Should have stayed in San Francisco, I moved from Sydney to France and apart from good food just about everything is worse. The administration is debilitating.
My company luckily took care of pretty much all the bureaucracy on my behalf and even then it was a nightmare and I'm an EU citizen (for a few more months at least being British). Can't imagine doing it all alone, but at least after doing so you've learnt a key part of being a Parisian - how to moan.
I feel for you man. Only when my Vietnamese wife came to live with me in France did I actually experience the full on bureaucratic nightmare my home country can sometimes be. - De facto requirement to go back to Vietnam and apply for a family residence permit at the French embassy there because the next available appointment at the prefecture in France was 8 months away. - Several trips to the local CPAM just to understand how and when she could get healthcare coverage, only to find that her application package had been lost weeks ago and that we had to gather all the required documents again. - When it came to actually covering my wife's health expenses, the CPAM rejected several hospital invoices and had us return to the hospital to get them reissued, much to the confusion of the hospital personnel. - An excruciatingly long day at the OFII, including a trip to the hospital for a compulsory chest x-ray, just to get the compulsory OFII "vignette" into her passport. - Weeks of waking up at 5 AM every Monday to try and get an appointment on the Prefecture website to exchange her Vietnamese driving licence for a French one.
Makes me want to give up about moving back there even though that's the only place I can legally do so in the near future as my current situation is up in the air & I may not have long to remain here... could be months or a few more yrs, but I'll need to move at some point to start over again. France is where I last held a passport when my folks divorced & one of them remarried a French citizen giving me FC about 30 yrs back - at least I can somewhat speak & understand many French words than outside foreigners (life...)
Bureaucracy , established by and during Napoleon's time cripples France and makes it a very unwelcoming country which is a shame as the Land itself and the people are so beautiful !!
Thinking about moving to a foreign country when I grow up. Doing research to find which one would be best for me. Looking for a country that is green. By green I mean. It needs to be environmentally friendly in some way. Culturally accepting. Just very accepting of all types of people. Regardless of gender or race or sexuality. Easy to learn language. I know no language is “easy” but just generally not hard to learn. Needs good freedoms. Like I need to be generally free to do anything that I would want. Kind of like America. Like just be able to walk and wear and say whatever I want.
Scotland! ⭐ Is a little cold, but beautiful landscapes (look at the Highlands), very friendly culturally open people, mostly cheap living and you already seem to speak English so you'd fit straight in ❤
Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the US is the only country in the world with freedom of speech. So your options are limited haha but As long as you abide by social justice the UK is a good second option or maybe the Netherlands but good luck learning Dutch.
OMG went through the exact same thing in Guadeloupe. It’s a French thing. I was able to purchase the stamps online. I asked the lady at the passport office where to purchase the stamps, she said “online”. Ahhh ok, but where online? She replied, “the internet”! I just wanted to scream.
Jeffrey, if you speak French ( or try beyond Bonjooh, and pateey croissane ) and you are being extra nice , you get stuff done, there are ways to to ask politely for status update . The american approach is " I have the right to... i want it done" .You know doggone well this never flies in France.
i am going back to uzbekistan (home country) in couple years and currently im living in canada and i want to do college in uzbekistan and then move to france to do university and hopefully start a interesting life there. oh ye im 13 years old and im really excited to become an adult and move to france.
Just to give you some background: the police dept is the prefecture, it is the dept that takes care of état civil which is your civil status: birth, immigration, marriage etc. The "tobacco shop is not really a tobacco shop, it is more like a newsagent given the license to sell tobacco. So it is more like a newsagent. The advantage of buying a state stamp there is that you do not have to line up at a prefecture de police, as bureau de tabac are private businesses, they are fast. They also are usually licensed to sell lottery tickets and other things like that.
le timbre en question, par hasard, n'était-ce pas le timbre fiscal? Normalement on peut acheter le timbre fiscal en ligne pour le renouvellement d'un passeport français mais j'imagine que tout est plus compliqué lorsqu'on est étranger en France. Je trouve ça inadmissible que les informations ne soient pas plus claires, on dirait que l'administration le fait exprès. Bon courage pour le french citizenship
I did a move from Canada to Spain ... it was so much easier moving to Dubai. I've moved a few times....I'd love to Move to France but I'm thinking I'm a bit exhausted from moving. But doing difficult things makes you stronger. The older I get the more fed up I get....lol.
