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Guidance (3/5): automatic registration with France Travail
Registration with France Travail is automatic for two categories of people. These people have no step to take to register. This sheet presents the second category.
Key points of the sheet
- Your registration is automatic if you applied for the RSA (Revenu de Solidarité Active). It is also automatic if you are married, cohabiting or in a PACS with a person who applied for the RSA.
- Your registration is also automatic if you asked a Mission locale for support. This support helps you find a job.
- Registration is automatic. But you must take a step to benefit from the services of France Travail.
- RSA application online: you receive a link by email. Paper application: you receive a document by post. If a Mission locale already follows you, it helps you register.
Words to know
- automatic registration (inscription automatique)
- It is a registration with France Travail with no step to take to register.
- Revenu de Solidarité Active (RSA, active solidarity income) (Revenu de Solidarité Active (RSA))
- A person who applies for the RSA is registered automatically with France Travail.
- Mission locale (local support centre)
- It gives support to find a job. If it already follows you, it helps you register with France Travail.
- guidance questionnaire (questionnaire d'orientation)
- It is a questionnaire to fill in, received by email with a registration link or by post with a registration document.
Test yourself: 3 questions
You applied for the RSA online. How do you receive the registration link?
In French, the language of the exam: Vous avez demandé le RSA par internet. Comment recevez-vous le lien d'inscription ?
If the RSA application is made online, you receive a registration link by email.
Your registration with France Travail is automatic if you asked for support from:
In French, the language of the exam: Votre inscription à France Travail est automatique si vous avez demandé un accompagnement à :
Registration is automatic if you asked a Mission locale for support to find a job.
For how many categories of people is registration with France Travail automatic?
In French, the language of the exam: Pour combien de catégories de personnes l'inscription à France Travail est-elle automatique ?
Registration with France Travail is automatic for two categories of people.
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Source
Sheet “Orientation (3/5)” of the French Ministry of the Interior: formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr. Content published under the Etalab Open Licence 2.0. This page is a plain-language adaptation made by Hexaciv, which is not an official site: if in doubt, the ministry's text is the one that counts.
Ministry sheet read on 23 October 2026, still identical on 25 October 2026.