jsummers57
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Settling in Beziers by Daniel Guy
Greetings all. We arrived in Beziers a couple of months ago and are busy looking at property to buy. I'm English and my wife is Kenyan. We like the city, though it's a shame the pet owners here don't discourage their pets from using ...
I just posted where I was and asked for other people in the area to meet up. Or if I had a specific question asked it and people replied to me. My daughter is over three hours away from where you are on the coast but we go up to Le Barcares in the ... Read More
English new state pension by lanoejacqueline
Hello I worked in uk for around 19 years and am about to claim my pension for.next march.I am.french citizen. And pay taxes in Francecould someone tell me what is the Best strategy in terms of- Declaring the uk pension - Getting iit through ...
@lanoejacqueline in a word yes! Read More
English new state pension by lanoejacqueline
Hello I worked in uk for around 19 years and am about to claim my pension for.next march.I am.french citizen. And pay taxes in Francecould someone tell me what is the Best strategy in terms of- Declaring the uk pension - Getting iit through ...
@lanoejacqueline You just need to fill in the forms provided with the IBAN and swift codes of the French bank. I did mine with my education pension this year and it was really straight forwardbest wishes Jan Read More
Long term visa to retire in France by Orion3131
Hi everybody, I do not understand the requirement about prove of 3 months of accomodation. From what date?
@howar1996 As previously mentioned Sufficient funds are typically based on France’s minimum wage. Proof of income includes bank statements, tax returns, or pension receipts. We had to produce our pension statements which I had previously ... Read More
Long term visa to retire in France by Orion3131
Hi everybody, I do not understand the requirement about prove of 3 months of accomodation. From what date?
@Orion3131 You can contact the French embassy in Washington DC for assistance as to which visa category you apply for, basically you need to be financially indépendant. And as a previous person said you have to secure somewhere to stay for ... Read More
Long term visa to retire in France by Orion3131
Hi everybody, I do not understand the requirement about prove of 3 months of accomodation. From what date?
@Orion3131 Are you planning to stay here longer than 90 days in any six months period? Because if you aren’t you do not need a long stay visa. You just need to apply for a tourist visa. It’s more complicated to apply for a ... Read More
Long term visa to retire in France by Orion3131
Hi everybody, I do not understand the requirement about prove of 3 months of accomodation. From what date?
@Ron Howard If I remember correctly when we applied for a long stay VISA it was € 3,000 a month as a couple. But we didn’t need to rent as my daughter lives here so the money for accommodation in our case was less. Read More
Long term visa to retire in France by Orion3131
Hi everybody, I do not understand the requirement about prove of 3 months of accomodation. From what date?
Try looking on the French government website you can translate the page to English because there are different categories depending on your circumstances https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/long-stay-visa Read More
Moving to a village near Pau by jsummers57
My name is Janice and my husband and I are going to be spending a lot of time in France from next year. My daughter lives and works in Pau and we are planning to convert the barn attached to her house next year and spend more time in France with her ...
@Bhavna Thank you we didn’t know we could send private messages or we would have Read More
Moving to a village near Pau by jsummers57
My name is Janice and my husband and I are going to be spending a lot of time in France from next year. My daughter lives and works in Pau and we are planning to convert the barn attached to her house next year and spend more time in France with her ...
@theresabrown64I don’t mind as we haven’t eaten in either. I am 5’6" with grey/blond hair and John is slim. 6’2" with white/grey hair. Will let you know what we are wearing Monday morning. So you can recognize us. Read More
Moving to a village near Pau by jsummers57
My name is Janice and my husband and I are going to be spending a lot of time in France from next year. My daughter lives and works in Pau and we are planning to convert the barn attached to her house next year and spend more time in France with her ...
Hi Theresa,Okay sounds good! John will be with me too, so where do you want to eat? Janice Read More
Moving to a village near Pau by jsummers57
My name is Janice and my husband and I are going to be spending a lot of time in France from next year. My daughter lives and works in Pau and we are planning to convert the barn attached to her house next year and spend more time in France with her ...
We can come in any day at the beginning of the week. Maybe Tuesday or Wednesday? Although Wednesday we would have Rémy with us as he isn’t in school. So meet by the fountain or the carousel on either of those days. The bus gets us into ... Read More
Moving to a village near Pau by jsummers57
My name is Janice and my husband and I are going to be spending a lot of time in France from next year. My daughter lives and works in Pau and we are planning to convert the barn attached to her house next year and spend more time in France with her ...
@theresabrown64 We would love to meet up. Our names are Jan and John. I retired over a year ago from nurse education, teaching in Lower Manhattan and my husband John retired from the fire service in July this year. We like to walk, I also ski ... Read More
Moving to a village near Pau
My name is Janice and my husband and I are going to be spending a lot of time in France from next year. My daughter lives and works in Pau and we are planning to convert the barn attached to her house next year and spend more time in France with her ... Read More
Expats in Pau? by bethasmith66
Hello! My brother (65yrs) bought a home in Pau last year and I have been loving exploring the area with him on my visits from the States. He has lived in the San Fran Bay area for the past 30+ years and plans to stay in Pau from May until October ...
We are also looking to spend a lot more time in Pau My daughter and grandson live in Laroin and we are planning to convert the barn attached to her house next year. Once completed we plan to spend 6 months or more every year in Laroin a village ... Read More