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Annual Trip to the Préfecture

January 12, 2016 by Hugh Nelson Leave a Comment

Hugh standing in front of the Prefecture de Police, Paris

On Thursday, January 7th we went on our annual sojourn to the Préfecture de Police to renew our residence permits. Our original appointment was December 10th, the day before we were leaving for a Mexican cruise vacation. It seemed then to be a good thing that the nice lady at the Préfecture asked us if […]

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We finally get our Cartes de Séjour (residence permits)

April 22, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 10 Comments

Since November we’ve been working to assemble the paperwork required to spend another year in France. The French name for the residence permit we need is carte de séjour. A week ago we had an the appointment at the Préfecture de Police to present our dossier and receive the permit. We documented in an earlier […]

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Getting a Carte de Séjour (Residence Permit)

January 13, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 27 Comments

Before I relate our process of obtaining a residence permit, a note of caution: Information we found on other Internet blogs was not always reliable and up to date. You will need to do your own research. The requirements change often. There have been major changes to the Préfecture de Police Web site even since […]

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