If you are a non-EU national with a "Passeport Talent-Chercheur" long-stay visa, all your healthcare administrative formalities must be carried out through the CPAM in Paris, even if you are living in another city in France.

As soon as you arrive, you need to file an application for health insurance entitlement with the CPAM de Paris.

Download the factsheet “Getting a social security number – employed researchers with passeport-talent visa”

As soon as your application is received, the CPAM will create your social security number within approx. one month and will send you an “entitlement document” (attestation de droit) by post.

You need to provide this document to healthcare professionals in order to receive the partial reimbursement of your healthcare costs.

The coverage will start on the first day of your working contract.

Within approximately 3 months, your social security number will be certified and you will receive the form enabling you to order your Carte Vitale, which dematerializes your certificate of entitlement and enables electronic tracking of your healthcare reimbursements.

You will also need to declare your "Médecin traitant" on a form sent directly to you by the CPAM. The "Médecin traitant" is the General Practicioner doctor you will have to contact first. If needed, it will be his/her duty to refer you to a specialist.

To find out more about how health insurance works in France, click here.

The procedure is the same for your spouse and children aged 18 and over, who also need to fill in an application form and send it, with the same supporting documents and at the same time as you file your application, to the CPAM de Paris.

If you are a European scientist, all your healthcare administrative procedures should be carried out at your nearest CPAM.

As soon as you arrive, you need to file an application for health insurance entitlement with your nearest CPAM.

Download the factsheet “Getting a social security number – employed European scientist”

As soon as your file is received, the CPAM will create your social security number and within approx. one month, will send you an “entitlement document” (attestation de droit).

You need to provide this document to healthcare professionals in order to receive the partial reimbursement of your healthcare costs.

The coverage will start on the first day of your working contract.

Within approximately 3 months, your social security number will be certified and you will receive the form enabling you to order your Carte Vitale, which will digitalize your entitlement document and enable your healthcare reimbursements to be made electronically.

You will also need to declare your "Médecin traitant" on a form sent directly to you by the CPAM. The "Médecin traitant" is the General Practicioner doctor you will have to contact first. If needed, it will be his/her duty to refer you to a specialist.

To find out more about how health insurance works in France, click here.

Spouses of employed European research scientists and their children aged over 18 can also enjoy French Universal Health Cover after residing in France for 3 months.

They must also file an application for entitlement to health insurance with your nearest CPAM.

It is important to check that your family has health cover either from insurance from your home country or by taking out a private insurance policy for the first 3 months of their stay in France.

If you are an Algerian researcher or PhD student holding a "scientifique-chercheur" long-stay visa, you will need to contact the CPAM in your place of residence.

As soon as you arrive, you'll need to apply to the CPAM in your place of residence for health insurance coverage.

Download the factsheet "Applying for social security - employed Algerian scientists"

As soon as your file is received, the CPAM will create your social security number and within approx. one month, will send you an “entitlement document” (attestation de droit).

You need to provide this document to healthcare professionals in order to receive the partial reimbursement of your healthcare costs.

The coverage will start on the first day of your working contract.

Within approximately 3 months, your social security number will be certified and you will receive the form enabling you to order your Carte Vitale, which will digitalize your entitlement document and enable your healthcare reimbursements to be made electronically.

You will also need to declare your "Médecin traitant" on a form sent directly to you by the CPAM. The "Médecin traitant" is the General Practicioner doctor you will have to contact first. If needed, it will be his/her duty to refer you to a specialist.

To find out more about how health insurance works in France, click here.

Spouses of employed Algerian research scientists and their children aged over 18 can also enjoy French Universal Health Cover after living in France for 3 months.

They must also file an application for entitlement to health insurance with your nearest CPAM.

It is important to check that your family has health cover either from insurance from your home country or by taking out a private insurance policy for the first 3 months of their stay in France.