Comments on: VISA received, day of pain over! http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/ I'm very interesting in having funny times! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:29:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Owen http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/#comment-5849 Owen Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:44:47 +0000 http://francetales.com/?p=48#comment-5849 Well since it was almost 1.5 years ago thanks but I even managed to get a renewal of my carte de sejour since then. Once you get the hang of it you know what to do and say and what not to do and say. Bon courage! Well since it was almost 1.5 years ago thanks but I even managed to get a renewal of my carte de sejour since then. Once you get the hang of it you know what to do and say and what not to do and say. Bon courage!

]]> By: Amanda http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/#comment-5812 Amanda Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:00:23 +0000 http://francetales.com/?p=48#comment-5812 Wow, what a trip. You're very lucky. I've been denied two visas now. I've got a third one to do at the same place. I tried a student visa, but apparently they think I smell funny or something (I had been accepted to a college in Nancy). My parter and are are going to try a visitor visa instead this time. Congrats to you! It must feel great. Wow, what a trip. You’re very lucky. I’ve been denied two visas now. I’ve got a third one to do at the same place. I tried a student visa, but apparently they think I smell funny or something (I had been accepted to a college in Nancy). My parter and are are going to try a visitor visa instead this time.

Congrats to you! It must feel great.

]]> By: Owen http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/#comment-2315 Owen Wed, 28 May 2008 07:25:14 +0000 http://francetales.com/?p=48#comment-2315 Well things are going well and I found out a while ago that I don't have to renew the VISA, just my carte de sejour. It is certainly not what I expected but I have to say the fonctionnaires here in France have been easier to deal with than the ones in DC. Don't know why. Now that I know how it works the renewal should be much easier. Well things are going well and I found out a while ago that I don’t have to renew the VISA, just my carte de sejour. It is certainly not what I expected but I have to say the fonctionnaires here in France have been easier to deal with than the ones in DC. Don’t know why. Now that I know how it works the renewal should be much easier.

]]> By: Charles Lumia http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/#comment-2308 Charles Lumia Tue, 27 May 2008 21:52:56 +0000 http://francetales.com/?p=48#comment-2308 What a process... That is a great story though. Hilarious too, as indeed I have also been a victim of SBS, though it wasn't quite as severe as the people in your story had it. Anyway, I see that this is from a while ago; I'm glad that everything worked out in the end. Hopefully things are still going well, and that your renewal will be much easier. What a process… That is a great story though. Hilarious too, as indeed I have also been a victim of SBS, though it wasn’t quite as severe as the people in your story had it.

Anyway, I see that this is from a while ago; I’m glad that everything worked out in the end. Hopefully things are still going well, and that your renewal will be much easier.

]]> By: Tips for moving to and living in France | France Tales http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/#comment-1974 Tips for moving to and living in France | France Tales Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:13:46 +0000 http://francetales.com/?p=48#comment-1974 [...] My VISA appointment [...] [...] My VISA appointment [...]

]]> By: Using credit cards in Europe | France Tales http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/#comment-1262 Using credit cards in Europe | France Tales Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:33:23 +0000 http://francetales.com/?p=48#comment-1262 [...] Guess what, it worked the first time. No problem. We got in to the theater. I can’t figure out why the cashier created 10 minutes of intense stress for himself. I could see if he tried it once or twice and it didn’t work and he didn’t want to keep trying it over and over. That wasn’t the case, it worked immediately. He had refused to even try it because once it didn’t work when he had tried it. I say stress for him because I knew we were  going to get in because we had used the card before. I knew Jean-Jacques would not drop the issue until we got in. I say stress for him because others were in line and looking angrily at him not us. He was all of 20 years old, I thought, he has a promising career ahead of him at the VISA department in the Embassy in Washington DC. (see here to understand) [...] [...] Guess what, it worked the first time. No problem. We got in to the theater. I can’t figure out why the cashier created 10 minutes of intense stress for himself. I could see if he tried it once or twice and it didn’t work and he didn’t want to keep trying it over and over. That wasn’t the case, it worked immediately. He had refused to even try it because once it didn’t work when he had tried it. I say stress for him because I knew we were  going to get in because we had used the card before. I knew Jean-Jacques would not drop the issue until we got in. I say stress for him because others were in line and looking angrily at him not us. He was all of 20 years old, I thought, he has a promising career ahead of him at the VISA department in the Embassy in Washington DC. (see here to understand) [...]

]]> By: Carte de Sejour | France Tales http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/#comment-384 Carte de Sejour | France Tales Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:10:17 +0000 http://francetales.com/?p=48#comment-384 [...] the horrible experience I had getting my student VISA in DC, read about it here, I was dreading applying for my carte de sejour. A carte de sejour is a residency permit in France. [...] [...] the horrible experience I had getting my student VISA in DC, read about it here, I was dreading applying for my carte de sejour. A carte de sejour is a residency permit in France. [...]

]]> By: Owen Peery and Jean-Jacques Giret http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/#comment-61 Owen Peery and Jean-Jacques Giret Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:58:00 +0000 http://francetales.com/?p=48#comment-61 Life is pretty good right now, even though coming up I have my carte de sejour appointment. I dread going to the post office in the states, the people are surely surly. I can think of any number of "fontionnairre" like experiences in the states that are very unpleasant.<br/><br/>I was finishing a cheesy murder mystery last night called Echo Park by Michael Connelly. At the end the main character says something like pain is suffering leaving the body. Not very insightful or poetic but I thought about it in relation to my VISA appointment.<br/><br/>I'm glad I could vent about it here because Jean-Jacques is sick of hearing about it. Life is pretty good right now, even though coming up I have my carte de sejour appointment. I dread going to the post office in the states, the people are surely surly. I can think of any number of “fontionnairre” like experiences in the states that are very unpleasant.

I was finishing a cheesy murder mystery last night called Echo Park by Michael Connelly. At the end the main character says something like pain is suffering leaving the body. Not very insightful or poetic but I thought about it in relation to my VISA appointment.

I’m glad I could vent about it here because Jean-Jacques is sick of hearing about it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/#comment-60 Anonymous Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:04:00 +0000 http://francetales.com/?p=48#comment-60 Bravo, Owen!!<br/><br/>And by the way, you other anonymous dude, we go through all this crap because once we're here and don't have to deal with fonctionnaires any more, life is pretty good. Even the French complain about their own fonctionnaires (although like the weather, no one does anything about it). Bravo, Owen!!

And by the way, you other anonymous dude, we go through all this crap because once we’re here and don’t have to deal with fonctionnaires any more, life is pretty good. Even the French complain about their own fonctionnaires (although like the weather, no one does anything about it).

]]> By: Owen Peery and Jean-Jacques Giret http://francetales.com/2007/09/27/visa-received-day-of-pain-over/#comment-44 Owen Peery and Jean-Jacques Giret Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:20:00 +0000 http://francetales.com/?p=48#comment-44 Liberte, Egalite (for some), and Fraternite.<br/><br/>The PACS is better than domestic partnership but not quite enough. Liberte, Egalite (for some), and Fraternite.

The PACS is better than domestic partnership but not quite enough.

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