Hi,
I am an English guy who has lived and worked in France for the past 3 years.
I have an English (EC) passport, and was born and raised in England.
I met a Vietnamese girl here in Paris 6 months ago who is here on a student visa.
She tried to extend the visa, and after over a year of waiting she finally received a letter from the Prefecture de Police yesterday saying that her extension has been denied and she must leave France within the next 30 days.
Obviously we are both devastated, especially as she's currently mid-way through the 2nd year of a university masters course (MSc) here in Paris.
What irritated me even more was that the postmark on the letter was for 19 March 2012, yet the stamp was for 8th March meaning she has only actually 2 weeks and 2 days to leave from a supposed 30 day period!
Anyway, what I really wanted to know was what options are open to us to enable her to legally remain in France.
We had planned on getting married in both Vietnam and France/England next year, but if we moved this forward and married in France would this make a difference?
Any help would be greatly appreciated on this matter.
Kind regards,
Sam
I am an English guy who has lived and worked in France for the past 3 years.
I have an English (EC) passport, and was born and raised in England.
I met a Vietnamese girl here in Paris 6 months ago who is here on a student visa.
She tried to extend the visa, and after over a year of waiting she finally received a letter from the Prefecture de Police yesterday saying that her extension has been denied and she must leave France within the next 30 days.
Obviously we are both devastated, especially as she's currently mid-way through the 2nd year of a university masters course (MSc) here in Paris.
What irritated me even more was that the postmark on the letter was for 19 March 2012, yet the stamp was for 8th March meaning she has only actually 2 weeks and 2 days to leave from a supposed 30 day period!
Anyway, what I really wanted to know was what options are open to us to enable her to legally remain in France.
We had planned on getting married in both Vietnam and France/England next year, but if we moved this forward and married in France would this make a difference?
Any help would be greatly appreciated on this matter.
Kind regards,
Sam