Daniela

Thanks for your help...I'll be sure to get my french license within my first year! Bonne journee -

I have a United States driver's license, issued in the state of Maine. I also have an international driver's permit. Can anyone advise me on what I need to do in order to obtain a French driver's license? I am a full time resident here now, in Provence. thanks guys -

If you haven't yet been to the office where you will apply/receive your Carte de Sejour...let me alert you ahead of time that if you are going to the office in Nice, be there well before the gate opens at 7:30am. If you arrive at 7:30am, you will be in the back of the bunch - not a good thing. When the gate opens, the crowd must then form a line at the door to the building up ahead a bit, which opens at 9:00am. Watch out, people will budge here...don't let them, take it from me. People will try to use children and grandmothers to get ahead in line. It's in your best interest to form a brick wall. Once the door opens to the building you must go to a 3rd and final line. They will see THE FIRST 65 PEOPLE ONLY and anyone after that receives an appt to come at another time. My husband and I were number 64 and we thought we were doing well. I am unaware if all offices operate this way, but if someone had warned us ahead of time, we would've secured a better spot in line. FYI, wear running shoes...because no joke, when that 1st gate opens at 7:30am, people will sprint to get to the next line. Finally catching on to this sense of urgency, when that 2nd door opened at 9:00am, my husband and I took off in a sprint. Good thing too...because if we had walked, we never would've been #64, and I wouldn't have gotten my carte de sejour that day. Bonne Chance, Daniela