How difficult is it to get citizenship in France?

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Pastor Dave

Before getting a French citizenship, you need to get a work visa. The normal way of doing this is finding a French company that wants to hire you and have them fill out the paper work. This, of course, means you need to have some skill that the French employer is looking for that he can't find in France as cheaply as he can hire you.

After you have a work visa and live in France, it is a many year process to actually be able to apply for citizenship.

calle241031

France always is lecturing everyone around the globe about, "equalite""liberte" and" BS.. ete" the true , they are the most racist people in the whole planet and they have 0 emigration tolerance....Why you want to go there?

delikatne

Like some people have answered before, the French are very xenophobic so it would be hard to get French citizenship or even a working visa (especially now). Just like migrating (legally) to any other country, my advice would be to meet someone who would marry you for the papers; if youâ€™re an American citizen tons of people would want to bargain with you for a mutual arrangement. Even when marrying someone it might be difficult because the process is long and extremely bureaucratic. I would strongly advice to consider a different country in Europe as a starting point, the UK is more lenient towards American migrants and smaller countries like Portugal or Poland are much more welcoming than France. Once you have a EU passport you can live and work in any of the member countries. If your plan is to move to France because you love the language and/or the culture you might want to do some research on Belgium or Luxembourg. If youâ€™re going to go through so much trouble I would rather pursuit Switzerland, thatâ€™s probably the most valuable passport to have out of all the European countries (note, Switzerland is not part of the European Union).

robbie

I'm not French, but I know that it is extremely difficult. Just like any country in Europe.

However, if you are a resident in a common market country you can go live and work in any of the many common market member countries, including France.

If you are in the US. You may be able to get an extended visitor visa, but I doubt very much if you could get a working visa.

www.40daysinparis.blogspot.com

"English is like not even in the top 20 for sounding good."

I see what you mean. There are hundreds of thousands of english-speaking "expatriates" from other countries who are living and working in France. It can be done. There is no overwhelming need to have French citizenship unless you are going to live there forever. If you jump through a thousand hoops, the French will let you live and work there with the appropriate visa. Try visiting France a dozen or so times before going into exile. The language is lovely, but daily life can be complicated. Bloom where you're planted, man. Then take it from there when you're ready.

Nic

France has its problems, but it's generally a really nice country to live in with an unequalled day-to-day quality of life :)

To get citizenship, you'll need to have lived in the country for 5 years, or only 2 years if you have studied for 2 years in a French university (the text is not too clear, but I suppose it means you can apply for citizenship after 2 years in uni). If you have studied for 5 years in a high school teaching in French, you can apply immediately.

You can also marry a French girl, in which case you can apply immediately. Be aware that they will check if it is a real marriage, not a convenience one.

Or you can also join the French army :)

So in general, if you are, have been or plan to be a student, you'll be very welcome. Knowledge is still far most respected than wealth there. Beware that, outside of large/touristic towns, not many people speak English, and even in them far from everyone does, so you'll need to learn some French beforehand, if you don't speak it already. Being American is no trouble at all, French people *love* foreigners who love France.

Good luck!

Edit: a further note... French people are generally a non-believer bunch (less than 10% practice), and generally consider religion to be a strictly private thing. Most will only discuss it on a purely cultural level, and proselitizing is likely to raise eyebrows, either in surprise or disapproval. I'm not judging in the least, but if it's important to you, you should know that beforehand...

exeaquol

I think Calle should die in his sh*thole wherever it's at. As for France, marry a french girl, that's the easiest way to go. Good luck bro

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