Should I move to France with my boyfriend?
Does Eric Estrada know you are faking his name? Too many women do crazy things to follow boyfriends around and I can never actually see the reason why. You almost never read about a guy giving up his job or dreams or school for a woman. It's always the female who is going to throw it all away for the guy and almost always it's with no money, just like you. So if it doesn't work out they are always stuck. Quite frankly, I can't see why you'd give up your work and place you live that you seem to love so much to follow a guy to France. For what? Is he that perfect? He'll be studying he won't have time for you. What exactly would getting married solve? What would be the point of that? Immigration help for him? Then you'd have to think about spending your money to fly to France to see him because guys never fly to the woman, it's always her that does it. I'm sorry, I'm not seeing anything in this scenario you describe that benefits you in any way and if it doesn't, why do it?
I'm American moving to France?
I'm 27 and I my wife and daughter are thinking about moving to France we never been there but we want to get away from America. Don't get me wrong I'm proud to be American and I love my country but we need to get away for a while we're not running from the law but we're tired of our families drama and we want to try something different for a few years possibly 10 years or so. Has anybody done the same move from the US to France if so what do we need to do. Can I get a license in France and is their work over there because where we live there's no jobs and it seems like that every where here in the states. By the way I haven't done my research yet this is the first step but we are looking to move a year from now
How Do I Get a Work Visa to France?
In the same way as Europeans cannot move and work in the US without being sponsored by an organisation that can justify taking them on because they have particularly outstanding qualifications or very specialised skills not available in the US and manages to obtain a green card for them, it now is extremely difficult for any non European to move and work in France or other European countries. Likewise the maximum length of time non Europeans are allowed in France is 90 days in a half year, during which they are forbidden to take paid employment and have to pay their way out of their savings. Americans who want to move to France have to find a job and apply for it from the US and their prospective employers will make a case to the French ministry of labour to back them up when they apply for a work and residence visa at the nearest French consulate to where they live in the US. At the moment unemployment is almost at 13% in France and employers are expected by law to give jobs to French or European citizens first. http://www.ambafrance-us.org/spip.php?ru... Most Americans who manage to get a visa are people who are highly qualified or have managed to get a transfer from within a company that already has a footing in France. Once you have a contract and a visa you look at estate agents in the area where you are moving to for a suitable place to rent. Obviously there is no point in applying to work in France if you speak no French and have no inkling of French culture and way of life at all.
I don't want to move...?
HELP! My parents told me today that we will probably move to France!! AHHHHH!!!!! Its one thing moving to Canada or something, but to FRANCE, that is a whole different story! I am not worried about not being able to understand French, my parents are both French but moved to America and had me and my brother, and I learned French and English growing up.The main thing I am sad about is I will have to leave my friend's behind and have to start a brand new school with girls who are probably way different than me! Lots of people would be jumping up and down screaming saying "Yay! I get to go to France!!" but I was mortified. I do NOT want to move to France, even if my parents are from there. What should I do? I know I have until after school year to see if we are for sure moving, but still! Help!
What surprises people most when they move to France?
What surprised me is how different people’s experience can be. For a starter, I recently came to France (as a skilled worker), from outside Europe. I’m now living in Paris.I have a muslim name, I came from a developing country, and I don’t speak French. I speak only English here (although I’m looking for a part-time French course). Sounds like I was about to face a lot of trouble?It turns out that I have no problem with the French as of now. They even have no problem of speaking English to me, they understand that I just moved to France. Even the bureaucrats are willing to speak English to me. I have a lot of problem with the French bureaucracy, but only due to their inefficiencies. However, the French bureaucracy’s inefficiency is fair: everyone’s paperwork will be processed very slowly. Being a blue-eyed blonde Catholic native French is not going to save you from the the madness of l’administration francaise. By the way, French paperworks are literally on paper. French companies might be famed for their enthusiasm for automation (mostly due to the stringent employment protection laws), but unfortunately this enthusiasm is not shared by the gouvernement.My experience is that French is not a very well-run country (as compared to other developed countries), but it is a welcoming country. Other experiences I have heard are often very negative. Apparently different people can easily have very different experience.
I am a British citizen. If I move to France with my non-EU wife, can she study at university and get French citizenship in 2 years?
Correct. The exact terms for acquiring French citizenship via this path are set out here on the official French administrative site (the webpage is in French, unfortunately):Naturalisation : conditions à remplirIn addition to the two-year residence/study period, there is also a requirement for knowing the language, although the requirement is not set out very clearly (I would imagine deliberately so in order to allow room for discretion). It states that you must have “sufficient knowledge of the French language” (dependent on factors such as your highest level of study, social circumstance, etc.) and that evidence must be provided of this by way of a certificate or written attestation by an institute of French language learning and integration.Furthermore, you must be able to demonstrate your assimilation into French society “by way of adhesion to the principles and essential values of the French Republic”, and “with sufficient knowledge of French history, culture and society as presented in the citizens’ handbook”.An interview takes place to verify adherence to these requirements (language and assimilation).In short, there is no reason that your wife wouldn’t be able to apply for French citizenship after two years’ study here, as long as in the meantime she would be ready to take reasonable steps towards learning the French language and culture.If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask. I don’t live in France, but I have French citizenship from my mother, and I am fluent in the language.
I am planning to move to France after university, and I know the language pretty well. Do French people like English people?
ALL French people do not like ALL English people, let's get that straight. That said, I know dozens of English people who live and work here happily, and there are many thousands of Brits who love it here.The secret is to stop yearning for shops that are open all hours, spicy curries, builder's tea and Marmite. You will just have to go and get those on your visits back to the UK (whereupon, you will have to load up with wine from France to take back to relatives).Seriously, the happiest Brits-living-in-France are those that made a commitment to leave Britain and come and live here, i.e. in full knowledge of the considerable strengths and weaknesses of France and of French people, and who decided that this is where they want to be.If you do it this way, you will have no trouble with French people; in fact, they may decide to adopt you and help you through the maze of French administration.If you are looking for Surbiton (Stockton-on-Tees/Basingstoke/wherever) with cheap wine and sunshine, you will be disappointed - don't do it!