When Algeria tool its independence from the french, they kinda imitated that french birocracy system, i would cancel projects just because i can't handle the emotional pressure of dealing with administrations. All based on papers and papers and more papers with a big lack of orientation/communication, they could make everything eletronic but NO !! they need a physical paper lol
Yes, it is a fiscal stamp, it is not money laundering :) The bureau de tabac will then refund the cash to the govt. The advantage is that the govt does not have to collect the money it is done through a licensed agent a bit like paying your tax to a tax agency that would then forward to the govt.
I so can relate! When we first moved to the US, we were terrified of the phone ringing. We took turns answering it and going through the torture of trying to understand. The worst was when it was a telemarketer and you spent 20 minutes trying to understand.
Just subscribed after watching this fun video. Don't know why you're in France; guess I'll find out as I catch up on your videos. The birth certificate part kinda scares me. I moved to Canada and will naturalize soon. I then plan to move to France and I'm worried that if they start asking for documents from my original country, where I haven't been for nearly a decade, things are going to go very quickly from just excruciatingly difficult to flat out impossible.
Kumar, I am not sure the laws have changed, but that birth certificate will be the least of your problems since it will be assumed that your naturalization process has covered all the grounds, they could ask the CA authorities directly if they need more paper they may have on file. but what they may well ask you is a extrait de casier judiciaire , translated and signed by local authorities in canada. Being french i get mine immediately from Nantes but i realized people abroad often do not have it. and administrations tend to be obtuse despite the fact that they know folk have not heard of it. They don't care, they want to close cases and move on, you comply or you restart the application process from scratch.
I'm considering to do my masters in France, and all the university websites I have visited is not helpful at all. And it is basics I am looking for: Program information, cost, bursary / sponsorship, language requirements etc etc...Good lord, starting to think that it is a french thing. On the other hand, I went to Japanese universities, and bare in mind, Japanese people speak very very very very little English, and I most of the sites I visits gave information relevant to international students. Come on France, you can do better.
Haha absolutely right. I did undergrad in Japan (as a international student, and I never had administrative problems even tho they require some more paperwork than other countries) and was looking for masters in France, and gave up with utmost angers. In the end I came to a french speaking part of Switzerland and things went smooth man ;)
Yep! Tons of videos on this I make one every day. Check out my channel for the latest and search for "Jay Swanson 2018 goals" to get caught up on future plans (I try to catch up on those frequently)
Jay! I can relate to this so much. It made me laugh when you walked into the Prefecture (I think?), and walked out saying they don't know. Haha that's like my whole experience in French administration was. The answer changes based on the day and the person you talk to. I hope France has worked out well for you!
Man, I just stumbled on your vlogs. just got back from spending a month in Paris. It would have been rad to link up with you for a beer. After my time there, I am seriously considering going back to live for a while. How long did you live there before you were able to get a resident visa, and I would also need to sort out the working as an entrepreneur. Also, have to also shout out the Colorado shirt, since that is my birth place! Anyway, great vids man, keep em' coming.
Thanks Ciaran! A beer link up is always a welcome form of link =D Do you have any favorite spots in the city? I've lived here twice before, but the visa I applied for was called "Competences et Talents" - it no longer exists, but I was given an artist visa instead. It's a really powerful visa, like really powerful, and I'm lucky to have gotten it. I'd google the Competence et Talents requirements and see if you could qualify, then contact your consulate and ask if they have an alternative in place yet. Mine came through the consulate in LAX, which was a surprise because Americans are required to go through the one in SFO. The whole thing was a bit providential.
Fantastic info man, thanks for taking the time to reply. Favorite place? That's tough! I spent a lot of time near the river, just love it there. A month wasn't long enough to get into more of the local spots, or it's quite possible I am a terrible planner and waste time a lot of time wondering around!. Every time I watch your videos I think, oh man, I should have gone there or done that. Anyway, next time I am in town. Beers on me! Cheers!
