So I should confess that I’ve mostly avoided any experience of the strikes here in Paris. I flew out of Paris on December 4th for a long-planned holiday Down Under. The next day, the strikes began. I just arrived back … Continue reading
Author: Stephen Heiner
Visa Video Courses Posted
One of the things I did this summer during a trip to the US was film some video courses about subjects I knew very well. Two of those courses were about French immigration. I did one on the Long Term … Continue reading
Five Must-Subscribe Newsletters for Your life in Paris and France
A big part of how I keep up with all the latest developments in my adopted country is, of course, living here. I organize almost a dozen monthly business and social events and am always learning how to integrate more … Continue reading
First Visit to Paris: Arc de Triomphe
I sometimes share with people that I moved to Paris on eight total days of evidence: three days in 2009, two days in 2010, and three days in 2012. It wasn’t until the third trip that I had any truly … Continue reading
Notre Drame: the Fire
I was in a train back into Paris from Frankfurt when the news started to trickle in about our disaster here in Paris. We’ve had various shocks during the time I’ve lived here, whether it was terrorist attacks in years … Continue reading
Pinch Me, I Live in Paris
There are hundreds of postcards I’ve made of Paris in my mind. I’ll stop, clear my head of whatever I was thinking of, and be truly and appreciatively, in the moment. A soft sunset on Île de la Cité seen … Continue reading
Auto-Entrepreneur: A Tax Classification, Not a Visa Status
On more than one occasion I’ve gotten emails from people who use “auto-entrepreneur” and “profession libérale” interchangeably. They aren’t interchangeable, and more importantly for readers of this blog, auto-entrepreneur is not a visa status. It’s a tax classification, and not … Continue reading
How to Get the Profession Libérale Visa (the Basics)
Very often I’ve gotten an email starting with, “…there seems to be no information at all online about the Profession Libérale visa.” It’s true. For whatever reason, there’s not too much information about it. So this article will be a … Continue reading
Which Long Term Visa to Pursue: Visitor or Profession Libérale?
Note from the editor: In light of new guidance on remote working in France as shared by the official French tax office in June 2025, we have also officially changed our stance on remote working for a US company while … Continue reading
Yes, You Should Get a French Bank Account
A friend recently wrote an account of her experience getting a bank account in France and it reminded me to do an update of my various thoughts on this topic beyond my first time getting a personal account, a business … Continue reading