Contragulations. Regarding the "Livret de Famille", it's nothing to sneer at. It is actually one of your most important piece of documenation. File it really securely, because when you will become a French citizen in four year's time, and when you will have children (if that's your wish) this will become one of the proof of French nationality to be issued a Carte d'Identité, either for yourself or your children. It is tremendously important.
Actually, the livret de famille can’t be used when you’re applying for a carte d’identité. Believe it or not, they are often full of mistakes... Birth certificates always tell the truth or it becomes the truth if the birth certificate says so... until you fix whatever mistake the certificate says through justice. ;)
You're smart not to have an expensive wedding--- its a total waste of money. Love your "expat" videos-- watching "expat" videos is a great way to learn about a country. Thanks to you, I've learned so much about France! (I'm American, BTW.)
MrDaydreamer1584 It's not a waste of money, some people prefer to have a huge wedding and to spend so much money because it's very important for them. Maybe for you but it's not the same for everyone.
Ambre 1996 I see so many working-class and middle-class people having really expensive weddings--- to the point of going into debt. Its almost as if they are trying to impress the rest of the world. Its stupid. I also suspect that-- at least here in America-- there is a "wedding industry", and that weddings are a big rip-off.
@@MrDaydreamer1584 yap totaly agree There is also the "tradition" to made your parents paid for that, wich is just a remaining of medieval tradition, and its just a good thing for wedding planner A fresh couple must put that much money on basicaly anithing else than that
for unknown reasons, this video popped up in my suggestions again. I checked it again because wedding cheer me up and thought I'd leave you guys a congrats message again.It's always good to have a reminder of the magic of the day :) Félicitations, hope you guys live happily.
Congratulations!! I love your channel so much! I'm French but I have been living in the UK for over 3 years and it's really nice to watch you talk about all the French traditions and things that we do, it makes me feel at home, so merci! 😘
So cool you explained all of this. I didn’t know there was so much to do to get married in France. My husband and I eloped and we live in the US. We decided on either Sunday or Monday that we would go get married on Friday (yes, just a few days later) and we went into the courthouse on Friday morning and got married. It was that fast and simple 😂
Hi, Small correction, in France, you can not "replace" your last name with your husband last name. You can use it, but it's not your legal name. So can your husband do. So if Mr. X marry Mrs. Y, he can say, "hey I Mr. X, or Mr. Y, or Mr. X-Y, or Mr. Y-X." (and he can change it every time he want). But for all legal stuff, like asking for a new passport, he stay Mr.X, and Mrs Y is only Mrs Y.
GAJA Geek Right ! As a wife, I added my husband’s name to mine but the only legal last name is the birth name, from birth til death. The husband’s last name is called « nom d’usage ». That’s all.
stillyoungmum True.. the same thing here in the Netherlands ( normal, our civic laws are based on the Code Napoléon) in my passport it is : .. maiden name ev.. ( épouse de) nom de mon mari) J'ai le droit de me servir du nom de mon mari, mais mon nom de fille reste le nom légal.
Congrats! My sister had a really small, lovely civil wedding this summer as well and could not recommend it enough. All the best to you and your husband!
Rosie congratulations again! Love the laid back relaxed style of your wedding, such a wonderful idea 💡 wish I had done something like that! Looks like a gorgeous day!
Hi Rosie, Congratulations! 😎 Just to let you know that back in the 60' a foreign spouse just had to register the marriage at a French consulate if married abroad and one week later he or she would receive automatically a French passport, nationality being acquired through marriage. Times have changed... Bisous.
Congratulations. It sounds lovely. Can't wait to see your NewZeland ceremony. Hope you include more of your photos from your wedding in France. Weddings are delightful. Again congratulations
Felicitations!! I’ve just tied to knot in a foreign country as well and went through a very similar process. Have enjoyed your videos for quite a while now but I’m commenting for the first time. Nice to see France (again) from the perspective of someone living there not as a student :)
Sorry if this was already cleared, but it's not the birth certificate itself that expires. It is the validity of the specific copy you are given. The original is stored and you don't have it. These copies have an expiracy date to avoid identity theft or other unpleasant things I guess ?
Love your video once again, the content is SO helpful! So neat to actually SEE what a livret familial looks like -- they just talk about it on the website but I had no idea what it was. Now it's so clear! We went to a French wedding and was SO surprised that dinner started at 10pm! 😱 Question: doesn't the PACS help you to get the spousal Visa?
I’m horribly late!!!! I saw your post on Instagram saying you got married. I was sure I posted a congratulations response........ I don’t see it 😭 I shall post here and say a hearty congratulations!!! I wish you and your hubby a blissful eternity of joy and ever abiding love. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
We're Brits living in France and went for a civil partnership (P.A.C.S.). It was a beaurocratic nightmare - even the Notaire was baffled by the new documents we kept being asked for. Anyway, on our 5th attempt they suddenly said OK & lets do it now. As a result I got married wearing jeans & T shirt! We were so shocked that for quite a while afterwards we weren't even sure if we were truely married! One difference to your experience was we didn't need witnesses present which is fortunate as on the day we never thought for a minute it would actually happen.