Hey man ! You can buy des timbres fiscaux (the stamps you're talking about) in some bureaux de tabac ;) I love your videos ! I'd love to show you North of France ;)
Still helpful =D And yeah, I really want to get out and see the rest of the country. I've lived here twice before and hardly traveled within France at all. It's a shame and I intend to change it.
If you want to spend a week-end or more in the northern region I can help you out, find you a place to stay and show you the place ;) I was born here in Lille, I traveled in a lot of countries (including a lot of cities in the US and Canada) but I still find my hometown amazing. PM me if you want to discover this part of the country ;))
well i'm french and got the same problem , I remembered it was supposed to be in the tabac, but... no freaking tabac sold them anymore " nope , we don't, don't know , won't tell". Everthing is made to make you give up , efficiency and smartness are forbiden in french administration, exept la "direction des finances publiques ", they are quick and efficient to help you pay taxes.
To live here, yep. And to visit as well, but if you're a US Citizen, you get one automatically for 3mo when you visit so you can pretty much just hop on a plane with your passport.
Did you PLAN to live in France? It seems you went "Oh shit, I want to move to Paris!" but didn't research how to properly do so. It's much harder for them to move here.
Yep, that's how I know how inaccurate it can be =) Well, that and grading papers by students who used it from French into English. You can always tell haha
Drones are not allowed in Paris. Illegal in German cities too. Not that it stops American TH-camrs like yourself of course who just do it then find out afterwards that what they've done is illegal instead of BEFORE breaking the law.
quelle patience! ....I would have been furious if that was me.. i know i may have experienced it at some stage before, but when you re by yourself..... I know the websites in France seem to be like just getting started.. brr. i dont miss this. Why are you over there for?? :)
reading my comment again, i seem to have been a bit bitter.. but its the memory i guess of the ''administration attitude'' i once experienced. And it looks like nobody was here to help you through this, felt bad. But you really seem to be upbeat about it which is great! You know what, i ll follow your channel and maybe you ll reconcile myself with my own country who knows ;)
Haha, here's hoping reconciliation is only a few videos away. I didn't take it as bitter, but I totally get the annoyance with how things are run here a lot of the time. I get frustrated too. I figure I can beat my head against walls until I'm black and blue and change nothing, or just smile and struggle through the process as it is. Hopefully they make good alterations as we go, but for now I just think of it as the rite of passage to living here.
I’m moving to France soon and now I wanna jump off a bridge like how am I supposed to know all to get all this stuff 😂 anyway I love you so much like oof
Don't jump! It is pretty stressful but it's the bar for entry around here unfortunately. Basically just follow every lead and do as much research as you can as you go. It's different for everyone but that doesn't mean you can't find some good resources along the way. We've all figured it out - you will too =D
I don't know if land is cheap, maybe out in the boonies, and taxes aren't lower here than in the US as far as I've seen. But they do include healthcare which goes a long way, and the healthcare here is WAY better overall.
Have you ever watched Les 12 travaux d'Astérix, the Mad House scene? Et bien si tu réponds oui, je te dis Bienvenue en France. La bureaucratie française à son mieux!
Why didn't you just go asking directly in the tobacco shop???? Fyi I think it's not a regular stamp but a fiscal stamp, which explains why this is not the same price
@@JaySwanson it's not a "meh" pace. It's a good pace for cardio. Unless you're trying to build muscle. In which case you'd be better off not even running. Just my humble opinion from stateside.
DUDE IN HERE IN THE STATES IS MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH WORSE FOR US EMIGRANTS..... DON’T COMPLAIN ....... YOUR LAWS FOR EMIGRANTS ARE INEXISTENT ....... WE NEED TO GET MARRIED WITH SONE RANDOM PERSON TO GET THE FREAKING PAPERS.....😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 ..... AND THE PROCESS IS EXCRUCIATING LONG ....... CHUT UP
Moving to Paris from San Francisco over the past five years has been the most difficult thing I’ve ever done and I’m a Vietnam combat veteran!
That's saying something 😂
Why was it difficult
Ever thought of sharing your story? I’d love to hear about it! Thinking about moving to France from Washington
Should have stayed in San Francisco, I moved from Sydney to France and apart from good food just about everything is worse. The administration is debilitating.
