How to Apply for French Nationality Part Five – I’m French but What Now?
For 18 long months I waited. Waited to see my name up in lights. Then, at 1am on the morning of the 15th of November my friend Gemma called me to tell me my name was in the JO. I finally got my French nationality.…
How to Apply for French Nationality Part Four – The Interview
Five long months later and I finally arrived at the not so pearly gates of the Val de Marne prefecture, ready to face the last step of the nationality process. After weeks of revising and repeating the President’s of the 5th Republic in order, it…
How to Apply for French Nationality – Part Three: The Prefecture
And so it begins… After it took me roughly two months of resending the same email again and again, over and over just to get an appointment, I had mentally prepared myself for a really difficult time at the prefecture. They weren’t going to make…
Getting a Gynecologist in Paris
When I first moved to France, like most people I imagine, I didn’t immediately start looking for a doctor. I waited until I needed to see one and I eventually found a GP that I liked and she became my médecin traitant. When…
How to Apply for French Nationality Part Two – The French Test
As some of you may know, and if you’ve already read my first article How to Apply for French Nationality – Part One, I am currently in the process of applying to become a French citizen through naturalisation. After you’ve followed the steps in my…
7 Things I wish I’d Known Before I Moved Abroad
It’s ironic really, my blog’s name is My Life Living Abroad but I’ve never actually written a post about how I moved abroad and more specifically, how on earth I managed to get all my stuff over here! It was a bit of a logistical…
How to apply for French Nationality Part One – The Paperwork
Find out if you’re eligible to apply for Nationality First things first, if you want to apply for French nationality you need to find out if you are eligible. This information can be found on the servicepublic.fr website but, it’s only in French, so here’s…
What Happens When You’re Sick in France
I often pride myself on the fact that I can answer a lot of administrative questions about life in France. I know how to get a social security number, how to rent an apartment, how to pay taxes, how to open a bank account and…
How to Rent an Apartment in Paris
WE DID IT! WE ACTUALLY FOUND AN APARTMENT! I almost couldn’t believe it when I put pen to paper and signed for our apartment, it was such a relief! This was my first time really looking for an apartment and finding a flat in or…
How to get invited to Paris Fashion Week!
Thanks to the wonderful Melissa, I recently got the chance to go to a Paris Fashion Week Party for Fashion magazine Wheretoget. The party reminded me of just how much I love and enjoy the PFW scene. In the summer of 2015 I got the chance to…
