Free tools for moving to France
Each tool answers one question from your own case: a day count, a visa category, a document, a contribution, a licence, a medication. Each page names the official pages it was written from, and the guide where the tool first appeared.
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Schengen 90/180 calculator
Enter your stays in the Schengen Area and the day you plan to land. The calculator counts the days you have already used in the 180 days before, the days you have left and the last day you may stay. 90days of short stay allowed in any 180-day period. -
France visa checker
Pick the situation closest to yours and the checker matches it to the French long-stay visa that fits. 90days: a stay beyond this needs a long-stay visa, whatever your nationality. -
Proof of accommodation checker
Pick your housing situation and the checker shows which documents the proof of accommodation needs for a French long-stay visa file. 3 monthsis the point past which a private stay needs a long-stay visitor visa. -
Healthcare contribution checker
Pick your situation and the checker tells you whether you owe a French healthcare contribution, and which one. 6.5%is the top rate of the subsidiary health contribution (CSM), falling to zero as work income rises. -
Renewal receipt travel checker
Pick your case and the checker tells you whether you can leave France and return while your residence permit renewal is pending. 3 monthsis how long a renewal récépissé is valid, starting the day after your card ends. It can be renewed. -
US accounts checker
Search the account you hold and the checker gives the verdict for a French address. $10,000in aggregate value, at any time in the year, is the line above which a US person files an FBAR for accounts held outside the United States. -
Driver's licence checker
Choose the state that issued your licence. The checker tells you whether France has an exchange agreement with it. 18of the 50 US states have licences that France exchanges for a French one. -
Medication checker
Type the medication you take. The checker gives the French answer and what customs expects. 3 monthsof treatment is what customs accepts for an ordinary medication, when there is no prescription. -
Renewal window calculator
Enter the day your card or visa expires. The calculator gives the day the filing window opens, the day it closes, and says whether you are early, inside the window, late or already expired. 120 to 60days before the document expires: the days between which the regulation says a renewal request is filed. -
Arrival deadline calculator
Pick your long-stay visa and enter the day you enter France. The calculator gives the last day to validate the VLS-TS or to ask for the card, the tax that goes with it and, once you give the end of the visa, the window for the renewal. 3 monthsfrom your arrival in France to validate a VLS-TS and pay the tax.