Damn! LOL
It’s a goal of mine but I gotta learn French first lol - wish me luck friends
How has it gone?
same XD
Same here.Good luck to both of us😊
Same here! I’m studying a lot
you'll need grammar not luck
I as a French person found this absolutly depressing! I'm sorry you had to go through this.
Sir77Hill it's life, haha. It's not easy moving to the US either, so it goes both ways to be sure :)
My company luckily took care of pretty much all the bureaucracy on my behalf and even then it was a nightmare and I'm an EU citizen (for a few more months at least being British).
Can't imagine doing it all alone, but at least after doing so you've learnt a key part of being a Parisian - how to moan.
+Matt Buxton the moaning is a necessity if you want to blend in.
So, it's not only during sex... got you!
I feel for you man. Only when my Vietnamese wife came to live with me in France did I actually experience the full on bureaucratic nightmare my home country can sometimes be.
- De facto requirement to go back to Vietnam and apply for a family residence permit at the French embassy there because the next available appointment at the prefecture in France was 8 months away.
- Several trips to the local CPAM just to understand how and when she could get healthcare coverage, only to find that her application package had been lost weeks ago and that we had to gather all the required documents again.
- When it came to actually covering my wife's health expenses, the CPAM rejected several hospital invoices and had us return to the hospital to get them reissued, much to the confusion of the hospital personnel.
- An excruciatingly long day at the OFII, including a trip to the hospital for a compulsory chest x-ray, just to get the compulsory OFII "vignette" into her passport.
- Weeks of waking up at 5 AM every Monday to try and get an appointment on the Prefecture website to exchange her Vietnamese driving licence for a French one.
Ugh - yeah - sounds all too familiar. And I'm only at like step two, haha. Good on you for powering through though!
Makes me want to give up about moving back there even though that's the only place I can legally do so in the near future as my current situation is up in the air & I may not have long to remain here... could be months or a few more yrs, but I'll need to move at some point to start over again. France is where I last held a passport when my folks divorced & one of them remarried a French citizen giving me FC about 30 yrs back - at least I can somewhat speak & understand many French words than outside foreigners (life...)
This sounds awful. Well my dream is to move to France in the near future but this seems near impossible.
Bureaucracy , established by and during Napoleon's time cripples France and makes it a very unwelcoming country which is a shame as the Land itself and the people are so beautiful !!
It is a beautiful place to be - definitely makes the bureaucracy worth suffering through =)
Thinking about moving to a foreign country when I grow up. Doing research to find which one would be best for me.
Looking for a country that is green. By green I mean. It needs to be environmentally friendly in some way.
Culturally accepting. Just very accepting of all types of people. Regardless of gender or race or sexuality.
Easy to learn language. I know no language is “easy” but just generally not hard to learn.
Needs good freedoms. Like I need to be generally free to do anything that I would want. Kind of like America. Like just be able to walk and wear and say whatever I want.
DJ Carver Costa Rica!!! One of the greenest countries in the world, spanish is relatively easy to figure out, and everyone is so nice and so happy
Scotland! ⭐ Is a little cold, but beautiful landscapes (look at the Highlands), very friendly culturally open people, mostly cheap living and you already seem to speak English so you'd fit straight in ❤
Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the US is the only country in the world with freedom of speech. So your options are limited haha but As long as you abide by social justice the UK is a good second option or maybe the Netherlands but good luck learning Dutch.
It is NOT a regular stamp, it's a fiscal stamp. These kind of stamps are only for administrative purposes or fines.
Elegantly dressed, too. Real classy. Shows a lot of respect for France and your viewers.
Voila =D
Welcome in the wonderfull world of the french administration ;p Courage !!!
Right? Il faut du bon courage, merci 😀
IronArmor yeah, I figured that out shortly after doing so
Yikes! Yeah, I put my drone away for a reason. Hopefully they'll forgive me for flying in ignorance a few times.
OMG went through the exact same thing in Guadeloupe. It’s a French thing. I was able to purchase the stamps online. I asked the lady at the passport office where to purchase the stamps, she said “online”. Ahhh ok, but where online? She replied, “the internet”! I just wanted to scream.
Lol so where online?? 😳
french bureaucracy sounds like fun
Yeah, it's a joy
Jeffrey, if you speak French ( or try beyond Bonjooh, and pateey croissane ) and you are being extra nice , you get stuff done, there are ways to to ask politely for status update . The american approach is " I have the right to... i want it done" .You know doggone well this never flies in France.
