Prescription and reimbursment.
We help you understand your prescription, your (French) reimbursment rights and much more. Clear and simple.
Your rights.
To be covered by your Social Security and Health Insurance, you must meet the following conditions:
- Your prescription is recent enough - from 1 to 5 years old depending on your age. (Whether it has already been used for equipment does not count.)
- Your last optical coverage was 2 full years ago, or 1 year if your vision has changed by 0.5 points in total - and you have not changed your mutual insurance.
- Your equipment is a pair of non-tinted prescription glasses.
Each Insurance offers different coverage, so check your optical guarantee table on your online account or contact them directly by phone.
The prescription.
You must have a prescription dissued by an ophthalmologist to obtain prescription glasses from your optician.
How long the prescription is valid depends on your age.
- 1 YEAR for under -16 year-olds.
- 5 YEARS for 16 year-olds to 42 year-olds.
- 3 YEARS for the over +42 year-olds.
During this period of validity:
- The same prescription can be used multiple times to renew your glasses (the important thing is to respect the time intervals between two renewals).
- If your vision has changed, an optician can perform an eye test and adjust the correction on your prescription (unless otherwise specified on the prescription). You can then renew your equipment after one year with the new prescription.
Check your vision.
Our opticians are equipped with machines to test your vision. It is recommended to have your vision checked every year to ensure your optical equipment is adjusted to your needs.
In case of a 0.5 point total change in your vision, our opticians will update your prescription accordingly.
You will then be able to proceed with the early renewal of your equipment, 1 year after your last coverage, under the usual conditions of your mutual insurance.
2 steps to get reimbursed.
We help and support you through the process.
For in-store purchases.
1. Thanks to teletransmission, on the day of purchase, your optician Jimmy Fairly sends all the necessary information to your Social Security*.
You receive an initial reimbursement from Social Security in about 1 week.
2. You send your request to your mutual insurance company.This request includes the invoice, quote, and prescription.
Social Security will have already sent the statement to the mutual insurance company to trigger the reimbursement within a few days.
Contact us by email or WhatsApp for any questions. We will respond within a few hours.
*For certain stores, sending paper documents to Social Security is still necessary: Printemps, Rue de Lévis and Rue du Temple in Paris (75), Reims (51).
For online purchases.
1. You receive a paper file in your package. You must fill out the treatment form and send it with the invoice, your quote, and your prescription directly to your Primary Health Insurance Fund.
You receive an initial reimbursement from Social Security in about 1 week.
2. You send your request to your mutual insurance company.
This request includes the invoice, quote, and prescription. Social Security will have already sent the statement to the mutual insurance company to trigger the reimbursement within a few days.
Contact us by email or WhatsApp for any questions. We will respond within a few hours.
Any doubts about your prescription?
In 30 minutes, our opticians test your vision and take the time to answer all your questions: regarding your entitlements, your new prescription glasses, or the options most suitable for your correction.
