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Thanks, everyone, for your useful comments.  We might try hopping over the channel to open a bank account there and then.  Can this be done in one day, in your experience, and if so, what documents (apart from a passport) does one need to provide? Anna  

I hope someone will be able to advise me. We are in the process of buying a house in France and need to open a French bank account as soon as possible.  When we contacted the BNP bank in France, they informed us that they would require a minimum deposit of 8,000 euro which they would then put in a savings account for us.  This is security for them, but effectively dead money for us, as we would not have access to it until the day we closed the account.  Does anyone has any experience of dealing with another French bank which would require a smaller deposit? Thanks for any advice on this! Anna

Thanks a lot to all of you for your helpful replies. It is really heart-warming for such a new forum member like me to see how active this forum is. Anna

Hi I am new to this forum so I apologize if this question has already been discussed at length. Do children need to have a record of particular vaccinations before starting school in France?  My children are 10, 13 and 17.  Is MMR vaccination obligatory in France?  When do children get their TB vaccination? Thanks for any help with this! Anna