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Registration or reactivation of Social Security rights is a particularly time-consuming and complex process. It is a sensitive issue involving the protection and health of your employees and their families: sickness, disability, pregnancy, etc.
Failure or incorrect registration causes many issues: errors in payroll reporting (DSN), failure to affiliate with the mandatory complementary health insurance, etc.
Our clients, faced with an increasing number of complex and time-consuming cases, asked us to assist them to reduce delays and manage procedures efficiently for their employees.
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Hiring a foreign employee on a local contract
A foreigner taking a job in France on a local contract must quickly register with the French Social Security system, as must their family, especially in cases of medical necessity, to benefit from healthcare coverage and reimbursement.
French nationals returning from expatriation
They must reactivate their rights, a process often experienced as a nightmare, despite expectations of a simplified procedure.
Hiring a foreign employee in France
Your HR/Payroll department must complete a mandatory payroll declaration (DSN). The foreign employee must have a permanent Social Security number for this.
Renewal of the residence permit in France for a foreign employee
The employee must prove that they are affiliated with Social Security.
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Here are the main steps with the Primary Health Insurance Fund (CPAM) to enable your foreign employees and their families to benefit from the same healthcare coverage as French employees, regardless of their health status:
- Collection of information and documents and preparation of the file for the Primary Health Insurance Fund
- Submission of the file to the Primary Health Insurance Fund
- Obtaining the Social Security number (Temporary Identification Number or NIA) / Declaration of the attending physician
- Certification of the Social Security number
- Obtaining the Carte Vitale (following receipt of the Carte Vitale application form)
- Opening the AMELI account and obtaining the certificate of entitlement
Registration is the very first affiliation, obtaining a French Social Security number for the first time. This is necessary for anyone taking up work or residence in France to benefit from health coverage.
Reactivation of rights applies to those who had a number previously and need to reopen and reactivate their rights with the health insurance fund. The general term covering both is affiliation to the French Social Security system.
Minor children are attached to their parents’ accounts as beneficiaries (ayant-droit).
As soon as they join the French social security system, minors children also obtain a social security number, but are only considered as beneficiaries until they reach the age of majority.
This status means that their healthcare in France is covered by the Carte Vitale of one or both parents.
Minors children can obtain their own Carte Vitale from the age of 16.