The requirements for your move to France, in the order you’ll need them.
The requirements in the order you need them, from a knowledge base re-checked against official sources every week, because the numbers move more often than anyone tells you.
- 12 months outChoose your visaFive main long-stay types. Retired and not working narrows it to one.
- 6 months outOrder apostillesMarriage and birth certificates. State processing runs to weeks.
- 3 months outBook the consulate appointmentSlots fill first for spring movers.
- On arrivalValidate through ANEFWithin three months, or the visa lapses.
50 topics, re-checked every week
Requirements, fees and thresholds change without announcement — the SMIC benchmark moved twice in 2026 alone. Every topic is re-verified against official French and US government sources, and anything that changed is flagged.
The guides tell you what is required. The portal does it with you.
Everything above is free to read and always will be. What members get is the same information turned into their own file — dated, tracked, and answerable.
Screens show a sample household. No member’s information is ever shown.
Ask about your own situation
The assistant knows your visa route, your dates, who is applying and what you have already gathered — so answers are about you, not about visas in general.
The guides answer the general question.
Your dossier, tracked
Every document the consulate will want, with what is done, what is outstanding and what needs an apostille first.
The guides list what is required.
Dated from your move
Tasks and deadlines counted back from your actual date, so you find out an apostille takes weeks while there is still time.
The guides say roughly when to start.
Documents drafted for you
The letters your visa route calls for, drafted from your profile as PDFs you can edit, download and sign: the cover letter, the declaration not to work, a statement of resources, and where they apply a host's attestation d'hébergement, a sponsor's attestation de prise en charge, an employer letter for remote work, a relationship statement or a business-plan outline.
The guides describe what each one has to say.
MyTravelStatus, included
The Schengen day tracker opens inside your portal, already signed in: log your trips against the 90-in-180 rule and see where you stand before you book. Every person in your household is counted separately, and once a French visa or permit starts, their days in France stop counting. Membership covers it; there is nothing else to buy.
The guides explain the rule.
Explore France
Location reports on a commune or a region, written against current official sources and saved to your file.
The guides cover the common cases.