We are Maxime and Aurelio, two French founders. We started Easy France Now to help Americans get past the part of moving to France that nobody warns you about: the gap between the official process and the one that actually works.
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We kept watching it happen. Americans who move to France are smart and organized. You read the guides, you book the appointments, you bring every document the official website asks for.
Then the bank will not open your account, the préfecture wants a paper nobody mentioned, and the landlord never replies. That does not mean you did anything wrong.
The official process and the real process are two different things. Closing that gap is the whole reason we exist.
Bring these three documents to your appointment.
They ask for a fourth one, in French, that was on no list, and send you home without it.
Maxime is the one who walks people through it day to day: rental dossiers, utility set-up, banking applications, CPAM onboarding, driving licence exchange, and the daily admin that trips everyone up. He is also the person you talk to if you book a consulting call.
Aurelio handles the legal and administrative side, and writes most of our cross-border money coverage: US tax exposure once you are a French resident, banking constraints under FATCA, inheritance rules, and residency compliance. He is the one who tells you plainly when something needs a licensed professional.
An expat can tell you what worked for them in 2021. Because we are French and live here, we can tell you which banks are opening accounts for Americans this month, which préfectures are fast right now, and which steps quietly changed last week.
This kind of knowledge keeps changing, which is why you will not find it written down in English. It is the foundation for everything we publish and do.
A few things only an insider knows:
Which banks actually open accounts for Americans, and which will waste your time.
Which préfectures move quickly, and which to avoid for your appointment.
The document a clerk will ask for that appears on no official checklist.
How to build a rental file so a French landlord says yes.
Maxime found me an apartment in a beautiful neighborhood in less than a week after I engaged his services.
After over a month of searching with no response from agencies that didn't accept American incomes, I engaged Maxime at Easy France Now. He was available within minutes of me reaching out and an awesome support through the whole ordeal. He clearly knows how the French system works from the inside.
I just needed help with applying for a long-stay visa and Maxime gave me solid advice and a clear list of documents I needed to get. If you need some guidance with the French immigration process I'd recommend these guys everytime.
He helped make sure that my utilities were on and functioning, and he provided extended concierge services to help me get my child enrolled in school and deal with French admin. They advocate for their clients and fight the fight for them, so that clients can relax and live their French dream life.
Cross-border finance is where a wrong answer costs the most, so we do not rely on ourselves alone. Selected guides on investing, taxation and wealth planning are reviewed for factual accuracy by a credentialed professional before publication, and re-reviewed when the rules move. Every reviewed guide carries the reviewer’s name and the date of the review.
Meet our expert reviewersWe do not give legal, immigration, or tax advice, and we do not pretend to. When your situation needs a licensed professional, we say so and point you to one. Our job is to get you ready, so you do not waste your time or theirs.
EasyFranceNow is published by TWENTY M SAS, SIREN 990370603, registered in France. Registered office: 229 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris, France.
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