Thread: Applying for a Carte Vitale
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Old 12th October 2009, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Lizbeth View Post
Hello...

My task is to try and suss out how to apply for our carte vitale. My partner (we aren't yet married so we do confusingly have different surnames) and I moved to France about 3 wks ago. I have two children from a previous marriage who are 5 and 7.

My partner works as a freelancer and has YET to sort out paying tax into the french system, but the plan is he will do this asap. He has most of his work from England but will pay tax into the french system once we've seen the accountant.

I have given up full time work and so am a stay at home Mum now and won't be working in France.

I've read LOADS of things from books to online info about applying for this and when we went to the local doctor here for the kids medical certificate enabling them to start school he gave us a form each (not the kids) to go and apply for our carte vitale with his GP stamp etc etc on it.

My question is - as I'm not working here, do me and the kids come under my partners carte vitale as dependents (given that we're not legally married) or do I have to get my own? If it's the latter, how can I do this given that I'm not earning etc etc.

Apologies for so many questions but this is a COMPLETE nightmare to sort out - plus our french I'm afraid is rusty 'A' level albeit we're working hard to get better!!!

Thanks
Lizbeth
Hi.
I called the british embassy in Paris and the gave me the number of a healthcare agency in the UK (sorry I didn't keep hold of it) and they can provide you with the documents needed I think to take to the relevant bodies here. I think they can assess whether you are able to have an E106 form (hope that is the right name as like I said I don;t have the info to hand) that can provide you with healthcare here for maximum of 2 years. I wasn't able to have this as I haven't been living/working in the UK for the past few years so therefore contributions were not enough into the UK system...I know my info is vague but it gives you a few roadsto go down...mine was a dead end due to me living outside the UK for a while so I hope you have more luck !
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