On the contrary it does. Firmness works a treat.
i am going back to uzbekistan (home country) in couple years and currently im living in canada and i want to do college in uzbekistan and then move to france to do university and hopefully start a interesting life there. oh ye im 13 years old and im really excited to become an adult and move to france.
Sounds like a solid plan! =)
dude stay in canada lol,
What did I just read
Once I finish college (or do college there) I'm goin to France or Italy
Why did you choose to study in Uzbekistan?
I'm from Kyrgyzstan neighbor of Uzbekistan
Woowww I live right next to you dude
It's not a bad area to live in (though I think it's a bit sleepy for me ;D)
Louis E. Rom
Seems like a lot of us really wanna get out of America 😂
I thought about moving to France to in the future. Was it all worth it to move to France in your opinion!!
For sure - I've always wanted to be here so it's been well worth it for me.
Jay Swanson I'm glad it is well worth it for you 😊
Jay Swanson could you talk about the amount of salary we should be making in order to live comfortably? I’d like to know
Just to give you some background: the police dept is the prefecture, it is the dept that takes care of état civil which is your civil status: birth, immigration, marriage etc. The "tobacco shop is not really a tobacco shop, it is more like a newsagent given the license to sell tobacco. So it is more like a newsagent. The advantage of buying a state stamp there is that you do not have to line up at a prefecture de police, as bureau de tabac are private businesses, they are fast. They also are usually licensed to sell lottery tickets and other things like that.
Homie from Colorado mannnnn!! Gotta love those mountains!
le timbre en question, par hasard, n'était-ce pas le timbre fiscal? Normalement on peut acheter le timbre fiscal en ligne pour le renouvellement d'un passeport français mais j'imagine que tout est plus compliqué lorsqu'on est étranger en France. Je trouve ça inadmissible que les informations ne soient pas plus claires, on dirait que l'administration le fait exprès. Bon courage pour le french citizenship
I did a move from Canada to Spain ... it was so much easier moving to Dubai. I've moved a few times....I'd love to Move to France but I'm thinking I'm a bit exhausted from moving. But doing difficult things makes you stronger. The older I get the more fed up I get....lol.
When Algeria tool its independence from the french, they kinda imitated that french birocracy system, i would cancel projects just because i can't handle the emotional pressure of dealing with administrations. All based on papers and papers and more papers with a big lack of orientation/communication, they could make everything eletronic but NO !! they need a physical paper lol
Having visited there once I’ve been trying to get back ever since
Bon courage ! :)
Merci!
Watching old vlogs, because there are no more dailies. 😔
Are you talking about your residency or your Visa? As far as I know you have to go back to the states to update your Visa.
Yes, it is a fiscal stamp, it is not money laundering :) The bureau de tabac will then refund the cash to the govt. The advantage is that the govt does not have to collect the money it is done through a licensed agent a bit like paying your tax to a tax agency that would then forward to the govt.
I so can relate! When we first moved to the US, we were terrified of the phone ringing. We took turns answering it and going through the torture of trying to understand. The worst was when it was a telemarketer and you spent 20 minutes trying to understand.
Awwww, that's the worst!
Jay do you have a video of how did you pack when you decided to move to France? Or just can you give out a few tips?
Love that drone footage man!
I wish I could take more! I found out shortly after that I wasn't allowed to fly in Paris so I haven't since =/
Hahahahaha I laughed at your Colorado shirt! I live in Colorado and am wanting to move to France !
I do love Colorado - even if I've never been to Salida =D
I’m addicted to your TH-cam channel. I’m watching every single video lol :-)
Ha, good luck making it through them! =D
i never lived in france but had ancestors from there i would like to live or visit
It's a great place to visit =D
i been thinking alot about coming down there
Salida, Colorado 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
=D
J'aime Salida! C'est tellement mignon là
Just subscribed after watching this fun video. Don't know why you're in France; guess I'll find out as I catch up on your videos.
The birth certificate part kinda scares me. I moved to Canada and will naturalize soon. I then plan to move to France and I'm worried that if they start asking for documents from my original country, where I haven't been for nearly a decade, things are going to go very quickly from just excruciatingly difficult to flat out impossible.
