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Moving to France
Your moving checklist
Answer a few questions and get your steps in the order you need them, each with its guide.
Where are you moving to?
The checklist covers the long-stay visa and its validation, social security and the carte Vitale, registering a business and your first tax return, in the order they depend on each other.
Guides in this checklist
- How to validate your long-stay visa (VLS-TS) in France
- How to get your French social security number and carte Vitale
- How to file your first income tax return in France
- How to register as a micro-entrepreneur in France
- How to pay the student life contribution (CVEC) in France
- How to register an S1 form in France (healthcare for pensioners)
- The republican integration contract (CIR) with OFII
- How to exchange a non-EU or UK driving licence in France
Helpers share personal experience. This is not legal, tax or immigration advice.