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  1. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    Hi there! I am living in the US currently as a social worker and did some research and basically found that social work does not transfer well into other countries. I am going back to school to become a midwife with is a graduate master's degree in the US. I did quite a bit of Googling but kept...
  2. Expat Tax
    Hi there! First off, I wanted to acknowledge how kind and helpful everyone is on this forum! Second, I couldn't find answers to these questions, so hoping for your advice: I'm a French citizen working in the US. I first arrived in 2013 as a student and I have been a US resident for tax purpose...
  3. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    I am an American who has been living in France for 18 years, and after attending a tax and investment webinar hosted by Democrats Abroad, I am seriously considering renouncing my American citizenship. I have about 15 years to aggressively save and invest for my retirement, but realise that my...
  4. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    Hello everyone, I’m planning a retirement move from the US to the French Cote d’Azure region in about a year. I’m envisioning leisurely top-down drives within my classic Ford Mustang but I’m not sure how realistic that is. Does anyone have experience or advice on importing a classic car from...
  5. Britain Expat Forum for Expats Living in the UK
    Hi all. I am a British citizen and I live in retirement with my Hong Kong/Italian wife in France. We are retired. As I'm a bit older than my wife we are being realistic and considering my wife's future if I pass away first. She has family in the UK so one option that may become attractive is...
  6. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    Hello everyone, Facing a stressful situation in Marseille, South of France - our upstairs owner cut our electrical wires during their renovation, leaving us with no lights and a damaged ceiling. The wiring runs from our ceiling, through the concrete part of our shared floor/ceiling, and into...
  7. USA Expat Forum for Expats Living in the USA
    Hello, I just found the forum, which is very resourceful :) I am reaching out, as I am looking for advice on gaining US citizenship or not. Currently living in California with my American husband, I am a green card holder and a citizen of France. My husband and I are talking about moving to...
  8. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    Hello everyone, I am 22 years old US/French dual citizen - Currently working on getting my French license (passing the code later today) I'm from Nevada and can't turn it in for a French one. - I would like to purchase a vehicle and insure it before I complete the French drivers license -...
  9. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    Hello All, I hope someone in this forum can help & guide me. I am came to France in Jul'23 under Passporte Talent and submitted my application for Titre de Sejour during end of Jul'23. It has been 4 months since my application and I have not received any response or Récépissé. Can anyone let...
  10. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    What is the process to get the titre sejour for wife? She is in france for 1 week now with a titre sejour for the familly visa. Do we need to get an OFFII first?
  11. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    My wife is moving to france from India in November. I have a european blue card and i was told she can get the social security under my account. She doesnt have a job for that. What will be process for that?
  12. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    hello again! thank you all so much for your help on this post! it was all very insightful. i have since visited france (paris, bordeaux, toulouse, montpellier, marseille, and lyon) and absolutely loved it. it felt so rewarding to have my intuition validated, but coming back to the states was...
  13. Le Bistro
    A UK resident family have recruited a nanny/tutor for their small child. The job commences in France for three months before returning to the UK for the rest of the year. The nanny/tutor has been told they are to be self-employed (there's certainly no way under UK tax law that the nanny/tutor...
  14. International Expat Discussions
    Dear all, I have a question regarding psychologists in France. I have a bachelor from NYU in psychology and I would like to do a masters in France to become a registered psychologist there. Does my bachelor degree count here? Or does it have to be french to be recognised? Best
  15. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    ayoo, so excited to be a part of this community! and here i am startin' off strong with a short story. i'm planning on moving to france from the us long term when my lease is up (april 2024). i've been spending a lot of time looking up locations and logistics and i've been feeling really...
  16. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    Is anyone familiar with getting an appointment in the United States with VFS? Filled out the French Visa application but an appointment is never available not only in San Francisco but any of the other 8 cities here in the United States. Contacting VFS support this is the response I received...
  17. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    To explain my situation a bit more, I'm American and I came to france right after my 16th birthday in June of 2021. I'm currently enrolled in lycée and i'm in seconde because I had to be held back to properly get integrated with the French school system and how it works so during my first school...
  18. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    With my experience as a talented worker in France (Research Engineer) and speaking very well French, the French government does not treat me very good. Just to give you a background. I was contacted to work in France in one of the National Research Laboratories as a Research Engineer. I agreed...
  19. France Expat Forum for Expats Living in France
    Hello - I am moving to France and have applied for the long stay visitor visa (up to 12 months). I have been with my US-based employer for 5 years and resigned earlier this month. They want to keep me on for an additional 2 months (1.5 of which will be in France) as an independent contractor. I...
  20. Expat Tax
    Hi everyone, I'm doing my first revenue declaration in France (as a French tax resident/US citizen) and I don't know how I should declare an early withdrawl of a Roth IRA. We moved to France last January and this was paid out in July, tax penalty paid in US was 10%. Does it go under pension...
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