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Hi,
I've seen this topic addressed numerous times in other threads here, but our situation has some unique particularities to it, and I was wondering if anyone here can lend some insight..
I'm American, my girlfriend is French. We've been living in Ireland together for over a year--I've been here on a student visa. This visa expires soon but I have an option to extend it for another year.
We're thinking about getting PACsed and moving to France (maybe not in that order). What we're puzzled over is whether I'm eligible for a carte de sejour after we've successfully PACsed. We have one year of documented vie commune, in an EU country, but obviously it wasn't France.
Recently we went to the prefecture at Cité in Paris, and the woman working there cautiously said that I need to extend my student visa in Ireland, then once we're PACsed in France, I'm entitled to the carte de sejour.
Then, later, we called that same office, and the woman working there said that our year of vie commune needs to be on French soil if I'm to qualify for the carte de sejour once we're PACsed.
Now we're confused. We're struggling to figure out if our year of living together is valid in qualifying for the carte de sejour. I'd be incredibly appreciative to anyone who has any knowledge or advice about our situation..
I've seen this topic addressed numerous times in other threads here, but our situation has some unique particularities to it, and I was wondering if anyone here can lend some insight..
I'm American, my girlfriend is French. We've been living in Ireland together for over a year--I've been here on a student visa. This visa expires soon but I have an option to extend it for another year.
We're thinking about getting PACsed and moving to France (maybe not in that order). What we're puzzled over is whether I'm eligible for a carte de sejour after we've successfully PACsed. We have one year of documented vie commune, in an EU country, but obviously it wasn't France.
Recently we went to the prefecture at Cité in Paris, and the woman working there cautiously said that I need to extend my student visa in Ireland, then once we're PACsed in France, I'm entitled to the carte de sejour.
Then, later, we called that same office, and the woman working there said that our year of vie commune needs to be on French soil if I'm to qualify for the carte de sejour once we're PACsed.
Now we're confused. We're struggling to figure out if our year of living together is valid in qualifying for the carte de sejour. I'd be incredibly appreciative to anyone who has any knowledge or advice about our situation..