That's very possible. They'll want even more documentation if you're trying to naturalize.
And thanks for subbing!! I hope you figure it all out as you catch up :)
Kumar, I am not sure the laws have changed, but that birth certificate will be the least of your problems since it will be assumed that your naturalization process has covered all the grounds, they could ask the CA authorities directly if they need more paper they may have on file. but what they may well ask you is a extrait de casier judiciaire , translated and signed by local authorities in canada. Being french i get mine immediately from Nantes but i realized people abroad often do not have it. and administrations tend to be obtuse despite the fact that they know folk have not heard of it. They don't care, they want to close cases and move on, you comply or you restart the application process from scratch.
Stay in Canada, They love you guys over there.
I'm considering to do my masters in France, and all the university websites I have visited is not helpful at all. And it is basics I am looking for: Program information, cost, bursary / sponsorship, language requirements etc etc...Good lord, starting to think that it is a french thing. On the other hand, I went to Japanese universities, and bare in mind, Japanese people speak very very very very little English, and I most of the sites I visits gave information relevant to international students. Come on France, you can do better.
Haha absolutely right. I did undergrad in Japan (as a international student, and I never had administrative problems even tho they require some more paperwork than other countries) and was looking for masters in France, and gave up with utmost angers. In the end I came to a french speaking part of Switzerland and things went smooth man ;)
So are you still there? Are you still in Paris? What are your future plans?
Yep! Tons of videos on this I make one every day. Check out my channel for the latest and search for "Jay Swanson 2018 goals" to get caught up on future plans (I try to catch up on those frequently)
I might have to move to marseille France I’m kind of nervous and excited. What did you think about France? Did you like it (or do you like it?)😇
I like France a lot! Check out my French Friday playlist for lots more thoughts on it =D
Maybe something got lost in translation but "Sushi Rome" seems to be an odd name for a sushi restaurant.
haha - indeed
Jay! I can relate to this so much. It made me laugh when you walked into the Prefecture (I think?), and walked out saying they don't know. Haha that's like my whole experience in French administration was. The answer changes based on the day and the person you talk to. I hope France has worked out well for you!
it's working out well now, it seems 😄
Apparently, it seems as they are all trained during the middle ages & still use that today 0.o
An artist from Salida! We probably have mutual friends.
I just spent a lovely morning at the prefecture... 🙄
I feel your pain
This stresses me out so much!!! What a trooper haha
Living here is a lesson in stress management haha
you are so funny.. you should make more these videos
I really wanted to study abroad here, but so many videos I've watched make it seem like they are a bit unwelcoming? I'm unsure now, haha
I think anyplace can feel unwelcoming - but sometimes it can really feel that way (immigrating to many of these countries definitely feels that way)
You are amusing!
🥳👍
How are you so comfortable in front of a camera?
Lots of practice =)
I'm proud of you 😍
Man, I just stumbled on your vlogs. just got back from spending a month in Paris. It would have been rad to link up with you for a beer. After my time there, I am seriously considering going back to live for a while. How long did you live there before you were able to get a resident visa, and I would also need to sort out the working as an entrepreneur. Also, have to also shout out the Colorado shirt, since that is my birth place! Anyway, great vids man, keep em' coming.
Thanks Ciaran! A beer link up is always a welcome form of link =D Do you have any favorite spots in the city? I've lived here twice before, but the visa I applied for was called "Competences et Talents" - it no longer exists, but I was given an artist visa instead. It's a really powerful visa, like really powerful, and I'm lucky to have gotten it. I'd google the Competence et Talents requirements and see if you could qualify, then contact your consulate and ask if they have an alternative in place yet. Mine came through the consulate in LAX, which was a surprise because Americans are required to go through the one in SFO. The whole thing was a bit providential.
Fantastic info man, thanks for taking the time to reply. Favorite place? That's tough! I spent a lot of time near the river, just love it there. A month wasn't long enough to get into more of the local spots, or it's quite possible I am a terrible planner and waste time a lot of time wondering around!. Every time I watch your videos I think, oh man, I should have gone there or done that.
Anyway, next time I am in town. Beers on me!
Cheers!
