Social Security Registration for an Expatriate recruited in France
CONTEXT
If your headquarters decides to relocate you to France as an employee, there are some things you should be aware of:
- Any employee position requires a formal employment contract. There must be certain criteria and compulsory disclosures within this contract, such as home address, salary, number of working hours, social security number etc.
- The national body of the Sécurité Sociale was introduced in 1945, as a system similar to that described in the Beveridge Report for the NHS.
- Without a social security number in France, you cannot be employed as a wage earner on a regular basis.
- As an example, getting sick or being injured in the workplace would make your employer obliged to cover the medical expenses instead of the Sécurité Sociale
- Please note that failing to obtain this number would leave your employer exposed to risk regarding immigration laws.
- High immigration pressure has led to the Sécurité Sociale department becoming overbooked as many people want to benefit from this system.
- To compensate for this high demand, and to prevent abuse of the system, the organisation requires a hefty amount of paperwork to validate an application.
- Please be aware that this exercise will be extended to your spouse and children, and will be necessary for enrolment in any school, for example. This is not a centralized system and the application file is submitted to the relevant local branch depending on your home address. Consequently, every application requires a first contact meeting with a particular local governmental clerk.
CONCLUSION
On top of this, the French penchant for bureaucracy and paperwork involves a few extra hoops to jump through. At Maupard, we can help and take care of the document collection and validation, filing and follow-up of the registration. At the end of the process, you will have your own Carte Vitale, covering you and your family.
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