Congratulations Madame, I fully understand your efforts of the French marriage, I have to do the documents twice and all the notary before it expired as we extend the marriage date. Felicitation!
I am French and I like your videos. I also got married abroad and that's when I discovered the particularity of the French law regarding the names of married couples. In France you can legally "use" your husband's name (it's called "nom d'usage"), but your actual name will always be your maiden name. It's like you can borrow it (it is legal) but it's never really yours. It is a strange legal thing that doesn't exist anywhere else as far as I know. The country where I got married allows legally changing names but because of the French particular law, I didn't have this option.
just found your channel and enjoying your videos, (I know it is a year later) just a question about translations, how did it end up stressful and expensive, I know last minute is stressful, but in Marseille I payed once 25 euros and because in my country the cert doesn't change anytime I need one I get the translation in date, so I go to the office get one printed out for free. You'll need translations for other things later on so keep in mind you may just need to ask for a printout from the office you went to. Bye
Congratulations Rosie. I don’t use Instagram that much then I didn’t even know you were going to be a Madame... I hope you the best to your new family. 🎉🍰🥂🎈
OMG, somehow I missed any & all announcements about your engagement, but I am SO EXCITED for you. I definitely have the other video in my watch later list...somewhere. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Congrats to you. I just subscribed so I am a little late to do this. Love your videos. I lived in Paris for 4 years back in 2003 and loved it. Best to you.
Just a little add to your statement about the application to the French citizenship once you are married to a Frenchman or Frenchwoman, it can indeed be done 5 years after the day of your wedding but as far as I know, you need to be living in France during all the process of the application and not abroad. Not 100% sure, best way to know is to check with the French consulate where you live. Once you're French, you can choose to live wherever you want to ;)
Hi Rosie ! Congratulations ! I'm a french teacher for foreigners (prof de FLE) and your videos about culture shocks inspire me a lot ! I got married in Normandy 2 years ago, ans I definitely agree with you : the ceremony in the mairie is too "legal". I also was shocked by the amount of references to children and family, especially because I'm still not sure if we will have some.. Thanks for sharing all those interesting views about french culture. Best regards, Virginie.
Félicitations avec beaucoup de retard ! C’est mignon ton petit laïus (un mot compliqué à dire 🤣) sur le livret de famille, très touchant, et je te rejoins, je pense que c’est un document important pour se construire en tant que famille, même s’il devrait être modernisé, car nous avons des configurations de familles différentes aujourd’hui. Merci pour ta fraîcheur et ton enthousiasme sur notre pays, c’est vrai que les français sont des éternels râleurs, ton témoignage nous ramènent sur terre, pour nous rappeler le bon et le mauvais. J’espère que vous reviendrez en France en tant que permanents ou touristes, et que tu y trouveras ta place, tu seras toujours en française de coeur et donc accueillie comme il se doit, même si nous sommes un peu distants au premier abord (mot difficile à prononcer aussi 🙂)
Toutes mes félicitations Rosie 😀 My sister who's French got married in Queenstown and I absolutely LOVED that place, it's just beautiful, romantic, peaceful (but sooo cold !!!) Thé landing on the airport tarmac, between two mountains was a stunning vies. Thé wedding official célébration and party d'été both great, so I'm sure you'll have a great time having jour wedding Kiwi party there 😀😎 PS: I'm French and I do love thé Livret de Famille, yours is beautiful, and it's quite Moving to have all thé official family évents written there. Are you going to make your marriage official in NZ or at your embassy since you're an expat? PPS: it's true that thé Code Civil mentions the duty or taking care or your children but did you know that in France, since a couple or years I think, there are more children born out of wedlock than from married couples. I think it's thé highest rate un Europe !! Not only do we make thé most kids in Europe (equal with our Irish Friends) but the majority of them don't have married parents. I thought it would be Scandinavian countries, but no, it's us. We're a strange mix or traditions/old school habits and modernity, we're a paradox 😂 I think the PACS helps that. I suppose It also means that when people do marry here, it's more to do with romantic reasons...
