Registering Foreign Nationals with Social Protection in France – Explained in 2 Minutes

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What is the social security registration for foreigners?

Are you employing foreign employees under French contract in your company?

Keep in mind that they must be registered with the Primary Health Insurance Fund (C.P.A.M) in order to contribute and benefit from French social security.

Attention, these procedures are extremely time-consuming and are often perceived as complex by foreign employees, who are often lost!

Why is it important?

It is important for 2 reasons:

1. To obtain a social security number and get reimbursed for care;
2. And to obtain the health insurance card, to facilitate heavy and complex administrative procedures.

What are the risks?

The social security number has become an essential identifier for a range of mandatory administrative procedures (as is the case in many countries).

La Carte Vitale is the basic document for all matters related to health (illness, pregnancy, disability, work accident, etc.).

In addition to reimbursing healthcare costs, it also allows you to contribute towards retirement, for example to apply for family benefits.

The social security number is used during interactions with government agencies, and be careful, not having it can be extremely restrictive.

Some examples of risks and inconveniences:

• For your employees: they do not understand why they are not receiving their health insurance card, which is perceived as THE basic document by foreign employees, and why they cannot get reimbursed easily. Consequently, they are stressed and will spend their time asking you about all these questions.
• On the employer side, you may also experience significant blockages (for example in the DSN, inability to join the mandatory mutual insurance, etc.)

Our recommendation

1. Firstly, systematically incorporate social security registration into your international mobility process for your new foreign employees, immediately after immigration;
2. Secondly, even if it is an individual process, increase efficiency and peace of mind by systematically authorising us for these formalities (the main goal is for your foreign employees to stop approaching you for all these health-related issues (illness, pregnancy, disability, etc.)).
3. Thirdly, save on private insurance by speeding up the social security registration process.
4. And finally, fourthly, choose a trusted partner, an expert in social security, enabling simple, quick, efficient, and compliant support