Le retour volontaire peut vous y emmener.
L'OFII organise et paie votre voyage de retour. Et nous examinons avec vous si nous pouvons vous offrir un soutien supplémentaire.
J’ai des questions ? L’ofii peut y répondre
1. What is voluntary return?
If you wish to go back to your country of origin, the French Office for Immigration and Integration (Office Français de l’Immigration et de l’Intégration OFII) can organise your return (travel costs, financial help, administrative support to get ready for your journey). You will travel in the same way as an ordinary passenger and the authorities in your country of origin will not be aware of your return. If you change your mind, you can change your decision at any time before departure.
6. How is my journey organised?
Your journey home is organised with an OFII adviser, to whom you must show your passport. If you do not have one, s/he can help you to obtain a travel document. OFII offers to take charge of purchasing your air ticket and the transport to the airport from which you will be leaving, if necessary.
9. What happens when I arrive?
When you get back to your own country, you must contact OFII or its local operator directly about your reintegration plan.
2. What is the role of OFII?
In order to provide assistance with return and reintegration, an OFII adviser can help you to organise your return plan properly. In some countries, the OFII can offer support with your career plan to help you to reintegrate your country of origin and OFII can also help you to find a job there.
7. How much luggage can I take ?
The number of items and the weight of the luggage allowed are shown on the notice given by OFII before you leave. It depends on the destination and the airline, so you must make sure that your luggage does not exceed this limit!
10. How is the reintegration plan set up?
The individual appointment organised with an OFII adviser helps you to decide what you need and guides you towards the level of reintegration that best suits you. OFII offers three different levels of help.
Level 1: Social reintegration
Level 1 relates to social reintegration in order to help you and your family to move in. It includes a grant to pay your rent, purchase furniture or household appliances and some money dedicated to your medical costs or the cost of school attendance for your children. If you are from one of the following countries: Bangladesh, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Pakistan, you can be provided with help at the airport, help to look for members of your family, legal support or psychological follow-up.
Level 2: Employment and vocational training
In level 2, OFII can help you to look for a job, to write your CV, and can finance a part of your training or your salary for one year.
Level 3: Starting a business
Finally, level 3 helps you to set up a business of your own. If your plan is accepted, you can start a training course relating to your new business activity and get financial support with starting up your business.
8. What happens when I leave?
When the time comes to leave, a return/reintegration adviser meets you at the airport and accompanies you as far as the departure lounge. S/he gives you a financial return grant, which is paid as a lump sum. The total value of fixed allowances varies according to the country to which you are returning.
11. When can I start my plan?
As soon as your plan has been validated with OFII, you will be given support with setting it up, implementing and monitoring it. OFII monitors your project for six months, if it is for the purposes of the social reintegration grant, and for one year for an employment or business start-up grant (after validation by the selection committee).
3. Can I apply for voluntary return?
In order to apply for a voluntary return grant, you must not have legal status in France, or be a failed asylum seeker. You can return to any region of your country of origin that you choose.
4. Can I apply for a reintegration grant?
OFII can help you to benefit from both return grants and social reintegration grants and to help you either to find a job or to start your own business. A selection committee in your country of origin checks whether your plan is viable.
OFII offers reintegration grants in the following 22 countries: Armenia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Congo DRC, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea-Conakry, Haiti, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, Kosovo, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan. The amount of the reintegration grant may vary depending on both your country of origin and your plan. Your adviser will give you information about the grants that you can benefit from. The amount of aid for reintegration may vary depending on my country of origin and my project” (for information, you can consult the here average amounts by country and by level of aid here).
If you are a student, a young professional or on voluntary civic service, and your residence permit expires within the next three months, you can apply for a reintegration grant only. You can check whether the reintegration grant for students and young professionals is available for your country (link to the leaflet for students).
12. How is the reintegration grant paid?
The reintegration grant is not paid in cash. OFII or its local operator takes charge of purchasing the goods you need for your plan from suppliers. These may be medicines, a training course or material goods you will need to start your new business.
5. Where can I find out more?
You can go to the nearest OFII office where a return/reintegration adviser will deal with your request. To make it easier for us to talk to each other, OFII will call on the services of an interpreter into your own language