


Helma International support you to fine-tune your mobility policy according to your international talent needs.
Helping you recruit international talent
For human resources departments, welcoming a foreign employee in France prompts many questions:
- Which suitable immigration status?
- Is this in line with the company's IM policy?
- What are the consequences in terms of social security?
- What are the costs involved?
- How to comply with labor law?
- How long does the immigration process take?
Professional immigration is a complex subject that requires the mastery of several specialties. Labor and foreigners' law, taxation, legislation of the employee's country of origin ...
You need to know the intricacies of these specialized disciplines in order to anticipate the problems raised by international recruitment.
To assist you on professional immigration, Helma has assembled a team of experienced and knowledgeable lawyers in its Immigration Department, capable of advising you on improving your mobility policy and on all aspects of the immigration of a foreign employee.

Foreigners' law has specific features that must be taken into account when recruiting foreign talent. Different provisions apply depending on the nature of the employee's employment contract, for obtaining a residence permit, a work permit, and the opening of social security rights.
We have experts who can guide you through the procedures applicable to your employee’s status and keep you informed of your obligations as an employer of foreign talent.
In conjunction with our IM management team, we also support service providers not established in France to assist in the immigration procedures for seconded employees or under a local employment contract in a French or foreign company.
Training
Helma International's Immigration Department is your partner in the recruitment process of foreign talent. In order to answer all your questions regarding professional immigration and compliance, we organize training sessions to provide answers to HR departments seeking information on immigration procedures and risk management in the context of international recruitment.
Whether it is a simple presentation of the best practices to adopt or a detailed focus on the points that need to be addressed, our legal experts will assist you in all legal issues related to professional immigration:
- Determination of the most appropriate immigration category,
- Organization from the moment the employee welcomed,
- Obtaining the appropriate work permit/visa and fulfill post arrival steps,
- Compliance with procedural deadlines, etc.

Personalized support
To keep your international recruitment on track, we offer simple, concrete, and measurably effective support solutions:
- A single contact person dedicated to your project: familiar with your company's practices and your IM policy, he/she coordinates the various parties involved to simplify exchanges.
- More than 20 years of reliable, regularly updated, quality legal consulting experience, validated by IM professional associations.
- An outsourced management platform that is entirely secure and GDPR compliant: you can share and download confidential documents with us and measure the progress of your case in real-time.