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🇫🇷 France

Evidence-gated migration intelligence. Current country data status: evidence_required.

Country evidence status

Country intelligence is being verified against primary sources.

Approval rates: Not published / not verified

Planning cost: Not yet verified

Timeline: Not yet verified

Pathways

Skilled visas

Work · research_required

No universal proof-of-funds threshold applies across all skilled subclasses. Each subclass (189, 190, 491) has been promoted as a separate canonical pathway with subclass-specific requirements.

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Skilled residence pathways

Work · research_required

Umbrella record superseded by three canonical child pathways: NZ-smc-points-based, NZ-smc-skilled-work-experience, NZ-smc-trades-technician. Do not promote. Closed 2026-10-18.

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Study visa

Study · research_required

Geopolitical context (post-2022 sanctions environment), SWIFT banking access restrictions, and reduced Russian embassy capacity in West Africa create unresolvable evidence gaps for African passport holders as of 2026-10-18. No high-confidence primary-source financial threshold is available. Revisit only if geopolitical context materially changes and embassy processing for Nigerian applicants is confirmed.

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Work visa routes

Work · research_required

Same blocker as RU-study. HQS salary threshold (167,000 RUB/month) is published but RUB/NGN banking transfer and quota system opacity make the pathway unverifiable for African applicants as of 2026-10-18. Revisit only if context changes.

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Country source trail

Primary authority: France-Visas

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