Additionally, you should prepare any other papers proving that you have both lived at the same address for at least a year. If possible, it’s a good idea to have the rent in both names too, but it cost 200€ to change our lease so we didn’t bother. The contract of the joint bank account we opened together the electricity bill in both names the internet bill in both names an attestation that we are both on his company’s health insurance plan (mutuelle). In our case, this meant that we provided the following papers: Ideally, you should have 12 months of these papers with both names. The key here is to prove that you have been living together for at least the past year- they won’t be terribly interested in anything further back than that. The most important first step you can take in getting this visa is to put as many bills and papers as possible in both names. No official announcements have been made, however, so I’ll do my best to keep this post updated with the latest information about this. UPDATE 2020: The Paris prefecture has changed the requirements for changing to VPF status- you still have to have 1 year of vie commune, but you must have lived in France for at least 3 years on another status. I am not a lawyer or immigration professional and this does not constitute professional or legal advice. It is subjective to the person who is handling your file- this is just my advice about how to prepare based on what happened to me. I’ve included the experiences of 3 others at the bottom of this article as well, so you can see how the process differs for different people.ĭISCLAIMER: This is my own experience and that of my friends, not based on anything but that and the list of papers I was asked to provide by the prefecture to apply for a visa vie privée et familiale as a non-married person. So in the interest of all our sanities, I thought I would put together a guide of how to prepare for the appointment and what paperwork to get together for this status change. ![]() ![]() This isn’t even counting my friends who are on this visa status, whose stories are all so different from each others’ (though they’ve all had to go in more than once to deal with it) which isn’t helpful when trying to figure out how to prepare. Within the expat Facebook groups alone are easily 10 people who will tell you different things about what happened to them when they went in for their appointment. The biggest issue with it, however, is the lack of transparency around the process. Getting this visa has been a huge source of stress for me over the past year, so it’s such a relief to finally have it (and get down to the business of finding a real job). In France, if you renew and stay longer, they do not keep your passport and put any more documentation into it- instead, you will receive a physical card from the prefecture. A visa is what you get in your passport from your consulate or embassy at home. Side note: I refer to this as a visa, as most do, but it’s actually called a carte de séjour. People commonly call this the PACS visa, but it’s actually the same visa status that they have for married people or those who have lived together for a number of years. ![]() The new visa I’m on is called a vie privée et familiale, which translates to “private and family life”, and is based on a number of factors- namely, the fact that we’re PACSed and have lived together for more than a year. You may have seen on my social media accounts that I recently changed my status in France, one that now allows me to work full time and will make my stay here much more stable.
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