The river isn't a bad spot to land! Especially with the weather catching up to us. :D
Do you get your birth certificate translted there or in the states?
Wherever you do it, it has to be certified (but what that means falls within a gray area so just make sure they have a very official-looking stamp)
@@JaySwanson lol this darn stamp!!
You should come to VidCon in amsterdam on April 7-9!
I've definitely been thinking about it!
Hey man ! You can buy des timbres fiscaux (the stamps you're talking about) in some bureaux de tabac ;) I love your videos ! I'd love to show you North of France ;)
Oh ok I should have watched the whole video before commenting :p
Still helpful =D And yeah, I really want to get out and see the rest of the country. I've lived here twice before and hardly traveled within France at all. It's a shame and I intend to change it.
If you want to spend a week-end or more in the northern region I can help you out, find you a place to stay and show you the place ;) I was born here in Lille, I traveled in a lot of countries (including a lot of cities in the US and Canada) but I still find my hometown amazing. PM me if you want to discover this part of the country ;))
well i'm french and got the same problem , I remembered it was supposed to be in the tabac, but... no freaking tabac sold them anymore " nope , we don't, don't know , won't tell". Everthing is made to make you give up , efficiency and smartness are forbiden in french administration, exept la "direction des finances publiques ", they are quick and efficient to help you pay taxes.
I’m moving this May and I’m super nervous 😕
Amazing video!!
Thank you =)
I thought it was illegal to fly a drone in Paris?
Mmmmmm illegal drone shots :P
I hope my contrition keeps me out of trouble :/
Can you tell us about the France visa please?
Got a thumbs up right at the intro. Lol
Love this!!
Thank you!
Visa ? You need visa to go to France ?
To live here, yep. And to visit as well, but if you're a US Citizen, you get one automatically for 3mo when you visit so you can pretty much just hop on a plane with your passport.
You're not swedish cititzen ?
Le coup du croissant 🥐 fallait s’y attendre 😂
=D
I wanna move to France but apparently I gotta sacrifice a goat with a croissant
Has to be a big croissant too
Did you PLAN to live in France? It seems you went "Oh shit, I want to move to Paris!" but didn't research how to properly do so. It's much harder for them to move here.
Are you a Parisian? I'd love to move to France, but not Paris lol. I'd like to live near the Italian border
Sooooo, have you posted an actual list on what one needs to move to France - or is there one around? Help a hopefully soon-to-be ex-pat out!
I'm also a musician. I'm gonna do a bit of research, but is that considered an "artist" for the same type of Visa?
You have to look at what your embassy/consulate requires - it differs based on where you live
You know you can use Google translate with your phone camera right?
You know Google translate isn't always accurate?
But did you try it?
Yep, that's how I know how inaccurate it can be =) Well, that and grading papers by students who used it from French into English. You can always tell haha
Drones are not allowed in Paris. Illegal in German cities too. Not that it stops American TH-camrs like yourself of course who just do it then find out afterwards that what they've done is illegal instead of BEFORE breaking the law.
quelle patience! ....I would have been furious if that was me.. i know i may have experienced it at some stage before, but when you re by yourself..... I know the websites in France seem to be like just getting started.. brr. i dont miss this. Why are you over there for?? :)
I feel at home here - basically I'm here just because I want to be =D And they'll catch up - no reason we can't be a part of that process too!
reading my comment again, i seem to have been a bit bitter.. but its the memory i guess of the ''administration attitude'' i once experienced. And it looks like nobody was here to help you through this, felt bad. But you really seem to be upbeat about it which is great! You know what, i ll follow your channel and maybe you ll reconcile myself with my own country who knows ;)
Haha, here's hoping reconciliation is only a few videos away. I didn't take it as bitter, but I totally get the annoyance with how things are run here a lot of the time. I get frustrated too. I figure I can beat my head against walls until I'm black and blue and change nothing, or just smile and struggle through the process as it is. Hopefully they make good alterations as we go, but for now I just think of it as the rite of passage to living here.
i want to move to France because my girlfriend live there. and i don't know shit about France please help will b alot appreciated..m
Keep on researching, and good luck! 😃 👍
@@JaySwanson thx man i truly appreciate your support
You ran 4 miles under 9 minutes? 🧐
Just tell them you're from Salida, Colorado and you're in.
