Quote:
Originally Posted by Dashenka
I've been told by perfecture that it's best to get the visa before marriage rather than after to accelerate the carte de sejour process afterwards. My visa was done at the consulate of SF within a week.
Note on birth certificates. They need to be issued 6 months before the marriage date... I had mine redone and translated by a certified translator. Also, you will need to get some other papers from the US embassy.
|
Elephantly, the situation is changing faster than even Service-public can keep up with it. I was looking for the page I saw recently that said that NO ONE getting married to a French national would be exempt from having to return to their home country to apply for a visa after the marriage - and then I found this:
>>Un décret du 27 avril 2009 dispense, à compter du 1er juin 2009, certaines nouvelles catégories d'étrangers de demander un titre de séjour en préfecture : il s'agit des conjoints de citoyens français, des étudiants, des visiteurs, des salariés et travailleurs temporaires, titulaires d'un visa de long séjour. <<
Of course your mileage may vary, if the local
préfecture isn't up to date on the latest changes to the process.
Cheers,
Bev