The prime d'activité: who France tops up, branch by branch

Fiche F2882's core: you can benefit, under conditions, from the prime d'activité, which completes your professional income; the request runs through the CAF's téléservice (or the MSA for the agricultural regime). The universal trio — 18 or older, professional activity with modest income, stable and effective residence in France — comes with a warning printed in the fiche itself: temporarily posted workers in France have no right to the prime d'activité.

Source: service-public.fr — Prime d'activité (fiche F2882), read 10 September 2026.

The fiche splits three ways. EU/EEA nationals: the trio plus a right of residence in France and living there for at least 3 months at the time of application. Non-EU nationals: the age-and-activity conditions plus one of the listed statuses — led by holding, for at least 5 years, a residence title permitting work in France, with alternatives including single parents with a child under 3 holding a title, and carte-de-résident holders. The 5-year line is the one that surprises recent arrivals: this benefit rewards settled work, not first-year work.

Source: service-public.fr — F2882, conditions selon nationalité, read 10 September 2026.

The prime d'activité is the working-poor complement in a stack that includes allocations familiales (families of 2+ children) and housing aid — each with its own residence-regularity gates, all administered by the CAF. The practical loop for eligible movers: the CAF simulator answers the how-much question against your declared income each quarter, and the answer moves as your income does. Amounts are barème-driven and updated — we quote none we haven't verified.

Source: service-public.fr — Prime d'activité, read 10 September 2026.