Congratulations on your wedding!! That's funny how a new zealander living in France would have the same thoughts about the wedding hussle as a berarusian 😀 We had almost exactly the same wedding with 2 different parties and a 10 min ceremony without exchanging rings even 😂😂😂 Thank you for this video, it made me smile a lot 😀😀😀
Félicitations, votre expérience me rappelle la nôtre. Nicole est arrivée du Canada 24h avant la cérémonie. Je me souviens que nous avions dû nous présenter au bureau des mariages dès notre retour de l'aéroport, pour les dernières vérifications du dossier. Nous étions vraiment stressés, l'auto était restée en panne dans le stationnement de l'aéroport. Mais le lendemain, ça a été le pur bonheur, ça dure depuis 15 ans. Nicole a été bouleversée comme toi par le "Livret de famille". La " Salle des mariages" de l'hôtel de ville de Melun est comme dans un château. Que d'émotions encore ! Ton témoignage me touche beaucoup. Nous avons choisi de vivre au Québec... Et c'est toute une aventure encore. Bisous de Montréal
Best Wishes to you and Congratulations to your husband! Thanks for explaining the legalities of marriage. Maybe if we had that in America, couples would take into consideration the seriousness of this life event. I love the reading of the laws and the recognition of future children. Weddings and Marriage are more than just the dress, the ring, the cake and the guest list. Blessings on you both!
Hi, I am also in the process of getting married in Mairie with my Fiancee. Yes indeed the submission took much of time because of apostille and certificat de coutom plus with less than 6 or 3 months of validity. My only concern is that my visa just expired last months and we needed to talk to their Lawyer if this is a guine marriage. So I have a question if you don’t mind? Have you been also at the stage wherein you needed to be auditioned by the Maire lawyers? Specially for Foreigners who wanted to get married in France?? Thanks
Thank you. I gave up last year because of the fuss in paperwork. We may try again for this year. I was told I had to go to Paris and get our documents apostied? and with Covid and so many other admin things it was too much. Don’t change your name, I did in the UK and it causes no end of problems and paperwork issues, an absolute nightmare. I’ll be keeping my current name when we marry.
hey!!! Rosie Congratulation for your Marriage!!!!!!! I have been in France for 9 months now as expat from India & I must say I have been following you on you-tube from last 7 months . Your video has great content!!! its helped me incredible ways to know French Culture , People, there life , food, Actions, Shocks ha ha etc. I would relate many of your videos with my experience in France that to in pairs. Thanks a lot !!! Rosie for your effort for making this many videos they are best!!! Thank you Cheers!!!
In my country birth certificate is only valid for a month and a birth certificate can indeed change (maybe you weren’t recognized by your father and now you are). In some countries your birth certificate is attached to all the civil acts around you like your marriage, divorce, children births, etc
How do you get all the information added onto your birth certificate? Do you request the certificate in the place you were born and then add the information yourself or does the Marie request the certificate for you and automatically get all the information about you from the place the issues the certificate?
Hey!!!so funny, I have a similar “ French marriage saga” as shall we call it haha :). We also decided to get married 4 months before the day and the date was chosen based on the expire date of the documents haha. My now-husband’s aunt also works part time at the Mairie and she was the one marring us also with a beautiful speech :) (btw we got married in a town about 20 minutes away from Avignon!) we didn’t exchange rings tho’. We also kept our names since we both have two family names and as You said, that would be just TOO MUCH WORK 😂We also had a simple garden party with family and closest friends :) Btw, they accepted the documents that were sworn translated back in my country ... we got married in last February so maybe things changed? Nice to see a similar experience been shared by you! And yeah, better get used to the “madam x” even if you didn’t take his name 😂
Félicitations aux jeunes mariés! Un point important pour éviter toute confusion cependant : ça n'est pas parce que tu t'es mariée en France que tu pourras demander la nationalité française dans 4 ans, c'est parce que tu as épousé un citoyen français!
Congratulations to you both! 💕✌🌹. That was a unique celebration for sure. A bit complicated but interesting. Hubby and I got married through court marriage in NZ and it was so much easier! 😊.
Its important to mention that once you mention your witnesses on the official request for marriage at the town hall and if one of them is a no show at the actual ceremony the ceremony will not happen
Il semble que la durée de validité des extraits de naissance soit quelque chose que les étrangers aient du mal à comprendre. En fait, c'est à cause des mentions en marge de l'extrait de naissance. Ces mentions peuvent être le mariage, le divorce et les mentions au répertoire civil qui comprennent les mises sous protection ou les changements de régime matrimonial. Pour qu'il y ait ces mentions, il faut qu'elles soient transcrites ce qui prend un peu de temps. C'est pourquoi l'extrait de naissance a une durée de validité limitée car il peut y avoir de nouvelles mentions en marge qui peuvent vous empêcher de faire tel ou tel acte. par exemple, si vous êtes déjà marié, vous ne pouvez pas vous marier une deuxième fois sans avoir divorcé. L'extrait de naissance en France ne dit pas seulement où et quand vous êtes né, il en dit aussi beaucoup sur tous les évènements de votre vie.
Oui mais elle se trompe quand elle dit qu'on mentionne si vous avez des enfants. Cela ne fait pas partie des mentions marginales. Ce n'est pas "a life certificate", cela touche plus à l'état au sens juridique de la personne. Et de manière plus générale sur youtube cette question de la durée de validité revient souvent dans les vidéos d'étrangers vivant en France.
