15009 — Admission to stay of third-country nationals

The number of first residence permits issued in metropolitan France to foreign nationals of third countries to the European Union, the countries of the European Economic Area and the Swiss Confederation, after having significantly increased (reversing the downward trend observed since 2005) in 2008 and 2009, then, more limited, in 2010, experienced a slight decline in 2011 (-1.76 %), confirmed in 2012 with 193,120 permits issued (residence cards and long-stay visas worth VLS-TS residence permit).