
Paulux08
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Senegalese expat in France
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About me
Senegalese
Lives in Mantes-la-Jolie, Région Île-de
Speaks I speak French very well as if it were my mother tongue because I was born in Senegal where the official language is French, and I am starting to have a good level in English thanks to my girlfriend
Registration: 29 July 2017
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Hello, I am sending you this message in the hope that you will be able to see it and contact me. I have been living in France for almost 5 years with my parents, I have a Senegalese passport, an indefinite visa, I have a 10-year residence permit (renewable every 10 years) (I am also thinking of starting the procedure for acquiring French nationality but it will take around 18 months before obtaining an answer knowing my relationship is at stake. So no time to waste, so I will do both, namely the application for French nationality and the invitation to the USA.) I took the French baccalaureate and by mistake, I enrolled in the first year of law at Paris University but I stopped after the first semester. I am currently a temporary worker at Renault. I receive a minimum of €1,400 net every month, not counting bonuses and public holidays and overtime and Saturdays worked, which means that I can go up to €2,100 net per month. I am always blameless, no prison or police custody, absolutely none of that. I have not left French soil since my arrival. In fact, I met an African American woman in Paris since September 2016 and we haven't left each other since. The problem is that she has been back in the USA since June and despite all the love we have for each other, we are often in discord (the lack of trust on both sides). We didn't want to get married when we were together because we didn't see our life that way. She didn't want to leave her life in the USA to stay and live in France (that wasn't the goal for her in coming to study for a year in Paris) and I had the fear of the unknown, that is to say changing countries again, integration, embracing a new culture, having to master a new language or worse finding myself doing small jobs that don't suit me. It was in this vein that I also had to refuse to leave France at this time, making it impossible to get married. Today we can no longer wait to see each other again knowing that the distance is slowly killing our relationship. I took the initiative to make the move, that is to say, to leave France to move to the USA with her because I am very realistic that she has much more to lose. Let me explain, she had her Masters in International Affairs and she has just landed a job that pays better than mine so it would be ungrateful of me to continue to tell her to follow me, to make the trip, that is to say, to leave her country to come and settle with me in France, knowing that at the moment I am a temporary worker unlike her. If possible, I would first like to go back to the USA before staying to live there or go there for a period of 90 days and take the opportunity to get married. But given my identity things will not be easy because I will need a visa (which must undoubtedly be a real obstacle course in my opinion). This is how we thought of an invitation. But the main problem is: can she send me an invitation knowing that she is still staying with her mother? or should she get her own apartment first to send me this invitation. Wouldn't it be better to apply for a tourist visa and avoid mentioning that I have a girlfriend there for fear that the person examining my file thinks that I plan to go there to stay with my girlfriend and never return to France? what are really my chances of going to meet my girlfriend and taking the opportunity to get married if possible before returning to France or staying?
I am willing to send you my curriculum vitae so that you can have an overview of my background.
Thanking you in advance!
Interests: sport, listening to music, dancing, traveling
Occupation
I am Employed.
My expat journey



Mantes-la-Jolie, ÃŽle-de-France, France

Dakar Department, Dakar, Senegal