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Working Abroad: The International Mobility Service

Published on January 16, 2024

With the International Mobility Service, Urssaf supports you in your procedures during business trips abroad

For whom?
This service is available to all Urssaf audiences.
What situation?

This service is aimed at anyone wishing to work abroad as part of their activity, or at employers whose employee is going to work abroad.

You or your employee can benefit from this service when you are in a situation of secondment or multiple employment.
Why use it?

This service simplifies your procedures if you or your employee reside in France and are in a situation of professional mobility abroad. It certifies that you are covered by the French Social Security system or determines which country you should be affiliated with.

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The Service's Objective
Determine the social security scheme you fall under
Request an international mobility certificate
Request an extension for a certificate
Request an exceptional exemption

What does this service entail?

The International Mobility service enables workers and businesses to:

certify and continue to benefit from French social security protection when working abroad, under certain conditions;
or determine which social security system they fall under (France or another country), especially during predictable and alternating activity in several countries at once.

It is possible to benefit from this service when the worker is:

In a situation of secondment: temporarily carrying out their usual activity abroad under certain conditions;
In a situation of multiple employment: working predictably as well as alternately or simultaneously between France and one or more other countries, within the European Union or in Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

How to determine if you fall under the French Social Security system or that of another country?

The International Mobility Service, in collaboration with its international partners, determines which country's social security system you fall under based on your situation. When the worker resides in France, they must request a certificate from the Urssaf:

A1 for countries in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom,
bilateral for the 41 countries or territories that have signed a social security agreement with France,
for remaining under French Social Security for other countries.

International mobility: planning to work outside of France?

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Tout au long de la vidéo, un personnage avec un panneau Urssaf sous le bras rentre en contact avec d’autres personnages. Une carte de l’Europe est en fond. Des personnages sont montrés en fin dans des décors évoquant divers endroits de l’Europe.
Narration :
Vous souhaitez travailler hors de France ? L'Urssaf vous permet de continuer à bénéficier de votre couverture sociale en France durant votre mobilité à l'international. Dans le cadre d'une mobilité en Europe ou dans un pays lié par une convention avec la France, vous pouvez continuer à relever de la Sécurité sociale française sous certaines conditions. Le Service Mobilité internationale de l'Urssaf vous aide dans vos démarches et vous propose un accompagnement personnalisé, un formulaire de demande adapté à chaque situation, la mise à disposition de votre certificat de mobilité internationale dans votre espace en ligne, une offre 100 % dématérialisée et adaptée à tous les profils.
Vous êtes en situation de détachement lorsque vous exercez de façon temporaire votre activité habituelle hors de France.
Vous êtes en situation de pluriactivité lorsque vous exercez une activité régulière ou de nature différente de votre activité habituelle au sein de l'espace économique européen, du Royaume-Uni ou de la Suisse, et que vous conservez votre activité en France.
Cette activité peut être exercée sur plusieurs États membres de manière concomitante ou en alternance.
Après analyse concertée de votre situation professionnelle en liaison avec les autres États membres concernés, vous bénéficierez de la Sécurité sociale d'un seul État membre. Dans ces deux situations, vous pouvez rester affilié à la Sécurité sociale française sous certaines conditions.
Pour cela, vous devez effectuer votre demande directement depuis votre compte en ligne. Le certificat A1 vous est délivré automatiquement ou après examen pour les situations complexes. La délivrance de ce certificat vous permet de rester affilié à la Sécurité sociale française et de continuer à bénéficier d'une protection sociale tout en exerçant à l'étranger.
Alors si, comme Pierre, auto-entrepreneur en reportage à Berlin, Laure, professionnelle libérale qui exerce également en Italie, ou Léo, artisan qui a un chantier à Tunis, vous voulez partir en toute sérénité, ayez le réflexe Urssaf Service Mobilité internationale.

How to request an international mobility certificate?

If you are an employer and self-employed (craftsman, trader, freelance profession), medical practitioner or auxiliary

The request is made directly via your online space on Urssaf.fr:
- for employers: “Account” section / “Work Abroad” / to make a request: click on “Request a Certificate”
- for self-employed individuals (craftsmen, traders, freelance professions, medical practitioners and auxiliaries): “One Click Services” menu / “Work Abroad” / to make a request: click on “Request a Certificate”
Request a Certificate

Important

If your company is not registered in France, you do not have a Siret number and cannot create an online space on Urssaf.fr. You can request an international mobility certificate using the dedicated form.