Oui d'accord, mais ceci peut être dit à propos d'un pays étranger, donc cela n'explique pas l'obsolescence au bout de trois mois, à supposer qu'elle soit vraiment spécifique de notre pays.
Toute durée de validité correspond à un arbitraire dans l'absolu. Mais concernant les extraits de naissance, je pense que cette durée est liée à la durée pour placer quelqu'un sous protection (curatelle, tutelle, etc...) : 2 mois entre la requête et le jugement + 15 jours de délai de recours + 15 jours pour la transcription à l'état-civil. Donc ça ne sort pas du chapeau comme par magie.
In The Netherlands you have to get married at a town hall first too, before getting married at a church. There are some locations that have a license to get married at, but typically people go to a town hall first. We have a little booklet as well!
Hi i ask for advice maam i am filipina and married a french man ,. But suddenly not yet comply all the papers for embassy ,. What can i do because i am applying a visa to visit my husband . Thanks
I notice you continue to use the term "partner". Is that a conscious choice, or just not used to calling him "husband"? I ask so that, in the future, if I make a comment referring to him, I use whatever your preference is.
Bonjour, Rose! I´d like to know if the necessity of the based translator in France is only for marriage or for any other administrations activities, like Titre de Séjour. Thank you in advance and thank you for your videos, I always learn a lot!
My fiancé’s family lives in France, Paris more specifically. They come from Poland and they Emigrated in the communism. So his father and mother returned to Poland and he was born in Poland. All the rest of the family still lives in Paris. Cousins were born in there. Grandma recently passed away over there. we live In Ireland, my family in Brazil, our Friends in Ireland, his mother and brothers in Poland. But we want to get married in France as we go a lot, (we are going for Christmas and new year again). Is it possible to get married in Paris if we don’t have any proof that we live there just the rest of our French family?
Bravo pour ton nouveau livret de famille 😁. Attention, tu ne peux pas y écrire les noms des tes enfants ...seuls les employés de Mairie le peuvent (si tu as de la chance tu auras un belle calligraphie !)
Je pense que c'est un malentendu - en anglais, nous disons "you" lorsque vous vous référez au monde en général. Elle ne veut donc pas nécessairement dire que vous écrivez vous-même. Jj’ai compris que cela voulait dire en tout cas (locuteur natif) :)
Don't forget to register your French marriage at the New Zealand embassy. It is not automatic.
And, congratulations!
Jidé same thing for registering the French marriage at the American embassy right?
Great idea having two celebration parties, one in France and one in New Zealand so both families can celebrate with you. Felicitations
Contragulations. Regarding the "Livret de Famille", it's nothing to sneer at. It is actually one of your most important piece of documenation. File it really securely, because when you will become a French citizen in four year's time, and when you will have children (if that's your wish) this will become one of the proof of French nationality to be issued a Carte d'Identité, either for yourself or your children. It is tremendously important.
Sneer? She looked excited about it.
Actually, the livret de famille can’t be used when you’re applying for a carte d’identité. Believe it or not, they are often full of mistakes... Birth certificates always tell the truth or it becomes the truth if the birth certificate says so... until you fix whatever mistake the certificate says through justice. ;)
Justine Moreau : True, but try to pick up your child's brand new ID at the mairie without your Livret de Famille...
Ordinosaurs & retro computers I do it every day ;)
Plus it's super useful for genealogy and family history. I was glad to have my grandparents' livret.
You're smart not to have an expensive wedding--- its a total waste of money.
Love your "expat" videos-- watching "expat" videos is a great way to learn about a country. Thanks to you, I've learned so much about France! (I'm American, BTW.)
MrDaydreamer1584 It's not a waste of money, some people prefer to have a huge wedding and to spend so much money because it's very important for them. Maybe for you but it's not the same for everyone.
Ambre 1996 that depends ..on how do we feel important .
Ambre 1996
I see so many working-class and middle-class people having really expensive weddings--- to the point of going into debt. Its almost as if they are trying to impress the rest of the world. Its stupid.
I also suspect that-- at least here in America-- there is a "wedding industry", and that weddings are a big rip-off.
@@MrDaydreamer1584 yap totaly agree
There is also the "tradition" to made your parents paid for that, wich is just a remaining of medieval tradition, and its just a good thing for wedding planner
A fresh couple must put that much money on basicaly anithing else than that
Congratulations Madame :) so moving that your partner's father was the one getting you married!!
for unknown reasons, this video popped up in my suggestions again. I checked it again because wedding cheer me up and thought I'd leave you guys a congrats message again.It's always good to have a reminder of the magic of the day :) Félicitations, hope you guys live happily.
I LOVE the marriage “passport”! What a beautiful heritage. Congratulations!!
Congratulations on your wedding !!! 🎉🎉🎉I'm happy for you and your husband 🙂
This is a dream set up for a wedding tbh!! So beautiful and simple.
