trainman Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Hello,We are planning to purchase an existing B&B in France.My question is... before we move to France do we need to apply for a Carte de commercant etranger, or a long stay visa and then apply for a residency permit once we are established in our new home?Any info on this matter will be greatly appreciated.Trainman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote user="trainman"]We are planning to purchase an existing B&B in France.My question is... before we move to France do we need to apply for a Carte de commercant etranger, or a long stay visa and then apply for a residency permit once we are established in our new home?[/quote]Have a look at the link below which may be of some help:http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0001/moving_to_france.shtmlI suspect that you will have to apply for a long-stay visa (ie one-year) initially to get into the country, and to do this you will need to provide evidence of how you will support yourselves - IIRC you need to have evidence of income amounting to around 700€/month for a couple (assuming that this is the current value of RMI). Oh yes, and you will need to show that you have health cover ...RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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