always confirm time-sensitive details with the official source before you rely on them. Visa Atlas is an information-only publication and does not give legal advice.

Primary source: Legifrance / French Republic

Last checked: 14 November 2026

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