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| Subject: | titre de sejour expiring soon |
| Date: | Thursday, December 15, 2005 |
| Name: | jay |
| Message: |
My titre de sejour expires in two months. Will I receive something from the prefecture to renew or do do I go to the mairees office to renew?
thanks Jay |
Replies Posted 6.
| Name | jay |
| Message | From the information I have gathered from the various authorities, I will not have to relinquish my US citizenship because I am married to a Frenchman. However, if I was here on my own, it would be another story. I think for the time being I will just settle for the yearly titre de sejour, which also puts a crimp in my life, because I usually have work in the states for the first 3 or 4 months of the year, and that helps us out financially for the rest of the year. |
| Name | Lori |
| Message |
Jay - I'm sure New York would make an exception if you write to them and tell them that your parents have passed away (they may want proof) and you need the photocopies as proof for a legal issue (they really should not need to know more). You can also explain the issue to the French authorities, but I expect they will be less flexible. Still never hurts to ask. It won't be the first time this issue has popped up.
When relinquishing your U.S. citizenship, which will probably be required to instate your primary residence as France, be sure you understand ALL of the issues involved. Social Security payments for the time you worked in the U.S.A., any medical benefits now or in the future. Tax issues on any savings you may have in the U.S. or ANY income what-so-ever now or in the future. You will be moving to the French system for all the above types of issues. Be sure you know all about them. Also Voting rights, ability to re-instate your U.S. citizenship if you should wish or NEED to do so. Rules regarding divorce (God forbid) and returning to the U.S.... etc., etc., etc. You may think these things are non-issues now, but they may not be later on. Best to know before you do it. Good luck, Lori |
| Name | jay |
| Message | Immigration told me that since I have been married to a frenchman for more than 2 years and my French is adequate, that I could request citizenship. I haven't done that than for no other reason of all the paperwork involved. They want the birth certificates of my parents and the state of new york doesn't release those without their signatures and they are both dead. |
| Name | Lori |
| Message | Yes Jay they do, but that requires applying for a different type of card. Often it requires having lived in France for five years (with the Shengen Visa) and then being able to apply for the long term residency card. It may involve changing citizen residency status. Think carefully if you do that. |
| Name | jay |
| Message |
Thanks Lori. I did go to the mairees office after I posted yesterday and got the ball rolling. I am an american married to a Frenchman. They don't give resident cards for 5 or 10 years anymore?
Jay |
| Name | Lori |
| Message |
You will not receive anything. And, you are advised to go to the Mairie at least two months prior to expiration - due to the long delay in processing. When you go, they will give you a list of items they want from you in order to renew. You return with those items (often they want them in duplicate) and they will process the renewal. I am assuming you are not an EU citizen. I am American and renew my card each year. After about 3 weeks, you will get a notice in your mailbox to come and get your temporary renewal card. You go to the Mairie and this card acts as your Carte de Sejour until your permanent (one year) card is processed. Hope that makes sense.
Have fun ! Lori |
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