Congratulations!! I love your channel so much! I'm French but I have been living in the UK for over 3 years and it's really nice to watch you talk about all the French traditions and things that we do, it makes me feel at home, so merci! 😘
So cool you explained all of this. I didn’t know there was so much to do to get married in France. My husband and I eloped and we live in the US. We decided on either Sunday or Monday that we would go get married on Friday (yes, just a few days later) and we went into the courthouse on Friday morning and got married. It was that fast and simple 😂
Sounds great to me
Hi,
Small correction, in France, you can not "replace" your last name with your husband last name. You can use it, but it's not your legal name. So can your husband do.
So if Mr. X marry Mrs. Y, he can say, "hey I Mr. X, or Mr. Y, or Mr. X-Y, or Mr. Y-X." (and he can change it every time he want). But for all legal stuff, like asking for a new passport, he stay Mr.X, and Mrs Y is only Mrs Y.
GAJA Geek Right ! As a wife, I added my husband’s name to mine but the only legal last name is the birth name, from birth til death. The husband’s last name is called « nom d’usage ». That’s all.
stillyoungmum True.. the same thing here in the Netherlands ( normal, our civic laws are based on the Code Napoléon) in my passport it is : .. maiden name ev.. ( épouse de) nom de mon mari) J'ai le droit de me servir du nom de mon mari, mais mon nom de fille reste le nom légal.
Je ne savais pas c'est bizarre
ainsi que témoins ?
Congrats! My sister had a really small, lovely civil wedding this summer as well and could not recommend it enough. All the best to you and your husband!
Many many congratulations Rosie! You were a glowing and gorgeous bride even with a simple look. Wish you all the happiness Madame!
Congratulations Rosie and lots of happiness to you both.
Thank you for sharing such a special and interesting experience online!
So very happy for you, Rosie! I wish you all the best in the future.
Rosie congratulations again! Love the laid back relaxed style of your wedding, such a wonderful idea 💡 wish I had done something like that! Looks like a gorgeous day!
Hi Rosie, Congratulations! 😎
Just to let you know that back in the 60' a foreign spouse just had to register the marriage at a French consulate if married abroad and one week later he or she would receive automatically a French passport, nationality being acquired through marriage. Times have changed... Bisous.
Congratulations. It sounds lovely. Can't wait to see your NewZeland ceremony. Hope you include more of your photos from your wedding in France. Weddings are delightful. Again congratulations
Felicitations!! I’ve just tied to knot in a foreign country as well and went through a very similar process.
Have enjoyed your videos for quite a while now but I’m commenting for the first time. Nice to see France (again) from the perspective of someone living there not as a student :)
I'm so happy for you Rosie. Congratulations on your wedding !!!
Congrats Rosie!!!! Je suis tellement contente pour toi ! 😊
Congrats! I feel you on the small wedding to save for travel
Congratulations Rosie! I wish you both the very best!
What a beautiful venue to celebrate! Congratulations to both of you and have a wonderful life together. 🥂💕Deb
Sorry if this was already cleared, but it's not the birth certificate itself that expires. It is the validity of the specific copy you are given. The original is stored and you don't have it. These copies have an expiracy date to avoid identity theft or other unpleasant things I guess ?
Hi Rose, congratulations very happy for both of you!
Love your video once again, the content is SO helpful! So neat to actually SEE what a livret familial looks like -- they just talk about it on the website but I had no idea what it was. Now it's so clear! We went to a French wedding and was SO surprised that dinner started at 10pm! 😱 Question: doesn't the PACS help you to get the spousal Visa?
I’m horribly late!!!! I saw your post on Instagram saying you got married. I was sure I posted a congratulations response........ I don’t see it 😭 I shall post here and say a hearty congratulations!!! I wish you and your hubby a blissful eternity of joy and ever abiding love. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
We're Brits living in France and went for a civil partnership (P.A.C.S.). It was a beaurocratic nightmare - even the Notaire was baffled by the new documents we kept being asked for. Anyway, on our 5th attempt they suddenly said OK & lets do it now. As a result I got married wearing jeans & T shirt! We were so shocked that for quite a while afterwards we weren't even sure if we were truely married! One difference to your experience was we didn't need witnesses present which is fortunate as on the day we never thought for a minute it would actually happen.
Congratulations Madame, I fully understand your efforts of the French marriage, I have to do the documents twice and all the notary before it expired as we extend the marriage date.
Felicitation!
I am French and I like your videos. I also got married abroad and that's when I discovered the particularity of the French law regarding the names of married couples. In France you can legally "use" your husband's name (it's called "nom d'usage"), but your actual name will always be your maiden name. It's like you can borrow it (it is legal) but it's never really yours. It is a strange legal thing that doesn't exist anywhere else as far as I know. The country where I got married allows legally changing names but because of the French particular law, I didn't have this option.
