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Acting after a loss of employment
Documents employeur, France Travail, ARE, health coverage and consequences for the stay.
You will keep the evidence, open your rights and verify the risks associated with the residence permit.
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Overall direction: first compare the request with the official procedure and do not send unnecessary personal data.
Ask for the exact room, its format and the secure channel; keep the request and proof of transmission.
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Overall orientation: check the channel and keep the history, without inferring that a silence is a decision.
Make a factual relaunch, ask for confirmation of registration and keep the proof. Check the deadlines for your notification.
Overall orientationRefusal
Overall direction: read the full decision and do not replace a qualified opinion with a universal model.
Keep the date of notification, identify channels and deadlines, and request a qualified opinion if rights or time limits are involved.
Overall orientationThe demand is not clear
General orientation: do not guess the requirements and do not transmit original or unnecessary data without foundation.
Ask for a written explanation, the exact list of parts and the channel of transmission; keep the answer with the exchanges.
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Step 1
Loss of employment: documents, France Travail, unemployment and residence permit
At the end of the contract, collect a work certificate, employer's certificate for France Travail, balance of any account and latest bulletins. Sign up without undue delay, without considering the ARE as automatic. Refresh the Caf and health coverage; if your title depends on employment, quickly check the effect on its specific category and on the next renewal.
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Step 2
Dismissal: the basis for the employee
A dismissal must be based on a real and serious cause and must follow a strict procedure. The classic sequence includes convocation, pre-interview and then the reasoned letter. Checking your end-of-contract documents quickly is essential.
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Step 3
Registration to France Travail
Enrolment provides job-seeker status, support and, if the conditions are met, the return to employment assistance allowance. It alone does not create a right to compensation.
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Step 4
ARE (unemployment benefit): conditions and application
I-I-I ARE (re-employment assistance allowance) is paid by France Travail after involuntary loss of employment. It does not replace the entire salary but supports job search. Registration and request on francetravail.fr.
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Step 5
Portability of mutual benefit: maintaining mutual benefit after dismissal
The Evin law (portability) allows you to keep your mutual company after a dismissal (licensing, end of CDD, contractual breakdown), up to 9 months for employees receiving compensation. It is a protection against breakage during job search. Here's who it suits, how to activate and essential.
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Step 6
Change of status: moving from one residence permit to another
The change of status is the procedure for moving from one type of residence permit to another in France, without leaving the territory. The most frequent transitions: student → employee, visitor → employee, spouse → employee. This makes it possible to regularize on the spot, without a long-stay visa from abroad, but subject to the agreement of the prefecture. Here's when it applies, what to lay down and the risks.
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