remind me tomorrow morning at 8am to photocopy passport

The boxes of “stuff” that comprised my life when I had an enormous townhome in the United States were currently peacefully residing in the spare room of a dear friend in Kansas City. After the search that starts with, “I’m sure it’s around here somewhere,” turned to, “Goodness, did I actually not bring it to France?” I ended with the eye-closed panic of, “Oh no, it must be with my stuff in storage.”īefore I went to the nuclear option of having to order new copies I called up reliable people in my life - a business partner, a sister, and my mother: “Did I leave any documents with you or do you happen to have a copy of my birth certificate?” They all replied in the negative. My birth certificate, immunization record, baptismal certificate, all that jazz. The trouble was, up to the point when my eyes first looked upon these requirements, I thought I had brought them with me to France. If you’re like me, you keep all your important documents in a folder somewhere. If you need the translator’s contact info, simply send me an email. Mine was written in English by the Singaporean government and the French translation cost 72€. You’ll need a certified French translation of it. Come renewal time, you actually get issued a card.Ģ. For visitors your first year titre de séjour resides simply in your passport. This is the sticker you would have gotten on your follow-up visit when you first arrived in France. A copy of your original titre de séjour as well as the passport which contains it. Be early - or you may not even get seen that day. Some say mornings are better, others afternoons - I only chose afternoons because I’m not a morning person and in both instances I “checked in” an hour before my appointment which allowed me to actually be seen only 30 minutes after my scheduled appointment time. Bring water, snacks, a nice book to dig into, a charger for your phone, and block out your whole day for whenever your appointment is. It faces Notre Dame directly and is easily accessible via the Cité stop on the Métro. They honestly do have your bases covered here. There are also two Photomaton booths to take your pictures should you have forgotten them. However, if you have forgotten or the copies get damaged on your way there, there are large commercial copying machines that charge you ten cent(imes) per copy in the vestibule of the office you have to go to. On that list is marked the need for the original and one photocopy for each of the documents listed. I did have a list of what was needed at the time, but this constantly changes and the Préfecture has stopped providing an online link to such a list. Students and workers should consult their own subcategories when preparing their dossiers. I should make the point that I am speaking to people applying for a long-term visitor visa. You can make your appointment for renewal online at this link. To be fair, I had to make two visits, because they asked for some things I didn’t have on hand the first time. I think December and January make a lot of sense for many, though, because the move has all the notes of a “new start” and you give yourself a whole year of runway (although some of our readers need only two months!) Think about where you will be in one year whenever you do apply for your visa. I could have chosen to renew it earlier, or I could have just chosen to move to France sometime other than in December, but there it is. Trouble was it was around the time I needed to go back to see my family, take care of some business, etc. I could go on about my year without having to think about this again for a while.īecause I had originally moved to Paris in December 2013 my one-year visa was up that same month in 2014. The relief and triumph wasn’t nearly what I felt when I first got one or confirmed it. I had survived my first year in France and I had just renewed my visa too. Whenever the old printer starts running in a French immigration office, you’re in the clear. The heavy, ancient printer started printing my récépissé.

Remind me tomorrow morning at 8am to photocopy passport