American living and working in Paris

thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent
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in AppleOutsider edited January 2014
Are there any US citizens here who have experience with living and working in Paris France?

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  • Reply 1 of 14
    bergzbergz Posts: 1,045member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent

    Are there any US citizens here who have experience with living and working in Paris France?



    Brother's there. Just got back from visiting him. Any questions in particular?



    Get a bike. Rent (really easy) or buy one. It's the best way to get around Paris.



    --B
  • Reply 2 of 14
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by bergz

    Brother's there. Just got back from visiting him. Any questions in particular?



    Get a bike. Rent (really easy) or buy one. It's the best way to get around Paris.



    --B



    Yeah,
    • How hard is it for non-EU citizens to find a job?

    • Do the French issue work permits?

  • Reply 3 of 14
    bergzbergz Posts: 1,045member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent

    Yeah,How hard is it for non-EU citizens to find a job?
    Do the French issue work permits?




    1. You can find a job depending on your qualifications.



    2. Finding papers is a whole lot tougher. Immigration is being cracked down upon all over Yurrup. Even HUGE hi-tech multinational corps have Americans working as illegal aliens because of these difficulties.



    It's just as difficult as getting a green card, basically. Usually they'll require you to have a contract in hand to start processing your papers, which might take a year or more. But many employers require you to have papers before they write up a contract. So there you have it.



    --B
  • Reply 4 of 14
    cybermonkeycybermonkey Posts: 604member
    Join the french foreign legion and after 5 years of blood & sweat your a fully bonefied frenchy with a new identity
  • Reply 5 of 14
    shawnjshawnj Posts: 6,656member
    French language skills essential?
  • Reply 6 of 14
    cybermonkeycybermonkey Posts: 604member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ShawnJ

    French language skills essential?



    no they teach you, all they ask is that you obey them to the letter but you better be fit
  • Reply 7 of 14
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    See if you can hunt down a member named "ZO." He is an American who has lived and worked in Europe for quite some time. He used to live in Belgium, now he's in Paris.
  • Reply 8 of 14
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by cybermonkey

    Join the french foreign legion and after 5 years of blood & sweat your a fully bonefied frenchy with a new identity



    Doesn't the legion have a castle where retirees can live?
  • Reply 9 of 14
    cybermonkeycybermonkey Posts: 604member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent

    Doesn't the legion have a castle where retirees can live?



    I Don't know m8, but if they do it would be a chateaux.
  • Reply 10 of 14
    martinjansonmartinjanson Posts: 13member
    château

    châteaux (plural)
  • Reply 11 of 14
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    Things you should probably avoid saying:

    "If it weren't for da Yanks, you'd be speaking German, Mr. Petain"

    "Disney Rulez"

    "Got any Ketchup?"

  • Reply 12 of 14
    bergzbergz Posts: 1,045member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by curiousuburb

    Things you should probably avoid saying:

    "If it weren't for da Yanks, you'd be speaking German, Mr. Petain"

    "Disney Rulez"

    "Got any Ketchup?"





    "Wow, the Germans really do like to march in the shade!"



    --B
  • Reply 13 of 14
    ke^inke^in Posts: 98member
    "I urinated in the Statue of Liberty once"
  • Reply 14 of 14
    thequicksilverthequicksilver Posts: 2member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by curiousuburb

    "Got any Ketchup?"



    I lived in Paris for three years, and trust me, ketchup is very popular there too.
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