FOREIGNERS LAW – MOBILITY AND IMMIGRATION, FAMILY/CORPORATE

CEVEN LAW supports you in all your administrative and litigation procedures to assert the rights of foreigners (entry, stay, deportation, civil and political rights, economic and social rights), particularly in the following areas:

1. Professional Mobility: Employees on International Assignment and Talent Passport

Me Phuong Colliac supports businesses and their employees on international assignments, particularly between France and Vietnam, by facilitating the acquisition of the necessary visas and residence permits. She also ensures the compliance of international employment contracts and simplifies the administrative processes related to secondments and international recruitments.

Seconded, seasonal, and cross-border workers: The firm advises on the applicable legal framework, including social protection, labor rights, and the legality of their stay.

2. Family Immigration: Family Reunification and Residence

CEVEN LAW guides families through the family reunification procedures, whether for spouses, minor children, or other family members. The firm manages residence permits and ensures that often complex procedures are carried out quickly and efficiently.

Protection of the rights of foreign children: Me Phuong Colliac defends the rights of foreign children, whether for their regularization, family reunification, or legal protection.

3. Optimizing Immigration Processing Times

One of the main challenges in immigration cases is the length of time it takes to process applications. Me Phuong Colliac places particular emphasis on reducing processing times by carefully following each step of the procedure and ensuring that all actions are taken in full compliance with applicable laws.

4. Education and Rights of Foreign Students

The firm advises and assists foreign students with obtaining their student visas, extending their residence permits, and working in France during their studies (part-time work, internships, ATS, etc.). We also ensure they comply with the conditions for renewing their visas and the criteria for obtaining professional residence permits after their studies.

5. Issues Concerning Foreign Workers and Exceptional Regularization by Employment

The firm also handles specific issues related to foreign workers, such as orders to leave the French territory (OQTF), administrative detention, and workers in irregular situations, ensuring full compliance with the relevant legal framework.

6. Naturalization and Acquisition of French Nationality

CEVEN LAW assists foreigners in their naturalization and acquisition of French nationality processes, ensuring the procedure is completed efficiently. This includes family reunification, meeting the continuous residence criteria, fulfilling tax obligations, and assessing the level of integration.

7. Taxes for Foreigners Living or Working in France and Vietnam

The firm advises foreigners living or working in France and Vietnam on the tax implications of their situation, including income tax, property tax, donations and inheritance tax, international tax treaties, and tax residency. CEVEN LAW also supports expatriates and seconded workers, ensuring their compliance with both French and international tax laws.


The firm also defends the interests of its clients before the administrative courts, ensuring rigorous and effective representation to protect their rights and facilitate the smooth progress of their legal procedures.

  • appeals procedure  against measures carrying the obligation to leave French territory before the Administrative Tribunal (submit, add documents in support of your application, ask for a hearing,…)
  • appeals procedure  against  a refusal Visa (Schengen Visa) or immigration decision (work permit, annual resident card, student card…)
 

SERVICES DEDICATED TO COMPANIES

The firm puts its know-how at the service of companies and economic actors in order to secure projects, legal or commercial documents in an economic environment and through complex legal systems

SERVICES DEDICATED TO INDIVIDUALS

The firm provides precise legal advice that is personalised to your specific case. For individuals, this may be tax law (taxation of income and taxation of assets), or the fundamental rights of foreigners in France (rights of residence, civil and family rights, political rights, economic and social rights), or contract litigations.

INTERNATIONAL CASES

Through its correspondence office in Brussels, the multiple experiences of Me CHU COLLIAC in connection with Vietnam, the firm mainly supports economic actors, public or private organizations in their development projects, their commercial partnerships and their practices on the international market in compliance with the complex  law and culture of each country.