Curtis "Ovid" Poe
@Ovid
American expat in France
Forum posts
18
Contacts
3
About me
American
Lives in Les Lilas
Speaks English, French
Registration: 13 December 2011
Activity
Get a visa for spouse in France by Polopollo
Hello I am French and I am married to an american woman. She has a working visa that will expire in some months, and we start looking on how it works to make her to simply have a spouse visa instead of a working visa where she needs to be sponsored ...
Hi Paul, Are you living in France or outside of it? If you're outside of France, contact your nearest French consulate and explain the situation. Under the EEA2 ruling, your spouse has the right to live and work in the same country that you live ... Read More
New on the expat blog directory! by Julie
Hi all, We invite you to discover the new features of the ½ûÂþÌìÌà directory: 1- News You can now share your posts with the ½ûÂþÌìÌà community. The new heading entitled “News” enables you to share the last blog posts: the aim is to highlight ...
These changes look great! I've noticed a bug, though. I just changed my blog address from http://overseas-exile.blogspot.com/ to http://www.overseas-exile.com/ and now I can't find any links to it! For example, on this ... Read More
hi by princesskayla87
hello my name is Kayla and im a mum of 3 boys and is currently living in meaux in Paris and would love to no if there are any people near me that speak English i get quite lonely so just wanna make friends and learn french at the same time if ...
Do you mean Meaux in ÃŽle-de-France? Paris and Meaux are both in ÃŽle-de-France, but they're about 50 kilometers apart. In any event, I hope you like it hear. It's a wonderful country :) (My wife and I almost moved to Meaux when we moved to France, ... Read More
American newbie in Paris by parisdaisygirl
Salut everyone! I'm from Los Angeles, California and recently moved to Paris. As with a lot of people who have moved here, I moved for love. A bit of a cliché but true. I absolutely love French culture and the food is freakin' amazing! Despite ...
Welcome to Paris! I must say, your experience sounds far worse than most (though to be honest, I've only been living here since January, but I've had no incidents). Read More
Acquiring German Citizenship by Ovid
Hi there, I'm actually living in France and planning on getting French citizenship, but I've been doing some research into citizenship laws and I have a quick question about Germany's law here. Specifically, when one naturalizes as a German ...
Thanks to everyone for the replies. I appreciate it. Read More
Write for FRANCE Magazine by FranceMag
I'm a journalist with FRANCE Magazine(North America and Britain's best selling title about France). In each US edition, we feature a column called 'An American in France', where an expat tells us about their life. WeÂ’re currently looking for ...
Hello there, I would be very interested. I am a modestly experience writer (my name on the cover of one book and I'm currently contracted to write another), I have a popular "howto" ½ûÂþÌìÌà at http://overseas-exile.blogspot.com/ and have lived in ... Read More
Acquiring German Citizenship
Hi there, I'm actually living in France and planning on getting French citizenship, but I've been doing some research into citizenship laws and I have a quick question about Germany's law here. Specifically, when one naturalizes as a German ... Read More
An American trying to work in Paris! by mcisne
Hello Expats! So on a whim, I moved to Paris three weeks ago from Texas. I'm young and qualified but wanted to start a new life in Europe. So far, everything has been great, I now have an apartment, friends and am learning more and more French ...
The above information is basically correct: if you wish to live and work in France, you cannot simply move there. Sorry about that. workpermit.com has good information about the process, though it's mostly aimed at employers. Essentially, it's a ... Read More