French Administration Guides & Resources

What Is The Pole Emploi? The Pole Emploi is a public organisation which registers unemployed people in France and helps them back into employment. It's through this body that job seekers and people setting up new businesses can get access to financial assistance. Note: you're only entitled to financial assistance (allocations chomage) through the Pole Emploi if you have worked in France. There’s a misconception that the allocation chomage is the equivalent to unemployment ben

If you’ve been resident in France for any length of time you’ll probably be aware that April to June marks the annual French income tax return season. Filing an income tax return is mandatory for every French resident whether you actually earned any income or not and every non-French resident with earnings in France. Income tax You may be comfortable submitting your form yourself. If you're employed, are already registered with the tax authorities and pay your income tax as-

Registering as self-employed in France can be complicated if you don’t speak French or know the administrative procedures to follow. In this article, we’ll explain the jargon and the steps you need to go through to register yourself as self-employed. Registering as self-employed in France used to be called becoming an auto-entrepreneur. This has now changed to the status of micro-entrepreneur. Becoming a micro-entrepreneur is designed to make it easy for people to set themsel

CAF stands for 'Caisse des Allocations Familiales' and it’s a system that provides financial support in France to aid lots of different types of individuals and families with their social challenges. In this article, we want to give you a concise and informative overview of the different types of financial support offered by CAF. Let’s start with one of the most detailed - child support. Family For Children Born Or Adopted - Petite Enfance With a child on the way, it’s natura