tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post2942811593329998880..comments2022-09-19T08:28:16.469+02:00Comments on Dispatches from France: in which Vivi forgets that she is a second class citizenVivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01430365550674784871noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-19716320786668144242010-05-24T18:31:32.983+02:002010-05-24T18:31:32.983+02:00Hi fraise. It's important to remember that not...Hi fraise. It's important to remember that not all states are equal. I had to pay $50 to get my own birth certificate, because I wasn't able to appear in person and I don't have an American piece of ID other than a passport (which was not accepted, for whatever reason). However, if you know of a centralized website where I can request birth certificates I'd love to know about it.Vivihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430365550674784871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-9456470653442277602010-05-24T18:20:37.873+02:002010-05-24T18:20:37.873+02:00The papers aren't hard to get from the US - my...The papers aren't hard to get from the US - my family is no longer in touch with me at all (long story, sigh), and I was able to order my parents' birth certificates and my own entirely online. It wasn't very expensive, either. But... getting them translated by a court-approved translator is. Other than that, it's really not too hard.<br /><br />I too am thinking it's the bankfraisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312672430004079169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-68015729408684375782010-05-19T14:13:28.477+02:002010-05-19T14:13:28.477+02:00I had a bank loan to buy an apartment and I'm ...I had a bank loan to buy an apartment and I'm not French and was seperated from my French husband at the time I asked for it. I had no problems but then I wasn't at the 'teachers' bank. I have been in a lot of banks in France and there are several that should be avoided - even by French people.<br />I've been in France over 20 years, married for 14 years and have never takenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-2406158238369429472010-05-19T12:12:57.296+02:002010-05-19T12:12:57.296+02:00I feel for you, Vivi!
It must have been awful to ...I feel for you, Vivi! <br />It must have been awful to be faced with that kind of undeserved ignorance. <br />So glad that you two were able to calm down and ignore her. I would have fumed for days!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245742506531002363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-55578423858441903542010-05-17T21:25:09.520+02:002010-05-17T21:25:09.520+02:00I can't remember if I blogged about this, but ...I can't remember if I blogged about this, but something similar (although not exactly the same) happened to me, so you are not the only one. We didn't have a problem with our loan itself (we also had a decent down payment) but it was the mandatory insurance that gave me flack for my US citizenship and was going to increase the cost of our loan significantly. <br /><br />I do remember Pardon My Frenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097929973860968006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-83850892534029989922010-05-17T20:03:36.907+02:002010-05-17T20:03:36.907+02:00I'm going to send it all off today!!! I starte...I'm going to send it all off today!!! I started receiving the necessary docs the beginning of March, so a total of 3 months if you're on top of everything!<br /><br />I can't believe you've run into small mindedness like that :-( boo. People in Normandy are sick of the English who buy up tons of property so when I'm mistaken for English I quickly correct them. But they LOOOVE MilkJamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06739677330268984829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-10468979686369480892010-05-17T19:05:00.217+02:002010-05-17T19:05:00.217+02:00hello from another expat in France! Sorry that yo...hello from another expat in France! Sorry that you had that life sucking woman in front of you, i feel your pain. <br /><br />I'll be back to read up on fry's adventures... i'm a sucker for bilingual baby stories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-36449496425321818912010-05-17T18:48:56.554+02:002010-05-17T18:48:56.554+02:00Odd. We didn't have any snags with our loan e...Odd. We didn't have any snags with our loan either. The fact that I was American and unemployed didn't bother them at all. Of course, the loan was easy. The rest, not so much.Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561518948847153812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-90364273800860486802010-05-17T17:24:09.261+02:002010-05-17T17:24:09.261+02:00You and Katia really ran into some crazies today, ...You and Katia really ran into some crazies today, that's for sure. I haven't yet encountered this sort of thing but can only assume it could happen to me too. I also intend to go for citizenship soon as I qualify for it (two more years of marriage, first, thanks to Sarko) but it occurs to me that even if we get citizenship, we'll STILL be foreigners to people like your banker. We'The Inside Skinny Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409942543315008503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-32204180711241522382010-05-17T12:56:38.589+02:002010-05-17T12:56:38.589+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04304074675371820829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-14176099701277997182010-05-17T12:19:46.198+02:002010-05-17T12:19:46.198+02:00That's horrible! I'm sorry to hear that yo...That's horrible! I'm sorry to hear that you are having to deal with idiots. I decided to skip all of the nasty bank stuff and go with a courtier for our house since my hubby and I are both in the private sector. So far I haven't run into any problems with our loan but now i'm considering myself lucky! Situations like that make me so angry. I hope the rest of the process goes Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17496193808385291916noreply@blogger.com