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If you are planning to stay in France for more than 3 months, you might want to ...open a bank account when you arrive.
If you are not a citizen of the European Union, you must have a Visa de Long ...Séjour Valant Titre de Séjour (VLS/TS, or a long-stay visa equivalent to a residence permit) that has been issued for a period between three months and one year to move to France.
As a general rule, any foreign citizen who wishes to visit France requires a ...visa. You must also be able to present the necessary regulatory documents: purpose of your stay, means of support, accommodation details.
In France, you can drive with a non-European driving licence for up to one year. ...To continue driving in France after this period, you must exchange your licence for a French one.
There are two ways to find accommodation: through an estate agency or by ...browsing classified ads. An increasingly popular solution is a house share. Student accommodation, which is subsidised and cheap, is also very common.
Since 1985, the purpose of the Schengen Area has been to eliminate border ...controls between the signatory States of the agreement of the same name and to establish a European area in which people can move around freely.
Some useful information and advice concerning French customs to help you prepare ...for your arrival in France
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France can be discovered by water, thanks to its 6,700 km of developed rivers ...and canals. It has the largest network of waterways in Europe.
With its wide variety of resorts, today France is a world leader in winter ...tourism, with 10 million visitors and 7 million practitioners of skiing, including 2 million from abroad.
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Coming for a short, medium or long stay is not something that should be ...improvised. Discover what procedures must be followed, in order to enter and stay in.
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France has one of the densest and most efficient transport networks in the ...world, including planes, trains and cars.
Booked your Paris dates? Let the Tourist Office help you find your accommodation ...and organise the itinerary for your stay.
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Bank account, housing, driver’s license… Some keys to make your move to ...France.
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