Afy

Well Tuesday... Checking in at 91.5 Kgs... Was bad last night with copious amounts of Vodka, Jack Daniels, Tequila and Absinth... Not feeling too well this afternoon 21.5 more to go....

I would like a clarification... Are you saying that you dont need any license in france for Shotguns? Or you do not need a license since you have a UK permit. What about rifles and hand guns?  

Sanjeev Is your wife with you? If so.. work on taking home between 3800 and 4400 euros a month. A few other details? - Are you working for a French company? IT I take it. Would like to know which company as well (Naturally nosey since I am in a simmillar situation and field) - What are your specializations? - Are you recieving a salary in India as well? Typically true for deputation. This would complicate your taxes...

[quote]Afy from what you have said, you sound like a prime candidate for banks to want to know exactly where you money is coming from. French banks don't know you either, so will want to be sure that the mon...[/quote] Loan Agreement for a Loan from a sibling? If I told my sister/uncles that we needed a formal loan agreement I think that they would be very offended. But one can always try...

Ok May I join in as well. I just started on Atkins, weighing in at an astounding 96Kgs... need to loose 26 of those...

Well the bank is making us jump through hoops... and have asked for our last three years income tax even though none of the income was earned in France... because we did not live here...  

Tony, I agree with you on the paitence part. I do live in France and yet find it increasingly difficult to find paintence with the french in general. There is a major difference between designing a Web Site and doing actual IT systems, typically in the banking/financial/areospace/business domains. I do not deny that there might indeed be a lot of web designers... but people who actually know and appreciate enterprise architecture et al are very limited. In a previous life I managed teams of 1000 plus developers, and designed software for fortune 50 companies. So what do the great French IT recruiters match my resume for? Well entry level jobs on obsolete technology. I do have a very well paying job here... but can I understand the way the French decide to do business? No because it would appear that the last thing on earth they want is efficiency and things to actually be intutive and rational. Ah well but what do I know? I am not French. If I sound frustrated with this country... well it is because I am. Everything here is a song and dance sequence. Something as simple as getting a pre-paid SIM card from Orange becomes a two and a half hour ordeal... because the Orange people are insistent that thier SIM card will not work with my phone... and even when proven that it does indeed work. They do not want to sell me a sim.   CHeers

Thank you everyone for your inputs. I did go to the bank in this question: Banque Populaire... and not unsurprisingly they were completely clueless about this. All they did was give me the day's exchange rate, and a list of how much it would cost for services if we used them. The lady in charge was even clueless between the differences in remittances to and from France. Ah well...

Woha... I cant believe that no one has the slightest bit of information on this. Maybe a web site or something that might help? Thanks...

[quote]I agree, think again they are one of the noisiest ornemental birds, OK if you have no neighbours. Suggest you have pheasants, or geese, they act as good guard dogs.[/quote] Well the Peacock is basically a Pheasant, and like all Pheasants is pretty noisy...

Well like many of you, I have moved here recently and need to learn French. Mine is pretty much limited to Oui and Une Bier SVP. So have been told that berlitz is pretty good at getting you up to speed on French... was wondering if any of you have any experienece in using them.

Well in theory given that the french still have not really grasped the internet, and the opportunities thereof... theoretically the market should be good. In reality the non-pervasiveness of computing in particular and therefore the internet, actually limits the market. Additionally the limited hi-tech sector IMHO is xenophobic and adds further barriers to the entry of non-French professionals to the segment. In other words the market sucks here for IT as a whole.

hello everyone.... I am new to the forum, and have just moved to France from Asia. A question I have is as follows: I am in the process of setting my self up in france, and am borrowing money from my Family for this purpose. The money will be wired into my account here. Now the questions are as under: 1. Since the money will originate from different accounts in the EU what is the legal limit I can have transfered. 2. Will this be taxed? I dont think so since it is NOT income, but then I know nothing about the legal system here.   Would greatly appreciate your inputs on this...   Cheers.