• Ha, it truly is incredible. I still can't get over the fact that a birth certificate is only valid for 3 months, it makes sorting anything out when you live outside of France practically impossible.

  • Wat. That's something!

    My French partner had to get a certified copy of his birth cert, local council sent it here fast.

  • Yeah, you can get it but if they mess something up and the thing they're sorting for you takes longer than the the certificate is valid for you have to start the whole process again!

    My wife got pickpocketed in Paris about 8 years ago when she tried to get a new driving licence the consulate told her she had to go to where she originally got the licence, who in turn told her she had to apply in London as that's where she lives now. Guess who hasn't driven for 8 years 😂

  • My French partner had to get a certified copy of his birth cert, local council sent it here fast.

    If you're born outside France you have to get the sodding thing couriered from Nantes. Which they say can take "up to 28 days" but you need it for embassies etc. So to get a passport, someone in Nantes has to print my copy, stamp it, post it to me, I take it to the French embassy, they scan it and either shred it or give it back to me. Why they couldn't just bloody use the same computer system in the first place I've not worked out.

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