A guide to marriage and immigration in France.

# French Immigrants # Introduction In France, legal marriage can only be achieved through a civil ceremony held in the city hall. Then, the couple can hold religious ceremonies, secular services or any celebration they choose at their chosen destination. The following is a guide to marriage and immigration compiled by KaoNet. Welcome to read!

French guide to marriage and immigration

1 1 Citizens of countries (Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Kosovo, Laos, Morocco, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and Tunisia) cannot have same-sex marriages in France. This is because of the existing treaties, which means that citizens of these countries must abide by some of their own laws when they are in France. The maid's civil ceremony must be held in a commune connected with you or your future spouse. For example, where one or both of you live, or where your parents live. Find the address and other information of your local maid online. Most of the stores are very small, with only one receptionist (as a result, many people have strange business hours); Simply saying that you want to get married is enough to start the program. In larger towns, you can ask the office to get married (marriage office), although it may cause some confusion if they don't have a separate department.

You must apply to the maid concerned together and prove that both of you are free to get married. This may include a face-to-face interview together or individually. Then, the maid will issue an injunction at a fixed time. This is a procedure for you to publicly announce your intention to get married, so that anyone who knows the time of legal obstacles can inform the registrar.

If one or both of you are not French, this process usually takes at least four weeks, otherwise it will be longer. You can choose when to get married.

Many people get married in France. However, the paperwork for arranging folk weddings abroad is very complicated. Non-residents who have no parents living in France must get special allowance before they get married in France. In fact, * is rarely allowed to do so. Many couples like to have a secular wedding in their country of origin or residence, and a second wedding in France.

Article 2 Common sense of French immigrants buying a house

Open an account in a French bank. According to French law, transactions above 3,000 euros must be transferred by bank. Opening an account in a French bank is undoubtedly the first step to complete the sale of real estate. After opening an account, you can transfer money from China to France to buy a house, or you can apply for a loan directly from the bank according to the buying and selling price of the house and personal qualifications. Due to the stricter supervision system of funds leaving the country, many French banks have to reject the application of China customers to open accounts, and the proportion of individual direct applications is extremely low.

After the bank opens an account, you can start choosing the property you like. French real estate has more advantages than other domestic investment forms, whether it is leasing or self-occupation. For example, the rental income is two to three times higher than that in Beijing, the EU has a long-term visa, children can attend school free of charge, and they will be European residents in the future.

Sign the pre-sale contract After the pre-sale contract is signed, you have 45 days to solve the problem of buying a house, such as applying for a bank loan and looking for a notary who represents your interests.

Sign a house sale and transfer contract. Usually, the transfer formalities are completed within three months after the signing of the pre-sale contract. On the day of transfer, you will get the key to the house.

If you plan to rent the property, you can find yourself a tenant or a local agent to handle the agency procedures.

If you want to get a long-term tourist visa in France through real estate, or go through the formalities of enrolling your children and accompanying them, you need to find a local lawyer to handle it.

Chapter 3 Etiquette of French immigrants

The French shake hands almost every time they meet, and always shake hands when they meet for the first time or in business. When I go to work in the morning, I usually greet my colleagues and shake hands when I leave.

Greeting familiar people (such as favorite restaurant waiter or next-door neighbor) usually requires shaking hands.

However, when colleagues are familiar with each other, or in the case of friends, women often greet their male colleagues or friends and kiss each other on the cheek. Be careful-if you are not sure, please don't take the first step, but be prepared to accept what is about to happen.

Among acquaintances, French manners are naturally more casual. For example, among teenagers and students, the same is true of using names directly.

Friends and family also kiss and greet each other. From two typical kisses (common in Paris) to four kisses in other parts of France. Usually it is not a real kiss, but a cheek brush with kissing sound, sometimes even without any contact or noise at all, usually starting from the left (or right cheek). However, hugs are rare and usually uncomfortable for the French. There's not even a word hug in French.

A common way to get to know someone is to have a drink together. But the French have not become an obstacle to social activities. Instead, guests will have an aperitif or two, and then call it a day. Dinner will be accompanied by wine, which can never replace wine. A glass contains three quarters or less, but it will never be full.

At the dinner table, the French behavior requires the French to put their arms above the table, not on their legs. Shouting in the whole room is not typical French etiquette. Talk to the person you want to talk to before you speak.

A typical gesture of French manners and manners (if not used, just the opposite) is to let another person go through a door first. Men always make way for women. If someone gives in to you, you usually have to thank them or apologize. Asking for forgiveness is often a long-term devaluation, which can be used to suppress anger, because when you move a person in your own way.

The French may be proud of party member, but using titles is still a popular part of French etiquette.