Questions tagged [france]
Country in Western Europe known for food, culture, and architecture, with a Mediterranean coast and Paris as its capital and largest city.
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Why are coaches only allowed one way Beauvoir to Noirmoutier on the Passage du Gois?
I read on https://www.passagedugois.com/crbst_3.html (mirror):
Coaches [are only allowed] one-way Beauvoir to NOIRMOUTIER.
Why are coaches only allowed one way Beauvoir to Noirmoutier on the Passage ...
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Is it possible to transit through Orly Airport with two separate tickets?
I'm Algerian and U.S. Permanent Resident, I have a repatriation flight booking from ORY to Algiers Airport and a Separate ticket from JFK to ORY passing through CASABLANCA Airport (Morrocco), I was ...
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Returning to France as a resident
I'm British and have been living in France for just over 5 years. I am a resident without official residency papers (I don't have to have these until June, due to brexit).
I've been visiting my ...
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Are Adaouste and Audoste in Provence the same place?
I'm looking at Neolithic use of dyes in France. I've come across references to woad being used in Neolithic times in Adaouste, Bouches-du-Rhône, and in Audoste, Bouches-du-Rhône. Are these the same ...
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Do I need negative covid test for transit through France (CDG)
I have booked Santiago, Chile (SCL) - Paris (CDG) - Manchester, UK (MAN) for Dec 30. Both arriving and departing flights from France are in terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle.
However, it's not clear to ...
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France: when can I buy a ticket on the train?
I've heard announcements on trains in France saying (I paraphrase):
if you haven't been able to buy a ticket, you should buy one from the nearest conductor as soon as possible
When traveling on a ...
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May a cyclist or a pedestrian cross from Switzerland to France near the Basel EuroAirport without going into the airport?
I was cycling today in Switzerland, and I found myself on the path along Route Douaniére heading toward the Basel EuroAirport. I figured I'd cycle up to the airport, find a way to cross into France, ...
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Transiting France from UK to Switzerland (December 2020)
Can I stay in a hotel in France for 1 night while transiting from the UK? I am an EU citizen and need to travel to Switzerland.
I am a Swiss national and my Hubby is German.
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2 Hours transit in Paris Charles de Gaulle (From USA to Spain)
I am a Spaniard expat working in USA.
I have a incoming flight from JFK to AVG (Malaga) with a 2pm stop in CDG.
Its a routine flight that I have done it several times in the past, but not during the ...
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Ski holidays in France - January 2021 and Covid pandemic
Year ago I booked a ski trip to Les Menuires, from january 8th to 17th 2021.
It has been cancelled due to pandemic, but since the lockdown in France has ended I hope to go there - on my own.
What I'm ...
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Travel inside the EU with expired student visa
I am a Brazilian who is currently a student in Lisbon, I would like to travel to France in a few weeks and my student visa is expired, however, I am still enrolled in the university for next semester, ...
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Can you identify this restaurant at this address in 2011?
In August 2011, my sister and I went to a restaurant in the Champs-Élysées. I'm trying to identify which one. I have some shaky video and this photo. On the back of the menu, it looks like it is a ...
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EU Travel at the end-of-year [closed]
I'm a brazilian passport holder with a French residence permit living in France. We now have a nationwide lockdown here which will be lifted the 15th, being replaced by a curfew.
I would like to know ...
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I want to travel in Uk with my spouse
I am interested about some informations.
We are a new couple and we want to travel in Uk for honeymoon from brussel by train. My wife is EU citizen. Can we travel in UK together with marriage ...
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Post-Brexit travel to France to conduct holiday let maintenance/administration
I am a British citizen, resident in the UK. I have a small property in France that I run as a holiday let. I’m trying to understand how I can enter France to visit my property after the transition ...
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Does an Algerian on pre-settled status in the UK need a visa to travel to France?
My Algerian husband just got his pre-settled status in the UK for 5 years. I am from France and would love to visit my family with him for Christmas.
Does he need to apply for a visa as the UK is not ...
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My USA passport to France wasn’t stamped, can I re-enter?
I’m American and recently bought a house in France. On July 17 I traveled from USA to France. On Oct 10 I returned to the USA (to make sure it was less than 90 days). Leaving France the border agent ...
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Can you bring your scooter on TER trains?
I see SNCF write about using scooters in train stations but I can't find any information on whether it's allowed to bring the scooter on the trains or not. I see that bikes are permitted, but some ...
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Can an American travel to France through the UK with a negative Covid test?
In October with the latest Covid travel restrictions update, is the flight Boston > London > Paris possible for a US Citizen in possession of a <72h negative Covid test ?
Do I instead have to ...
