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Common French expressions and abbreviations



Acte de naissance = Birth certificate ANPE, Agence nationale pour l'emploi = French National Employment Agency APS, Authorisation provisoire de séjour = Provisional stay permit APT, Autorisation provisoire de travail = Temporary work permit Autorisation de travail = Work permit Cartes de séjour = Residency permit CR, Carte de résident = Permanent residency permit CRA, Carte de résident de ressortissant algérien = Special permanent residency permit applicable to some Algerian citizens CST, Carte de séjour temporaire = Temporary residency permit DDTEFP, Direction départementale du travail, de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle = the Department of Work, Employment and Training Départment = administrative unit within France EEE, Espace Economique Européen = EEA, European Economic Area (all 25 European Union member countries and Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway) Espace Schengen = Schengen Area (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Portugal) Etat civil = equivalent to Birth and Marriage certificates Mairie = Town Hall office Préfecture de Police = French administrative body in charge of policing, regulation and law within its department OMI, Office des migrations internationales = French national service for international immigration RCS, Récépissé de demande de carte de séjour = Receipt acknowledging an application for a residency permit Sevices des étrangers = office for foreigners within Préfecture, which delivers residency permits Sous-préfecture = local French administration body (under Prefecture) in charge of policing, regulation and law within its department Titres de séjour = Residency permits UE, Union Européen = EU, European Union (25 countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom) Visa de court séjour = Short-stay visa Visa de long séjour = Long-stay visa Visa de transit aéroportuaire = Transit visa Visa long séjour temporaire = Temporary long-stay visa


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