As long as I an in the US, visiting family and having a wee holiday, I thought I would entertain you by reprinting:
The Saga of the Titre de Sejour, French Paperwork in 4-parts
Part VII, The End…. sort of… August 30, 2006
I think … Continue reading.....
As long as I an in the US, visiting family and having a wee holiday, I thought I would entertain you by reprinting:
The Saga of the Titre de Sejour, French Paperwork in 4-parts
Part V June 9, 2006
We are now the proud holders … Continue reading.....
As long as I an in the US, visiting family and having a wee holiday, I thought I would entertain you by reprinting:
The Saga of the Titre de Sejour, French Paperwork in 4-parts
Part III April 7, 2006
It’s an 8-hour drive to Andorra. … Continue reading.....
As long as I an in the US, visiting family and having a wee holiday, I thought I would entertain you by reprinting:
The Saga of the Titre de Sejour, French Paperwork in 4-parts
Part II April 5, 2006
We submit our visa application to … Continue reading.....
As long as I an in the US, visiting family and having a wee holiday, I thought I would entertain you by reprinting:
The Saga of the Titre de Sejour, French Paperwork in 4-parts
Part I April 3, 2006
We finally have official permission to … Continue reading.....
We have our 'Titre de Sejour', our permission to live in France. We thought, mistakenly, that once that hurdle had been jumped the rest would be easy. Well, there we go 'thinking' again! How foolish. (if you are curious and have not been following the … Continue reading.....
We are now the proud holders of unexpired 'Titre de Sejour''s. They arrived last week, in record time (this time…actually it was probably a record last time, too see Parts I – IV) and are valid for almost 9 whole months! That means I don't … Continue reading.....
Back to the Carte de Sejour: We now have the coveted visa so we confidently submit our file, once again. Since it now contains the visa, they actually open it, 10 months from the original submission. Then they send us a list of additional documents … Continue reading.....
It’s an 8-hour drive to Andorra. Did I mention that this was February? And Andorra is in the mountains? It’s a big ski area? Lots of snow? Did I mention that we stupidly believed the weather forecast that it was going to be sunny and … Continue reading.....
We submit our visa application to the French Consulate in Andorra (the last place we lived). It’s September and we are 4 months into the 2-month process (there was July and August in there – when nothing is done…summer holidays, you know). The French Consulate … Continue reading.....