Same for Mexican citizens. I have a Mexican passport and my maiden name is on it with a very very small spot with my "spouse's" last name.
just found your channel and enjoying your videos, (I know it is a year later) just a question about translations, how did it end up stressful and expensive, I know last minute is stressful, but in Marseille I payed once 25 euros and because in my country the cert doesn't change anytime I need one I get the translation in date, so I go to the office get one printed out for free. You'll need translations for other things later on so keep in mind you may just need to ask for a printout from the office you went to. Bye
Fantastic! Congrats Rosie 💕
Wow, quite the process! I never looked into the process in any country so this is really interesting
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Congratulations Rosie. I don’t use Instagram that much then I didn’t even know you were going to be a Madame... I hope you the best to your new family. 🎉🍰🥂🎈
congratulations Madame Not Even French.
OMG, somehow I missed any & all announcements about your engagement, but I am SO EXCITED for you. I definitely have the other video in my watch later list...somewhere. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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J'adore tes vidéos !!! Et félicitations pour ton mariage !!!
Congrats to you. I just subscribed so I am a little late to do this. Love your videos. I lived in Paris for 4 years back in 2003 and loved it. Best to you.
Just a little add to your statement about the application to the French citizenship once you are married to a Frenchman or Frenchwoman, it can indeed be done 5 years after the day of your wedding but as far as I know, you need to be living in France during all the process of the application and not abroad. Not 100% sure, best way to know is to check with the French consulate where you live. Once you're French, you can choose to live wherever you want to ;)
Hi Rosie ! Congratulations !
I'm a french teacher for foreigners (prof de FLE) and your videos about culture shocks inspire me a lot !
I got married in Normandy 2 years ago, ans I definitely agree with you : the ceremony in the mairie is too "legal". I also was shocked by the amount of references to children and family, especially because I'm still not sure if we will have some..
Thanks for sharing all those interesting views about french culture.
Best regards,
Virginie.
Congrats Rosie!!!Happiness for ever or at least 50 or 60 years!!!!!!!Love the wedding pictures!!!
Félicitations et tous mess voeux de bonheur aux mariés !!! The best of luck to you guys!!
Here you go girl!!! ;-)
So very sweet and practical. I love the way you did it.
Félicitations avec beaucoup de retard ! C’est mignon ton petit laïus (un mot compliqué à dire 🤣) sur le livret de famille, très touchant, et je te rejoins, je pense que c’est un document important pour se construire en tant que famille, même s’il devrait être modernisé, car nous avons des configurations de familles différentes aujourd’hui.
Merci pour ta fraîcheur et ton enthousiasme sur notre pays, c’est vrai que les français sont des éternels râleurs, ton témoignage nous ramènent sur terre, pour nous rappeler le bon et le mauvais. J’espère que vous reviendrez en France en tant que permanents ou touristes, et que tu y trouveras ta place, tu seras toujours en française de coeur et donc accueillie comme il se doit, même si nous sommes un peu distants au premier abord (mot difficile à prononcer aussi 🙂)
Félicitations Rosie!. Congratulations! I wish you both the best there is💖
It’s good they read the code, there are people that have no clue what are they legally getting into.
Congratulations Rosie! That's pretty good news!
Félicitations à tous les deux!!
C'est exactement comme cela que j'imagine mon mariage, super casual.
Bravo !
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Toutes mes félicitations Rosie 😀 My sister who's French got married in Queenstown and I absolutely LOVED that place, it's just beautiful, romantic, peaceful (but sooo cold !!!) Thé landing on the airport tarmac, between two mountains was a stunning vies. Thé wedding official célébration and party d'été both great, so I'm sure you'll have a great time having jour wedding Kiwi party there 😀😎 PS: I'm French and I do love thé Livret de Famille, yours is beautiful, and it's quite Moving to have all thé official family évents written there. Are you going to make your marriage official in NZ or at your embassy since you're an expat? PPS: it's true that thé Code Civil mentions the duty or taking care or your children but did you know that in France, since a couple or years I think, there are more children born out of wedlock than from married couples. I think it's thé highest rate un Europe !! Not only do we make thé most kids in Europe (equal with our Irish Friends) but the majority of them don't have married parents. I thought it would be Scandinavian countries, but no, it's us. We're a strange mix or traditions/old school habits and modernity, we're a paradox 😂 I think the PACS helps that. I suppose It also means that when people do marry here, it's more to do with romantic reasons...
Congratulations on your wedding!! That's funny how a new zealander living in France would have the same thoughts about the wedding hussle as a berarusian 😀 We had almost exactly the same wedding with 2 different parties and a 10 min ceremony without exchanging rings even 😂😂😂 Thank you for this video, it made me smile a lot 😀😀😀
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Félicitations, votre expérience me rappelle la nôtre. Nicole est arrivée du Canada 24h avant la cérémonie. Je me souviens que nous avions dû nous présenter au bureau des mariages dès notre retour de l'aéroport, pour les dernières vérifications du dossier.
Nous étions vraiment stressés, l'auto était restée en panne dans le stationnement de l'aéroport.
