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Old 26th October 2009, 10:30 AM
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Originally from usa. Expat in france.
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Originally Posted by jolly_roger View Post
so it will not be possible to tie the knot on a holiday visa, and come back to the south to await visas.
There may be a way to do it that way, but it's out of the ordinary and very well could be far more trouble than it's worth. You could marry on a holiday visa, but only if you do not intend to settle in France after the wedding.

The other problem in your case is that you must marry in the mairie where one or the other of you is resident. (Church weddings don't really count in France - only the civil ceremony at the mairie and it has to be the mairie where one or the other of the partners is resident.) If your girlfriend is currently resident in SA, it would be much easier for you to marry there, and then apply for the visa to return to France.
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Bev
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