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Residence permit renewal window calculator

Enter the day your card or visa expires. The calculator gives the day the filing window opens, the day it closes, and says whether you are early, inside the window, late or already expired.

When can you file your renewal and until when?

The request is made online inside a window before your document expires. Pick the document and enter the day it expires.

Not yours? Press the closest row, then change the date to your own.

Sources: CESEDA articles R431-5, R431-8 and R431-15-1 on Légifrance, and the service-public.gouv.fr sheets of the cards and of the stamps of 1 May 2026. Article R431-5 leaves out holders of the long-term resident-EU status. Informational only, not immigration advice. Last checked 20 October 2026.
  • 120 to 60days before the document expires: the days between which the regulation says a renewal request is filed.1
  • 4 to 2months before the end of the document: the same window as the service-public sheets of the cards put it.2
  • 180 eurosregularization visa fee added to a request filed late, unless it is force majeure or you hold a valid visa.2
  • 6 monthsafter the expiry with no request: the entry conditions, the visa included, must be shown again.4

Which days count

A foreigner who holds a document of stay and files a renewal request for a title on the list of the teleservice files it between the 120th and the 60th day before the document expires. For a title that is not on that list, the request is filed within the last two months.1, 6

The service-public sheets of the cards say the same thing in months: on the internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of the document, whether it is a visa, a VLS-TS or a card.2

The two ways of counting do not always give the same day, so the calculator shows the narrower of the two. A request filed inside the dates it gives is inside both.1, 2

The rule of the regulation does not apply to a holder of the long-term resident-EU status.1

What filing inside the window changes

When a complete request was filed inside the deadlines and is still under examination on the day the document expires, the prefect must make an attestation of extension available through the teleservice. It is valid three months at most and is renewed until he decides. With the expired document, it proves the stay.3, 7

A request filed late carries a regularization visa fee of 180 euros on top of the stamp of the card, unless it is a case of force majeure or you hold a valid visa.2

The stamp and the six months

Since 1 May 2026 the stamp of a renewal is 250 euros, or 100 euros at the reduced rate. The amount is sent by SMS when the request is accepted.5

Six months after the day the document expires, with no request filed, the holder must again show the entry conditions, including the visa where one was needed for the first document.4

Sources read

Every page below was opened and read on October 20, 2026. A sentence above that rests on a page carries its number.

  1. 1 Légifrance: CESEDA, article R431-5The days between which a foreigner already in France files his renewal: from the 120th to the 60th day before the document expires for a title on the list of the teleservice, within the last two months for the others; the holder of the long-term resident-EU status is left out. In French.
  2. 2 Service-Public: Carte de séjour temporaire visiteurPage dated 1 June 2026The renewal request is filed on the internet, at the earliest 4 months and at the latest 2 months before the end of the document (visa, VLS-TS or card); a late request carries a regularization visa fee of 180 euros, except force majeure or a valid visa; the stamp of a renewal. The sheets for the private and family life card (F2209), the resident card (F2208) and the multi-year card (F35799) give the same window. In French.
  3. 3 Légifrance: CESEDA, article R431-15-1A complete request filed inside the deadlines of R431-5 and still under examination at the expiry gives a right to an attestation de prolongation de l'instruction, valid three months at most and renewed until the prefect decides; with the expired document it proves the stay. In French.
  4. 4 Légifrance: CESEDA, section 3, articles R431-4 to R431-8R431-8: with no request for a new document six months after the expiry, the holder must again justify the entry conditions, the visa where one was needed for the first document. In French.
  5. 5 Service-Public: Taxes of the residence permits since 1 May 2026Page dated 12 May 2026The stamp of a renewal is 250 euros since 1 May 2026 (100 euros at the reduced rate: student, job search or business creation, seasonal worker, family reunification, au pair); a first card is 350 euros (150 reduced). The amount is sent by SMS when the request is accepted. In French.
  6. 6 Légifrance: CESEDA, article R431-2The titles listed by decree are requested through a teleservice (annex 9 gives the orders that list them). In French.
  7. 7 Service-Public: Qu'est-ce qu'une attestation de demande de carte de séjour ?Page dated 15 December 2023The three attestations of an online request: filing (does not prove the stay), extension of the examination (a document of stay, three months at most, renewed) and favourable decision. In French.

Informational only, not legal, tax or immigration advice.

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