Hello, Well i finally visited the pref in order to apply for residency and was made aware of a few changes that recently took place. Eu nationals no longer require residency permits UNLESS married to non EU national. BUT. Getting one of those if you really need one is not as easy as i found out ...
I found this piece of information on http://mairie01.paris.fr Registration requirement of European citizens in town hall Article L 121-2 of the Code of Entry and Residence of Aliens provides that EU citizens who wish to settle in France, must register with City Hall their municipality of residence ...
Yes, i have and i tried to obtain one, but was told that it only applies to non EU nationals, not me as i am British so i dont know how to get one if i need one.
Hello all, I have a question that i cant seem to get an answer to. Please help. sorry if i am not supposed to post this in this topic but i thought it might be relative in someways. I am British living in France for 4 years now and i have never held a residence card nor been registered. We want to ...
Yes, it is nonsense, we actually called the prefecture to confirm that my husband didnt need a visa before we went and the lady said 'well go ahead and show up without one and see what happens' we had bad experiences with them and it makes me very nervers about going to them incase they decide to ...
Well, its still unsorted, it seems the French just make it up as they go along. I tried to go and get registered at the Local Marie and was told that i dont need to do that as i am British and have the right to live and work here. I tried to apply for a residency card at the prefecter and they told ...
Hello, I am Russian by birth and went through a naturalization process in Britian. i would now like to obtain a russian passport for myself and a dual citizenship/nationality for my children, but cant seem to find any information on the net regarding the process. i am not sure if that is even ...
i wont be able to get a job for a while as i am going to be looking after my enfants till they start school. But i can rigister with the job centre as i have been registered with them in the past. i hope they will also take into consideration that i have been here for 3years and both my kids were ...
pierre75, thank you for the information, i have a few more questions: could i apply by post, i only ask this as i was told i had to go into the prefecture to apply. how long will it take to get my residence card and also my work contract will end at the end of this week, would that cause an issue ...
once again thank you, i shall find where i need to get registered first and then continue with my husbands registration. i will you know th outcome of the situation. 86ti in answere to your question, me and my husband have a french family book that was issued to us by the local marie when we got ...
thank you all, So my question now is do i need to get registered? or am i already considered registered? I read that not all member states require registration as it is under the directive law. would this appy for france? if so, that would mean i have lived and worked here for 3 years without ...
86ti, me and my husdand got married at the local Marie, we had to turn in all our documents such as (french address, bith certificates, medical examinations and passports, would that have been considered as getting registered? and when our children were born my husband had to register them at the ...
Hello, many thanks for your replys, we are starting to feel alot more positive about going to the prefecture and applying for my husbands residence. Directive/2004/38/EC to your question: i work here and pay tax i am on the social security system and hold a card vital. Also both our children were ...
Thank you John, This sounde really promising. Would this mean that we have to apply for a special type of residency in france? is there a special name of the applycation form that we would need to fill out. And would we go about applying for it the same way as other applications by going to the ...
Hello Forum, I hope you can give me some advice on my situation. I am a British passport holder living and working in france, however i do not hold a residency card as i was advised i no longer needed to have one. My husband is American, we were married in France and have been married for 2 and a ...
Thank you for your reply, i dont know why they make it so difficult for Americans. I guess we will try and find him a job that would provide him with paper work. Also can he keep coming back and forth from the USA to UK on a tourist visa, and then after 3 years apply for residency? There must be a ...
Thanks for the replies. We are worried about having to prove funds and possibly getting his visa rejected. also... Do you think it might be possible to extend his tourist visa which runs out in June - the reason for this is we are expecting our second child in May /June and he would not want to miss ...
Can anyone help us please. I am a british citizen married to an american who is presently with me in the UK on a six month tourist visa which stipulates no right to work or access public funds. Our son of one year also holds a british passport. We would like to obtain a long stay visa and permit for ...
Hey, Thanks alot for the information you provided. I have been living in france for over 6 months but have never got a residence permit, maybe i should get my residence permit first and then go ahead with his one. Also, what if we just cross in to a non eu state and then re-enter france, would that ...
I figured the french wouldnt think kindly about his over stay. But we did manage to get married here and we have a "livret de famille" which is a french family book and we had our son born here, is there no way the french will give him residency in france? and we can take the uk route because he ...
Hey, Can anyone help? This is my situation: I am british citizen living in france where i met and married my American husband, we also had our child born in france. Now my question is: What type of visa or residency is my husband entitled to apply for? bearing inmind that he has over stayed his ...
