Whether you are a student, a doctoral student or a researcher, if you come to France with your spouse and/or children, they must all be covered by health insurance from the moment they arrive in the country. This section explains whether, depending on your circumstances and theirs, they are entitled to state health insurance coverage, or whether they are required to take out private health insurance.
European (EU/EEA) or Swiss spouse and children
Before your family arrives in France, contact the health insurance office in your home country to find out whether each family member accompanying you will be entitled to coverage while they are in France through the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), or whether they will need to obtain an S1 form to transfer their health insurance rights from their home country to France.
> Find out more about the European Health Insurance Card and the S1 form on the Cleiss website
Good to know
If your spouse obtains a French employment contract during his/her stay in France, he/she must register with the French state health insurance system by completing a registration request form.
If they cannot remain covered by their home country’s health insurance system while they are in France, or benefit from the French state health insurance, you will have to take out private health insurance for them to cover their medical expenses in France. > Taking out private health insurance
Spouse and children of a different nationality
If you have a “Passeport Talent” visa and a French employment contract
The request for registration with French state health insurance for your children and spouse must be submitted to the CPAM (health insurance organization) in Paris at the same time as yours, i.e. as soon as you obtain your employment contract.
If they arrive in France later than you, you can send their registration requests upon their arrival.
As is the case for yourself, you will have to download a form, fill it in, attach the supporting documents requested, and send everything:
Either by post, to the following address:
Assurance maladie de Paris
SRI/talents
75948 Paris cedex 19
Important
The processing times are long (at least 6 to 10 weeks). While you wait for your children and spouse to be registered with French health insurance, or if they are not entitled to it, they must take out private health insurance. > Taking out private health insurance
If you yourself are not entitled to French state health insurance
You will have to take out private health insurance for your spouse and children to cover their medical expenses in France. > Taking out private health insurance
Updated on May 30, 2024
Contact
Health insurance - CPAM
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From abroad : +33 184 90 36 46 English speaking line
09 74 75 36 46
From abroad : +33 974 75 36 46
Translation
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