Travel Reference
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BUREAUCRACY
You will need to arrive in France prepared for bureaucracy. Be
sure to bring with you: your driver's licence, your marriage
certii cate, your birth certii cate, any advanced educational
or professional degree certificates you've earned, your
international student ID card... all of these originals, as well
as copies. You will also need extra passport photos, all the
necessary information about your bank accounts, credit
cards, and medical prescriptions, as well as receipts for
purchases of major items you are bringing with you, such
as computers and entertainment systems. You might want
to scan all of this data into your computer and save it on a
i le that you have also backed up.
Before you leave, you will benei t greatly from a number
of publications on the internet.
Transitionsabroad.com offers
their own recommendations
(“Moving to France”) about long-
term visits to France, as well as
referring to other useful sources,
including the Junior Service
League of Paris, which has a
whole book on the subject. (
See
the 'Further Reading' section
.)
Getting internet service in
France will be one of your i rst
The Police
While you are living in a democracy
in France, some different rules
apply. For one thing, the national
police (who also manage Paris)
have the right to arrest and
detain you as they deem proper.
(Yes, Georgia, even if you are
an American!) Never argue with
a policeman unless you want a
night in jail. I would not bother
to ask them directions, either.
Tourist assistance is not part of
their job description.
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