I'll give that a try =D
I’m moving to France soon and now I wanna jump off a bridge like how am I supposed to know all to get all this stuff 😂 anyway I love you so much like oof
Don't jump! It is pretty stressful but it's the bar for entry around here unfortunately. Basically just follow every lead and do as much research as you can as you go. It's different for everyone but that doesn't mean you can't find some good resources along the way. We've all figured it out - you will too =D
Someone just told me, move to France-low income tax, universal healthcare, cheap land. Any of these true in your experience? We live in Connecticut.
I don't know if land is cheap, maybe out in the boonies, and taxes aren't lower here than in the US as far as I've seen. But they do include healthcare which goes a long way, and the healthcare here is WAY better overall.
I'm stressed only by watching this video. Sorry about that, man....
6:22 Nice.
4 miles in 9 minutes? Boys out here breaking world records apparently
9min pace, so 4mi in 36min 👍
4 miles in under 9 minutes? No...total?...he means each right?
What stamp r they talking about
Tax stamp = proof you paid the required tax.
Have you ever watched Les 12 travaux d'Astérix, the Mad House scene? Et bien si tu réponds oui, je te dis Bienvenue en France. La bureaucratie française à son mieux!
I'm going to Toulouse... hopefully they won't send me to Paris!
Jay, have you met any black American women living in Nice?
Cara Denise They all are in the farms
@@cazador3863 thanks Jay.
Why every camera move reminds me Casey?
Et voila: th-cam.com/video/KEbj3Z9Qdv8/w-d-xo.html 😀
yeah well, it's not like the French living in the UK think the UK is the perfect country and everything makes so much sense...
Yeah, sadly there is no such thing as a perfect country =/
Randomly making a b line for our awesome high speed trains
They're great trains =)
Why didn't you just go asking directly in the tobacco shop???? Fyi I think it's not a regular stamp but a fiscal stamp, which explains why this is not the same price
I did ask - they didn't know. No one knew, even up until I got to my appointments with the Prefecture where they had to look it up.
Huh - you cant pay someone to handle this?
Do all swedish speak english perfectly as you do ?
If only I were Swedish =)
@@rike12octavia14 ok
Hold up 4 miles in 9 minutes is 2 minutes 15 seconds a mile you need to join the Olympics
ujimufu ujimufu a 9 minute pace means 9 minutes per mile. So it nearly took me 40min in total. It's actually a pretty "meh" pace.
Jay Swanson ohhhhh that makes more since but the information in the video helps me out a lot I plan on moving to France myself one day
+ujimufu ujimufu good to know!
@@JaySwanson it's not a "meh" pace. It's a good pace for cardio. Unless you're trying to build muscle. In which case you'd be better off not even running. Just my humble opinion from stateside.
a drone in paris is frobbiden
Yeah, I know that now. No more drone flying in Paris :)
Italians still use stamps
4 miles in 9 minutes what the fuckkk wish I could relate
At a 9min pace - so 4mi in 36min
4 miles in 9 minutes okay sure
wait...4 miles in under 9 mins????? whaatttttt. kudos man.
Haha, I wish! No, a 9min mile - in other words, I ran an average pace of 9 minutes per mile, for a total of somewhere around 36min
Louie Ck lol jk, thank you this was a helpful video.
Glad it was helpful =)
You're talking a lot about yourself, and I want to know more about what it's like to live in France.
Sadly, I can only speak from my own experience
Louis CK vibe haha
BALLERADO
You are adorable :)
Merci =)
So after all of that buildup, you never said how much it was.
Do y’all still get sprayed with chemtrails?
Silly.
DUDE IN HERE IN THE STATES IS MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH WORSE FOR US EMIGRANTS..... DON’T COMPLAIN ....... YOUR LAWS FOR EMIGRANTS ARE INEXISTENT ....... WE NEED TO GET MARRIED WITH SONE RANDOM PERSON TO GET THE FREAKING PAPERS.....😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 ..... AND THE PROCESS IS EXCRUCIATING LONG ....... CHUT UP
America is the best place on earth; why would anyone want to move anywhere else...🧐🧐🧐
I get asked that a lot =)