I am finding myself in yet another quandry with immigration.
For those who likely don't remember my previous posts, I ended up in a very irregular situation as I was here on a tourist visa to organize housing/bank/etc. in advance of my husband receiving the passeport talent and then I got marooned with the pandemic. He got a visa (although for six months for some reason - someone on this forum mentioned that was normal enough, but the people at immigration were quite confused about it) and I was here on a tourist extension through the end of July.
In early July, we were able to get an appointment (Cité) and sat for an hour while they tried to suss out my situation (it was actually a bit funny to watch). I am not truly sure what they did, but they processed it and both my husband and I received a récépissé for the renewal. They requested that we send French translations for some of the documents, but nothing else appeared out of order. We sent the translations within four days (we were given 8) and then dead silence.
We have been periodically sending requests for updates since late July, but heard nothing. Finally, a week ago, we get a response to one of the emails from early August saying they were still waiting on documentation?
We immediately sent back a request for clarification on what documentation they're still waiting for. Then when we didn't hear back, we forwarded along the documentation they had requested in the appointment asking if there was anything else they're waiting for. Dead silence. We then emailed asking if there's a way we can start the process to renew the récépissé if they need more time. Dead silence.
At this point we're just emailing every day varying our questions. We've tried calling, but the line just rings through and hangs up. We know we can't just walk in (which would be my normal go to) since people are being turned away if they don't already have a convocation.
Our récépissés expire at the start of October. I am just not sure what else I can do. In the facebook groups dedicated to immigration issues, I am watching other people's requests lapse and their récépissés expire with silence from the préfecture.
Is there any other avenue I can try?
For those who likely don't remember my previous posts, I ended up in a very irregular situation as I was here on a tourist visa to organize housing/bank/etc. in advance of my husband receiving the passeport talent and then I got marooned with the pandemic. He got a visa (although for six months for some reason - someone on this forum mentioned that was normal enough, but the people at immigration were quite confused about it) and I was here on a tourist extension through the end of July.
In early July, we were able to get an appointment (Cité) and sat for an hour while they tried to suss out my situation (it was actually a bit funny to watch). I am not truly sure what they did, but they processed it and both my husband and I received a récépissé for the renewal. They requested that we send French translations for some of the documents, but nothing else appeared out of order. We sent the translations within four days (we were given 8) and then dead silence.
We have been periodically sending requests for updates since late July, but heard nothing. Finally, a week ago, we get a response to one of the emails from early August saying they were still waiting on documentation?
We immediately sent back a request for clarification on what documentation they're still waiting for. Then when we didn't hear back, we forwarded along the documentation they had requested in the appointment asking if there was anything else they're waiting for. Dead silence. We then emailed asking if there's a way we can start the process to renew the récépissé if they need more time. Dead silence.
At this point we're just emailing every day varying our questions. We've tried calling, but the line just rings through and hangs up. We know we can't just walk in (which would be my normal go to) since people are being turned away if they don't already have a convocation.
Our récépissés expire at the start of October. I am just not sure what else I can do. In the facebook groups dedicated to immigration issues, I am watching other people's requests lapse and their récépissés expire with silence from the préfecture.
Is there any other avenue I can try?