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…
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…