I had originally planned to write this article earlier this year, but with my focus on submitting my citizenship application (more on that soon) and the fact that I wasn’t even two years into my new four year card meant … Continue reading
Visa applications
7 Days Before I Put LA in My Rear View
This is part of a series of articles about the final days of preparing for moving to France and what happens when you get here, and those articles are part of a promotional series launching our new book, 29 Days … Continue reading
30 Days Out: “Are You Excited About Paris Yet?”
This is part of a series of articles about the final days of preparing for moving to France and what happens when you get here, and those articles are part of a promotional series launching our new book, 29 Days … Continue reading
90 Days Out From Leaving Los Angeles for Paris
This is part of a series of articles about the final days of preparing for moving to France and what happens when you get here. This is the first of two promotional series launching our new book, 29 Days to … Continue reading
How to Get the APS (Autorisation Provisioire de Séjour) Visa in France
When I first came to live in France in 2014, I originally planned on staying for one year as an au pair. One year quickly turned into 2.5 years with the same family, which turned into three more years at … Continue reading
How to Renew a Four Year Profession Libérale Visa
I always tell readers of the blog that getting a visa is usually much more challenging than renewing one, for the simple reason that for the former you are trying to prove to the French that something is at least … Continue reading
Why I Moved to Paris and How I Made It Happen
If you’d like to learn a bit more about Alexa you can click here. During the first lockdown I was living alone in Princeton, New Jersey, and when the opportunity to move to Upstate New York presented itself, I took … Continue reading
OFII Visit for Long Stay Visitor Visa (2022 Update)
So you have made it through the France-Visas & VFS Global maze, obtained your long-stay visiteur visa (in the form of a sticker pasted into your passport), and moved yourself to France. Congrats! But we are not quite finished with … Continue reading
La Formation Civique or My Adventures in French Integration
I already wrote about signing a contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) and attending the first day of civics training, so I’ll continue my integration journey here by covering the remaining days. Day 2 It’s hard for me to differentiate what was … Continue reading
How to Become an Au Pair in France
After I returned home to the United States after my semester abroad, I knew that I eventually wanted to go back to France. But, before I could do that I knew that I wanted to finish my undergrad degree. And … Continue reading