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Long-stay Visitor (visiteur)— income requirement, rules & eligibility.
Income requirement
France's Long-stay Visitor (visiteur) is not fixed in law — consulates apply about €1,443/month (≈$1,558/month) in practice, so treat it as a working benchmark, not a legal minimum. Income must be passive (pensions, rent, dividends) — not remote employment. Consular practice figure, not a statutory minimum (source: France-Visas — Ministère de l'Intérieur / Europe & Affaires étrangères, checked 2026-06-25).
Key facts
France's Long-stay Visitor (visiteur) is not fixed in law — consulates apply about €1,443/month (≈$1,558/month) in practice, so treat it as a working benchmark, not a legal minimum. Income must be passive (pensions, rent, dividends) — not remote employment. Consular practice figure, not a statutory minimum (source: France-Visas — Ministère de l'Intérieur / Europe & Affaires étrangères, checked 2026-06-25).
Not codified; each accompanying adult expected to show comparable means Verify the current uplift with the consulate before applying.
No. The Long-stay Visitor (visiteur) requires passive income — pensions, rental income, dividends or annuities — not salary from remote employment. No legal income figure — consulates use the net SMIC as a moving benchmark. You sign an undertaking not to work in France; a stale cited figure can itself trigger scrutiny.
Consular practice figure, not a statutory minimum (source: France-Visas — Ministère de l'Intérieur / Europe & Affaires étrangères, checked 2026-06-25). Requirements change — often yearly as minimum-wage or index figures re-float — so re-verify before any decision.
Part of the WhereNext Retirement & Passive-Income Visa Requirements 2026 open dataset (CC BY 4.0), generated 2026-06-25. Figures are primary-sourced and dated; they change yearly — re-verify before any decision.
Closest to France's ≈$1,558/month for a single applicant. USD figures are normalised monthly equivalents at current FX; each country's own currency and basis is the binding figure, on its page.
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