Details and assistance for negotiating the bureaucratic red tape and Catch-22s, from the mundane to the arcane, including: • Preparing and selling your US home • Getting your long-stay visa and residency permit • International Health Insurance, Guarantee of Repatriation • "Affidavit of good conduct" (non-criminal record) • Covid-19 screening; vaccinations • Document translation • Help Services • Shipping options; mail forwarding • France bank accounts; Currency Exchange Services • U.S. Social Security and IRA implications • Temporary accommodation in France • Accountants in US and France • Emigration and customs, declaration d'entrée • OFII and medical appointments; family doctor (médecin traitant) in France • France health insurance system - NIR, CPAM, PUMA, Carte Vitale, CNI • Buying a car in France, importing a car • Required auto equipment: gilet jaune, triangle de signalisation, and Ethylotest • Getting your France driver's license • Finding a real estate agent • How to search for a home in France • About notaires, fees and taxes • Buying your new home • France home diagnostics: Loi Carrez, Performance Énergétique du Bâtiment, Amiante, Plomb, les Termites, Certificat d’État des Risques Naturels, Gaz, Électrique, Assainissement non Collectif, Mérules, Bruit. • The real estate contracts: Compromis de Vente and Acte de Vente • How to save thousands by wording your contract the right way • Homeowner insurance in France • Going to closing • Furnishing and improving your France home • Settling in France in comfort and ease • Declaring FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) and FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Report)
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