Good to know

If you are a French company looking to post employees to the United Kingdom, we invite you to visit the government's Brexit website, brexit.gouv.fr, under the “you are a company” section. Here you will find the most frequently asked questions and answers.

To assist you with your certificate request, user manuals are available.
If you are a sole trader

The request is made in a few minutes via your online space on autoentrepreneur.urssaf.fr:
- “Manage my sole trader business” section
- click on “I am going to work abroad”
- to make a request: click on “Request a Certificate”
For more information, consult our dedicated user manual.
You must fill out a certificate request form

Complete the online form, print it, sign it, and send it by email to mobilite-internationale@urssaf.fr.

Important

Are you engaged in simultaneous or regular activities in multiple countries and wish to apply for international mobility on an individual basis? Whether you are not salaried (majority shareholder, etc.), employed by two or more employers, a temporary show business worker, or a job seeker on benefits, you can apply for an international mobility certificate by downloading this form, filling it out, and sending it to mobilite-internationale@urssaf.fr.

If you are a pensioner, inactive, or a student, you do not need to request an international mobility certificate as you must affiliate directly with the country in which you are conducting your professional activity. Therefore, you should approach the competent institution in the host country and then inform your primary health insurance fund and, if applicable, your Carsat.

Receipt and verification of your certificate

In most situations, your certificate is issued automatically if you meet all the conditions. Otherwise, you will receive a response after a more detailed analysis by our teams. If you have not made your request via your online space, it will be processed as soon as possible by a manager who will get back to you.

Urssaf provides an international mobility certificate verification tool, so that the contacts to whom you provide your certificate can verify its validity.

Verify the validity of my certificate

How to request an extension for an international mobility certificate?

To extend a certificate, you must submit an additional request following the same steps as for the initial application and specify the extension period.

How to request an exceptional derogation?

Vous pouvez faire une demande de dérogation exceptionnelle, par exemple quand une mission est supérieure à vingt-quatre mois en Union Européenne.

You can apply for an exceptional derogation, for example when a mission exceeds twenty-four months in the European Union.

When the worker's activity is carried out within the European Economic Area (EEA), download this form or, in the context of a bilateral agreement, download this other form. You must then fill it out and send it to the dedicated email address for derogations. After reviewing the information provided, your request will be forwarded to the competent foreign organization for review and decision (approval or refusal). To ensure a timely response, it is recommended that you submit your request at least three months before the start of the relevant period. This decision from the International Mobility Service will then be communicated to you.

Contact the International Mobility Service

Contactez l'Urssaf

L'Urssaf vous accompagne vers le meilleur moyen de prise de contact.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Urssaf is responsible for handling individual requests for international mobility of workers and for issuing the certificate of eligibility.

General information regarding the consequences of international mobility falls under the jurisdiction of the Cleiss. You can visit their website to learn more about the countries involved, the specifics of associated conventions, or the differences between secondment, multiple employment, and expatriation. To contact them, please fill out this contact form.
In cases of regular work within the European Union, we recommend opting for multiple employment. Indeed, in situations involving successive secondments, provided there is some visibility about the countries involved over the coming 12 months, choosing multiple employment avoids the need for repeated entries for each mission. If necessary, you also have the option to request a secondment outside the European Union at the same time.
Under the special framework agreement of the European Union signed on July 1, cross-border employees (commuters) who have a remote working agreement can remain affiliated to the scheme of the company that employs them, provided that the remote work performed at home is less than 50% of their working time. For France, the employer must make the request by accessing the service via their online space under the “Remote Work” menu, which only concerns this special framework agreement. A request must be made for each of the countries of residence of your employees (provided that these countries have ratified the agreement). Beyond 50% of working time spent in the country of residence, or when the activity is carried out in a country that has not ratified the agreement, the employer must make a standard request for multiple employment online. Certificate requests for short missions abroad that include remote working fall under secondment. The employer must therefore make a request under the “Make a request” tab.
Access the service on your online space: from your dashboard and under the “List of Requests” or “My Requests” section, you can cancel the mission if it has not started within 15 days following the certificate request or bring forward the end date of the mission if it is shortened. For more information, consult the guides corresponding to your situation, available on the “Working Abroad” page.

If you do not have access to the service from your online space, send your request by email to mobilite-internationale@urssaf.fr.
These are errors that may occur when the service cannot connect or does not retrieve information within the DSN.

Check that the employee concerned by your request is indeed listed under the Siret from which you logged in and check your entry. If everything seems correct but the error persists, the service asks you to enter all the data related to the employee in order to consider your request.