PACS appointment

[frogblogger]

You will have to check with the French authorities dealing with your case, whether they would accept translations that have been done by translators approved by the French Embassy in Malaysia.

Valid for only one month? That's surprising - I know the French sometimes only recognise documents that are less than three months old. But if that's the case, in your shoes I might be tempted to tell a white lie or two, and try to get an appointment first. Although what will you do if they give you a rendez-vous in only two weeks' time? Even if it's a month or six weeks away, you may be hard-pressed to get some of the documents from Malaysia in time.

Really much of this is guesswork, and depends greatly on how straightforward your particular case is. I'm thinking of your problem with the certificat de celibat, you've already suggested that your country of origin is reluctant to issue this for PACS purposes. Each case is different, no one here is really going to be able to give you definitive advice, you are going to have to play it by ear really.

[Bevdeforges]

Logic plays no part in what you're asked to assemble, I'm afraid. It's what is written on the particular piece of paper the fonctionnaire is referring to. Generally, you deposit your completed dossier, and make your appointment at that time. In a pinch, if you have those time sensitive documents, what counts is that they are still good at the time you submit your dossier. The date of the appointment shouldn't matter once the dossier has been accepted as complete and valid.

As far as translations done by the embassy, they should be ok - certainly for documents from Singapore.
Cheers,
Bev

[jacynta]

Hi Bev,

Thanks for the info. you've provided. It clears up most of my confusion.
But correct me again if I'm wrong, what you meant was ' I have to go and show them my completed dossier and then make an appointment but at this moment, the documents have to be within the time limit. The docs. at the appointment may not? '

As for translation, it's a bit tricky for my situation. I am a Malaysian, but working in Singapore. Hence, will docs. obtained from Malaysia but translated by French Embassy in Singapore be alright?

Thanks

[Bevdeforges]

It may be more than showing them your completed dossier. Normally you submit the dossier (i.e. they keep it). So yes, it's the date of submission that counts. If they can't give you an appointment until several weeks later, when some of the documents may have gone "stale", that's not your problem.

You may have to ask whether the Singapore embassy will translate Malaysian documents. It's possible they will do so, but better to ask first. (Part of the "translation" process is a verification of the original.)
Cheers,
Bev

[frogblogger]

Just to clear this up for me Bev - as I haven't gone into the fine print - does it actually say somewhere that the dossier, or part of it, has to be submitted either prior to obtaining the rendez-vous, or prior to attending the rendez-vous?

[jacynta]

Thanks to both Bev and Frogblogger for the information provided.
It seems a bit more difficult for my case as I am not in Paris at the moment.
I will only be there in Decembre for holidays and that's when I wanted to submit the documents.

[jacynta]

Originally Posted by frogblogger

Just to clear this up for me Bev - as I haven't gone into the fine print - does it actually say somewhere that the dossier, or part of it, has to be submitted either prior to obtaining the rendez-vous, or prior to attending the rendez-vous?

Yes, this is the confusion part.

[Bevdeforges]

Originally Posted by frogblogger

Just to clear this up for me Bev - as I haven't gone into the fine print - does it actually say somewhere that the dossier, or part of it, has to be submitted either prior to obtaining the rendez-vous, or prior to attending the rendez-vous?

That's the bit that gets confusing. AFAIK, it all depends on how the local prefecture (or in this case, the Tribunal) wants to do things. Anything posted on the Service-Public site about procedures is understood to be purely a suggestion as to how things "may" work.

If jacynta is getting PACS'd in Paris, it might be better for the Paris-based partner to handle the actual submission of the documents and scheduling of the appointment. It may be possible to set up the appointment in person ahead of submitting the documents.
Cheers,
Bev

[jacynta]

IT's pretty difficult for my partner to handle the things as they only open office hours and so does my partner working that time. NEvertheless, I will ask him to try to do that.