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Orientation (2/5)
This sheet helps you identify the people concerned by automatic registration (first category). It also presents the procedure to benefit from the services of France Travail.
Key points of the sheet
- Registration with France Travail (public employment service) is automatic for two categories of people. These people have no steps to take to register. This sheet presents the first category.
- Your registration is automatic if you receive the RSA (Revenu de Solidarité Active). It is also automatic if you have an official relationship (marriage, cohabitation, PACS) with a person who receives the RSA.
- Your registration is also automatic in another case. You are registered with a Mission Locale under a PACEA or a Contrat d'Engagement Jeune (CEJ).
- Registration is automatic, but you must take a step to benefit from the services of France Travail. You answer the orientation questionnaire.
- You log in to the website francetravail.fr. You go to your personal space with the codes received by post or by e-mail. This space lets you manage your appointments and send information.
Words to know
- France Travail (public employment service)
- Registration with France Travail is automatic for some people. A step then lets them benefit from its services.
- automatic registration (inscription automatique)
- The people concerned have no steps to take to register with France Travail.
- Revenu de Solidarité Active (RSA)
- If you receive the RSA, your registration with France Travail is automatic. It is also the case if you have an official relationship (marriage, cohabitation, PACS) with a person who receives it.
- Mission Locale
- A person registered with a Mission Locale under a PACEA or a CEJ is registered automatically with France Travail.
- orientation questionnaire (questionnaire d'orientation)
- You answer it to benefit from the services of France Travail.
- personal space (espace personnel)
- You access it with the codes received by post or by e-mail. It lets you manage your appointments and send information.
Test yourself: 3 questions
Who is registered automatically with France Travail?
In French, the language of the exam: Qui est inscrit automatiquement à France Travail ?
Registration with France Travail is automatic if you receive the RSA.
What do you do to benefit from the services of France Travail?
In French, the language of the exam: Que faites-vous pour bénéficier des services de France Travail ?
To benefit from the services of France Travail, you answer the orientation questionnaire.
What step is needed for automatic registration?
In French, the language of the exam: Quelle démarche faut-il pour l'inscription automatique ?
People registered automatically have no steps to take to register.
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Source
Sheet “Orientation (2/5)” 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.