Mais le lendemain, ça a été le pur bonheur, ça dure depuis 15 ans.
Nicole a été bouleversée comme toi par le "Livret de famille".
La " Salle des mariages" de l'hôtel de ville de Melun est comme dans un château.
Que d'émotions encore !
Ton témoignage me touche beaucoup.
Nous avons choisi de vivre au Québec... Et c'est toute une aventure encore.
Bisous de Montréal
Best Wishes to you and Congratulations to your husband! Thanks for explaining the legalities of marriage. Maybe if we had that in America, couples would take into consideration the seriousness of this life event. I love the reading of the laws and the recognition of future children. Weddings and Marriage are more than just the dress, the ring, the cake and the guest list. Blessings on you both!
Even if it's something very legal and a lot of rules. There is a lot of people who married just for few years (1-3years) in France.
Hi, I am also in the process of getting married in Mairie with my Fiancee. Yes indeed the submission took much of time because of apostille and certificat de coutom plus with less than 6 or 3 months of validity. My only concern is that my visa just expired last months and we needed to talk to their Lawyer if this is a guine marriage. So I have a question if you don’t mind? Have you been also at the stage wherein you needed to be auditioned by the Maire lawyers? Specially for Foreigners who wanted to get married in France?? Thanks
Could the same thing work for a US citizen marrying a French citizen
Thank you. I gave up last year because of the fuss in paperwork. We may try again for this year. I was told I had to go to Paris and get our documents apostied? and with Covid and so many other admin things it was too much. Don’t change your name, I did in the UK and it causes no end of problems and paperwork issues, an absolute nightmare. I’ll be keeping my current name when we marry.
Congratulations on your marriage and all the best for your future.
So sweet!! Congrats!! 🍾👰🏻🤵🏻💞
Congratulations on your marriage! That is an interesting process. I had no idea. You made a beautiful bride. :)
Congratulation!!! All wishes of happiness and love 😘😘
Congratulations! Your wedding looked beautiful!
Wow you seem to be really happier and sweeter Congratulations !
Félicitation Rosie! 😘🍾🥂👏
Congratulations to both of u.A bold step indeed,lot more adjustments on the card, brace for that Good luck.
Congratulations Madame! Im so happy for you guys!
Congratulations! So happy for you. 🎉
Toutes mes félicitations pour le mariage et toutes ces superbes vidéos partagées. Bisous de Belgique :) Raphaël
J'adore ton excitation pour le livret de famille hahahah!!! Ton marriage avait l'air super chouette et cosy :)
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hey!!! Rosie Congratulation for your Marriage!!!!!!! I have been in France for 9 months now as expat from India & I must say I have been following you on you-tube from last 7 months . Your video has great content!!! its helped me incredible ways to know French Culture , People, there life , food, Actions, Shocks ha ha etc. I would relate many of your videos with my experience in France that to in pairs. Thanks a lot !!! Rosie for your effort for making this many videos they are best!!! Thank you Cheers!!!
In my country birth certificate is only valid for a month and a birth certificate can indeed change (maybe you weren’t recognized by your father and now you are). In some countries your birth certificate is attached to all the civil acts around you like your marriage, divorce, children births, etc
How do you get all the information added onto your birth certificate? Do you request the certificate in the place you were born and then add the information yourself or does the Marie request the certificate for you and automatically get all the information about you from the place the issues the certificate?
How did you do the spouse visa? Did you go back to your country to apply for it?
Félicitations! J’aime beaucoup tes vidéos.
Congratulations! I wish you a lot of happiness
Congrats on getting married and for your expat youtuber nomination!
Hey!!!so funny, I have a similar “ French marriage saga” as shall we call it haha :). We also decided to get married 4 months before the day and the date was chosen based on the expire date of the documents haha. My now-husband’s aunt also works part time at the Mairie and she was the one marring us also with a beautiful speech :) (btw we got married in a town about 20 minutes away from Avignon!) we didn’t exchange rings tho’. We also kept our names since we both have two family names and as You said, that would be just TOO MUCH WORK 😂We also had a simple garden party with family and closest friends :) Btw, they accepted the documents that were sworn translated back in my country ... we got married in last February so maybe things changed?
Nice to see a similar experience been shared by you! And yeah, better get used to the “madam x” even if you didn’t take his name 😂
Congratulations on your wedding and best wishes bride and groom.
that was so interesting! I loved learning the culture and process of getting married in French. so interesting!
Génial ! Félicitations à tous les deux :D Congratulations!
Il est trop beau votre livret de famille estampillé "Avignon" ^^
Salut
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Félicitations aux jeunes mariés! Un point important pour éviter toute confusion cependant : ça n'est pas parce que tu t'es mariée en France que tu pourras demander la nationalité française dans 4 ans, c'est parce que tu as épousé un citoyen français!
