Moving to France.

[yodeli]

it may depend on the region you are in as they seem to vary in their application of the rules.

Definitely! To get mine has been a nightmare here in Toulouse. I finally got my certificate within 2 seconds at Brive's DREAL .I was sent there par Mister Christian Boullet who checked and fixed everything before! Definitely!

http://www.savignat-roche.com/#normes

His site!

 

[moulin 87]

I've been in the throes of re-registering my Cheyenne here since April.It's a long drawn-out process and I'm nearly there. The hab door on the left was not a problem at the DREAL inspection, which is the final hurdle before applying for immatriculation. However, it may depend on the region you are in as they seem to vary in their application of the rules.

Good luck with your move

Does it have a European Certificate of Conformity? or does it predate those?

 

[PeteH]

Regardless of where you decide to move to. the ESSENTIAL is the you learn to speak the language. You do not necessarily have to be fluent. However if you are least trying to converse you will find integration easier.

The inability to so do, is IMV, the worst thing you could do. AS witness the reason so many in the UK are "peed off" with many migrants here.

 

[Tony50]

Hello!
Any idea where in France, region departement you'd like to settle in?
Do you master French, or just a few words to start with?
Any major problem you don't know how to deal with, let me know. I don't know it all, far from it, especially from the foreign side, but at least I can put you on the right way with specific google search that I certainly master more than you do....in French that is. Also I can give phone calls which will be far less stressing for me than it could be for you, and answers will be better understood as well!
Also on here, stcyr who knows better problems from the English side. I don't know whether you are familiar or not with giving a shout on here to a precise funster so here: use @ then without space the funster's username. Here I call you Basher57

Just a side question if you live in France do you have to pay 30 or 40 Euro's a month for health service when you are retired ?

 

[moulin 87]

Just a side question if you live in France do you have to pay 30 or 40 Euro's a month for health service when you are retired ?

What do you mean by retired? Pre/Post Brexit? Deal or No Deal? Are you entitled to a S1? Do you want/need top up insurance? Answer these questions and maybe some more on your income and maybe there would be an answer....

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[yodeli]

Just a side question if you live in France do you have to pay 30 or 40 Euro's a month for health service when you are retired ?

I'm not sure I got your question right. Working or retired you do not have to pay for social security as a FRENCH person. Well, not really true , in fact it is taken from salary or pension . But we do not really realise it.The only cases you actually have to pay for it is if you have your own business as you are not covered by this system. Also if you leave France for a long time. My son for example is away for a whole year , he had to apply for internation health service. People working in building jobs, ie walls roof floors etc..., have their own social security.
Now Social security doesn't take it all in charge.
Depending on the prob , illness or operation or long last prob as cancer, or disability or alzheimer/parkinson health security doesn't give the same % of money .
Whatever the case, you rarely get 100% back of the money you gave the doctor except the ones in red , so we have to pay for what you could call insurance, except we call it "Mutuelle". This Mutuelle, according to how much you can/want to put on, will cover all or most of the bit left unpaid by our equivalent of your NHS.
Most of them will give you most advantages and will cost around 80 euros/month for a couple under 50 years old
I have a firm's Mutuelle which makes the price more affordable . I only pay 37e/month for me only. I had to look up on my pay slip, I had no precise idea!!
The older you get the more expensive. Of course we have to ask for quotes to see which is best for both purse and health
My mum , 80y old pays 140 but she is really well "covered" and it includes a decease amount for my sister and I.

Have I answered your question the way you were expecting it, or did I miss the point?

 

[Pete5996]

Does it have a European Certificate of Conformity? or does it predate those?

No, seems Autotrail didn't issue them until 2012, I believe, and mine's a 2009.

I got a partial C of C for the cab from Fiat France (€220) which was accepted, a Qualigaz inspection certificate (€444!) for the gas system and the hab area was covered by limited docs from Autotrail, a lot of tabling and plan-drawing by me, and the DREAL single vehicle inspection (Reception de Titre Isole). My Cheyenne was plated at 4005kg by Fiat UK, which wasn't accepted by DREAL, so I had to get a further authorisation from Fiat France at another €50....

That final doc was submitted mid-July and I'm still waiting to get the OK from DREAL.

 

[Pete5996]

Oh Dear! If you need some help when doing homework in French.... let me know. I used to teach French in Middlebrough, a long long time ago!

So it's not really English that you speak, then? Wa-hay, bonny lass!

 

[yodeli]

So it's not really English that you speak, then? Wa-hay, bonny lass!

Excuse me Pete5996 , I'm afraid I didn't get this bit. Speaking a foreign language , doesn't mean I master all the subtleties. Can you explain what you mean please? Sorry I'm only a little froggy.... I can be thick now and then.

 

[Basher57]

Hello!
Any idea where in France, region departement you'd like to settle in?
Do you master French, or just a few words to start with?
Any major problem you don't know how to deal with, let me know. I don't know it all, far from it, especially from the foreign side, but at least I can put you on the right way with specific google search that I certainly master more than you do....in French that is. Also I can give phone calls which will be far less stressing for me than it could be for you, and answers will be better understood as well!
Also on here, stcyr who knows better problems from the English side. I don't know whether you are familiar or not with giving a shout on here to a precise funster so here: use @ then without space the funster's username. Here I call you Basher57

Many thanks for your offer of support. Neither of us speak French but we do have friends in France who have been there for number of years and speak the language. We'll certainly take you up on your offer if they can't help.
We're looking at Brittany, probably central to eastern area.
Cheers

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[Pete5996]

Excuse me Pete5996 , I'm afraid I didn't get this bit. Speaking a foreign language , doesn't mean I master all the subtleties. Can you explain what you mean please? Sorry I'm only a little froggy.... I can be thick now and then.

