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Applying for a Carte de Séjour

Kate 01/10/2025 2 Comments

Applying for a carte de séjour in France

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Exchanging Your UK Driving Licence for a French ‘Permis de Conduire’

Madeleine McMullin 19/09/2025 250 Comments

UPDATE Exchanging a UK driving licence for a French one – do you need to do it and how is it done? Find out more here.

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THE UK ETA. Don’t have a British passport but heading for the UK?

Kate 12/08/2025 0 Comments

The UK ETA is a mandadory travel authorization issued by the UK to nationals of countries who are exempt from obtaining a UK visa.

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Lost your Carte de Séjour? The French Bureacracy Minefield

Kate 29/06/2025 3 Comments

Getting a replacement for a lost carte de sejour has been rather taxing

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UK Pensioner’s guide to paying taxes as a French resident

Kate 27/04/2025 1 Comment

If you are retired with an S1 form, and you have a Government pension, private pensions or letting income, you are likely to benefit financially from the requirement to file both UK and French tax returns.

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Posting pressies this Christmas? Don’t get stung!

Laura McLellan 02/12/2024 1 Comment

With Christmas just around the corner, many of us will be starting to think about presents, and while we are all supporting local businesses where we can, it’s likely that we’ll need to do some cross-border posting at some point. Unless you’ve a direct line to Père Noël, things can get pricey.

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French Parliamentary Elections July 2024

Kate 09/07/2024 0 Comments

Despite widespread relief that the predicted electoral victory for the extreme right did not materialise, they made substantial gains, and there are choppy waters ahead for France.

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Latest Info from British Ambassador to France

Laura McLellan 29/06/2023 0 Comments

The British Ambassador to France, Menna Rawlings, shares the latest information on French-British relations in the Embassy newsletter, Voisins Voices.

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Importing a UK car into France post-Brexit

Laura McLellan 29/05/2023 10 Comments

Importing UK cars into France has always caused headaches, with readers having very different experiences of what should have been the same process even before the complications of leaving the EU. Now, in this post-Brexit era, what are the rules and regulations?

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Estate planning in France Q&As

Kate 09/04/2023 0 Comments

Succession reform in France • Taxation in France • Tax and estate planning solutions • Investing today. Book your free seminar now

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