Congratulations to you both! 💕✌🌹. That was a unique celebration for sure. A bit complicated but interesting. Hubby and I got married through court marriage in NZ and it was so much easier! 😊.
Its important to mention that once you mention your witnesses on the official request for marriage at the town hall and if one of them is a no show at the actual ceremony the ceremony will not happen
Il semble que la durée de validité des extraits de naissance soit quelque chose que les étrangers aient du mal à comprendre. En fait, c'est à cause des mentions en marge de l'extrait de naissance. Ces mentions peuvent être le mariage, le divorce et les mentions au répertoire civil qui comprennent les mises sous protection ou les changements de régime matrimonial. Pour qu'il y ait ces mentions, il faut qu'elles soient transcrites ce qui prend un peu de temps. C'est pourquoi l'extrait de naissance a une durée de validité limitée car il peut y avoir de nouvelles mentions en marge qui peuvent vous empêcher de faire tel ou tel acte. par exemple, si vous êtes déjà marié, vous ne pouvez pas vous marier une deuxième fois sans avoir divorcé. L'extrait de naissance en France ne dit pas seulement où et quand vous êtes né, il en dit aussi beaucoup sur tous les évènements de votre vie.
Elle l'explique dans la vidéo...
Oui mais elle se trompe quand elle dit qu'on mentionne si vous avez des enfants. Cela ne fait pas partie des mentions marginales. Ce n'est pas "a life certificate", cela touche plus à l'état au sens juridique de la personne. Et de manière plus générale sur youtube cette question de la durée de validité revient souvent dans les vidéos d'étrangers vivant en France.
Oui d'accord, mais ceci peut être dit à propos d'un pays étranger, donc cela n'explique pas l'obsolescence au bout de trois mois, à supposer qu'elle soit vraiment spécifique de notre pays.
Toute durée de validité correspond à un arbitraire dans l'absolu. Mais concernant les extraits de naissance, je pense que cette durée est liée à la durée pour placer quelqu'un sous protection (curatelle, tutelle, etc...) : 2 mois entre la requête et le jugement + 15 jours de délai de recours + 15 jours pour la transcription à l'état-civil. Donc ça ne sort pas du chapeau comme par magie.
Congratulations Rosy!
In The Netherlands you have to get married at a town hall first too, before getting married at a church. There are some locations that have a license to get married at, but typically people go to a town hall first. We have a little booklet as well!
It makes sense considering that the Dutch civil code comes partly from the French civil code.
In France, if you get married at a church you have to get married at a city hall before, like in Holland.
Perth Fanny | this stems from the idea that state and religion should be separated. No matter what religion you are, first you get married legally.
@@eleo_b this is what I thought!
I live in Spain and you can get married religiously without having to go to the city hall 🤔
Congrats on your wedding!
Congrats!!! Beautiful bride :)))
Hi i ask for advice maam i am filipina and married a french man ,. But suddenly not yet comply all the papers for embassy ,. What can i do because i am applying a visa to visit my husband . Thanks
I notice you continue to use the term "partner". Is that a conscious choice, or just not used to calling him "husband"? I ask so that, in the future, if I make a comment referring to him, I use whatever your preference is.
Not Even French Or 'mon mari' :-) Okie dokie, just wanted to be a respectful viewer. TTFN :-)
Ha ha I thought that was interesting too.
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"Je te rassure", those papers expire in Australia and they have to be translated by a translator in Australia as well.
Bravo!!! Félicitations à tous les deux!!
how did he propose????
Bonjour, Rose! I´d like to know if the necessity of the based translator in France is only for marriage or for any other administrations activities, like Titre de Séjour. Thank you in advance and thank you for your videos, I always learn a lot!
Hooray for non-traditional weddings! Congrats again, Rosie 👰🍰💖
My fiancé’s family lives in France, Paris more specifically. They come from Poland and they Emigrated in the communism. So his father and mother returned to Poland and he was born in Poland. All the rest of the family still lives in Paris. Cousins were born in there. Grandma recently passed away over there. we live In Ireland, my family in Brazil, our Friends in Ireland, his mother and brothers in Poland. But we want to get married in France as we go a lot, (we are going for Christmas and new year again). Is it possible to get married in Paris if we don’t have any proof that we live there just the rest of our French family?
Bravo pour ton nouveau livret de famille 😁.
Attention, tu ne peux pas y écrire les noms des tes enfants ...seuls les employés de Mairie le peuvent (si tu as de la chance tu auras un belle calligraphie !)
Je pense que c'est un malentendu - en anglais, nous disons "you" lorsque vous vous référez au monde en général. Elle ne veut donc pas nécessairement dire que vous écrivez vous-même. Jj’ai compris que cela voulait dire en tout cas (locuteur natif) :)
Congratulations, your videos are fabulous.
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Congrats et felicitations!! 😊xx
Just found your channel. Love your videos. Thanks Connie
Congratulations to both of you. Best wishes too. 👦🏻👰🏻❤️