First of all, I doubt the last sentence - you certainly do far, far better than many of us!

The North-East has a strong regional accent, largely unintelligible to many of we Brits from further south. Think of it as a Parisienne dealing with a local patois!

 

[filopastry]

yodeli the subtleties are the hard part. We speak reasonable French, I can even tell jokes in French (badly) but it is the subtleties that catch you out, these are the differences between fully relaxed conversations and still having to think a little. I'll never understand all the finer points of French, but, my French friends would never expect that.

 

[yodeli]

First of all, I doubt the last sentence - you certainly do far, far better than many of us!

The North-East has a strong regional accent, largely unintelligible to many of we Brits from further south. Think of it as a Parisienne dealing with a local patois!

Funnily I understand rather quickly different accents. I need a little time to figure out what is what. Geordie is obviously another story! When touring Inverness in a small bus with german, japonese and dutch people , I suddendly became the translator from Kenny... Our very Scottish driver and guide to the rest of the passengers who were regularly asking me "what did he say ? " lol ! I ended up in front, next to Kenny , so he could tell me whatever, and I was "translating" . Do I remember better Scottish history .... (I am helpless at History as usual...) NO !

 

[spitfire]

That's the point! As long as the driving licence is English with an English address on they don't know they are checking a french resident

Are you condoning not adhering to the law ! Guillotine for you young lady lol

 

[Charente16]

"That's the point! As long as the driving licence is English with an English address on they don't know they are checking a french resident"

I think that would only apply if you are pulled - over outside the area where you live, especially the case in rural 'Gendarme' policed areas. My wife was stopped for doing a 'Nevada Stop' at a Junction and presented her UK licence, only to be told 'don't you live in Cellettes?' The price you pay for an effective/observant policing system.

She was told to exchange her licence forthwith, otherwise they might have to have 'another little conversation' in the future.

Robert

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[MyrtleGuru]

Funnily I understand rather quickly different accents. I need a little time to figure out what is what. Geordie is obviously another story! When touring Inverness in a small bus with german, japonese and dutch people , I suddendly became the translator from Kenny... Our very Scottish driver and guide to the rest of the passengers who were regularly asking me "what did he say ? " lol ! I ended up in front, next to Kenny , so he could tell me whatever, and I was "translating" . Do I remember better Scottish history .... (I am helpless at History as usual...) NO !

Well a heavy Geordie accent can be very difficult to understand even for natives of other parts of the UK. And it's not just the accent: there is a local vocabulary, different idiomatic use and a very different intonation. Sometimes it sounds to me more like a Scandinavian language than English. One example: instead of saying "our", it sounds more like "woor". If there are any YouTube clips available of a man called Jimmy Nail, you will appreciate the difficulty -- unless he is singing, when his Geordie disappears (mostly)!

 

[Pete5996]

It's all very confusing here at present. The backlog at Nantes has resulted in the French Govt issuing the following directive in April:

The French have taken the decision that if your licence is legal and valid then they want you to continue driving on it until it runs out or a policeman takes it away.

These are the 4 reasons Nantes will exchange your licence.

1. Licence or Photocard due to expire in the next 9 months
2. Licence lost
3. Licence stolen
4. You are INSTRUCTED by a Gendarme to exchange your licence should you commit a serious driving offence (normally a 3 point offence) and are issued a specific notice to do so (not the same as a speeding 1 point letter, just pay the fine).

I'd paid for and had the medical to keep my B1 and C1 categories back in February, then learnt that the exchange wasn't going to be processed. That was a waste of €36!

 

[Tony50]

I'm not sure I got your question right. Working or retired you do not have to pay for social security as a FRENCH person. Well, not really true , in fact it is taken from salary or pension . But we do not really realise it.The only cases you actually have to pay for it is if you have your own business as you are not covered by this system. Also if you leave France for a long time. My son for example is away for a whole year , he had to apply for internation health service. People working in building jobs, ie walls roof floors etc..., have their own social security.
Now Social security doesn't take it all in charge.
Depending on the prob , illness or operation or long last prob as cancer, or disability or alzheimer/parkinson health security doesn't give the same % of money .
Whatever the case, you rarely get 100% back of the money you gave the doctor except the ones in red , so we have to pay for what you could call insurance, except we call it "Mutuelle". This Mutuelle, according to how much you can/want to put on, will cover all or most of the bit left unpaid by our equivalent of your NHS.
Most of them will give you most advantages and will cost around 80 euros/month for a couple under 50 years old
I have a firm's Mutuelle which makes the price more affordable . I only pay 37e/month for me only. I had to look up on my pay slip, I had no precise idea!!
The older you get the more expensive. Of course we have to ask for quotes to see which is best for both purse and health
My mum , 80y old pays 140 but she is really well "covered" and it includes a decease amount for my sister and I.

Have I answered your question the way you were expecting it, or did I miss the point?

When I said retired I meant born on UK living full time in France not earning a wage or. UK old age pensioner. When I said do you have to then 30 / 40 Euros a month to qualify for health care, nothing to do with Brexit as we are still in EU

 

[yodeli]

When I said retired I meant born on UK living full time in France not earning a wage or. UK old age pensioner. When I said do you have to then 30 / 40 Euros a month to qualify for health care, nothing to do with Brexit as we are still in EU

Munchie laneside you 2 should have better answers than I do then. Do you have free NHS in France, as you re both retired in France and worked in UK?

 

[Munchie]

No, we get the same as a French citizen paid for by the UK via the S1 system. We have top up insurance to cover the rest.

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[stcyr]

We have cartes vitales. 73 & 65 ... Mrs. has just had an unexpected week in hospital. Her left foot had been painful for a hile, with a numb toe. As usual she hoped it would eventually go away ... It didn't so in the end she had to see the doc. Cost: €25 ...