travels99
American looking for information about France
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About me
American
Registration: 25 July 2025
My expat journey
France
USA
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VS-LTS permits application to pUMA (and carte vitale?) by levieuxparis
I've been spending less than 183 days/year in France for 25 years and would apply for a long term stay visa if it would allow me to acquire a carte vitale (AI thinks one can buy into the system based on income). Has anyone from USA done this in the ...
Hello, I think the AI (LLM) is leading you astray, there is no gray area for residency to qualify for carte vitale nor PUMA. I posed your exact question to Claude and as I usually preface it with facts only, no guessing, tell me if you do not know ... Read More
Profession liberale visa when one spouse is already retired by travels99
Bonjour!We have been researching France, and originally were looking at long stay as my husband has military retirement, VA disability and Social Security income. I'd prefer to wait to file for Social Security till I'm 65 which is still a number of ...
Hello,Thanks so much. The French Visa website is a bit confusing as it seems to only address if you are trying to setup a new business in France, not have something that is just getting started in the US and will stay in the US.Mary Read More
Profession liberale visa when one spouse is already retired
Bonjour!We have been researching France, and originally were looking at long stay as my husband has military retirement, VA disability and Social Security income. I'd prefer to wait to file for Social Security till I'm 65 which is still a number of ... Read More