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How does UK quarantine work for visits specifically to see family?
I would like to see my parents who I haven't seen since February. They live within an hour's drive of Dover, I live within an hour's drive of Calais.
With the current Covid restrictions, people ...
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Is there any COVID restriction to do a layover in Paris, France?
A friend from Brasil is coming to Spain and she's found a flight from Sao Paulo with a layover in Paris Charles de Gaulle. She has the Italian passport too. Will she have to do any test or provide any ...
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How exactly 14 days of mandatory quarantine after visiting “red zone” country look like?
I live & work in France (titre de sejour aka residence permit), and going to visit Ukraine some time soon (I'm Ukrainian). While there won't be any issues with entering Ukraine (because of ...
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Can I travel to France with Fiktionsbescheinigung (Fiction Certificate) of Germany [closed]
I am planning to travel to Germany from India and would want to stay in Paris in between for a week.
I have Fiktionsbescheinigung from the German Government.
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European citizen with layover in United States – what documents do I need?
I'm confused by how the US travel ban apply to layovers.
I have a flight from Papeete (French Polynesia) to Paris on October 4 2020. The flight stops at Los Angeles Airport for 2h30.
I will be ...
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Visa application asking if you have a residence in country other than your nationality
I have a valid student visa for Russia. I am applying for France, in the application form, it says, do you have a residence in a country other than your current nationality. Do I check No or Yes? Does ...
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Why are French emergency passports only valid for one year (vs. 10 years for regular passports)? E.g. are they less secure than regular passports?
I read on https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1373 (mirror):
Un passeport temporaire peut être délivré en urgence pour un motif d'ordre médical ou humanitaire ou pour des raisons ...
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Is it legal to avoid the UK quarantine (August 2020) on passengers returning from France by traveling via another country?
I'm British, due to travel to the south of France for a week, flying from London to Turin (Italy) and driving across the border (it's the closest airport to my destination in France)
The UK has just (...
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American citizen crossing from UK to France
I'm an American citizen and will be visiting London. After the mandatory quarantine, will I be able to travel to France via Eurostar? Are there passport checks in Paris and could I be denied entry?
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Customs duty for bringing two laptops into France
I'm a PhD Student who will come to Toulouse to work on a computer science project. I have one little concern since laptops are especially important to my work, I would like to bring two with me, one ...
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Are French hotels currently prohibited from using air conditioning?
We just arrived at a 4-star hotel in France that says they are not allowed to have air-conditioning because of new Regulations. We are aware of regulations that affect restaurants, but this is the ...
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Identifying a Romanesque church in France from a 1900s photo
I'm trying to identify this building:
For completeness, this is the unrestored uncropped version:
According to metadata, the image was taken in 1900-1910 and it is captioned as "facade of a ...
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Where is this tower, likely photographed in Belgium about 100 years ago?
This photograph is labelled as "restoration of a Belgian tower" and taken between 1920 and 1930, although both pieces of information might be wrong. However, it must have been taken before ...
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Dover ferry port will border force prevent four people travelling in one car
We are a group of 4 friends going by ferry France/ Dover, in mid-august, will we be prevented from traveling by car by border force? We have been self-isolating before our trip.
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Applying for French visa from UK
I need to apply for a short visit visa to France from London. I satisfy all the required conditions such as having a valid leave to remain in the UK.
https://france-visas.gouv.fr/fr_FR/web/gb just ...
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Travel from UK to France as a non-European UK resident during Covid-19 restrictions
I am a non-permanent resident in the UK without a British or EU passport but have a nationality that in normal times grants visa free access for 90 days in the Schengen area. Looking at the French ...
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Are French beaches open for the public in general?
Due to the current covid-19 situation many countries have limited the public places in some way. For instance, in Spain there are some beaches that have a limited number of spaces available that need ...
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EEA family permit application location requirements
I'm French, my wife is Chilean. I'll keep my questions brief. Can my non-EU wife apply for an EEA family permit from within any country (apart from the UK, obviously) even if it is not her country of ...
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Transit France by car with an overnight stay - need to self-quarantine?
I'd like to transit France by car to travel from the UK to Italy. Given the length of the trip this would require at least an overnight stay.
The latest advice is that, following new UK regulations ...
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Can I (US Citizen) legally travel to France and Back right now? (late May 2020)
I have been riding out the pandemic in the UK with my girlfriend (she is a UK citizen only) but I am a US citizen.
We want to do a holiday somewhere but she can't come to the US.
But can I leave ...
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Traveling with a seaman's pass from UK to France mid-June, must one quarantine for 14 days upon arrival?
We would need to travel mid June from UK to France by air and at the moment we understand that from June 8th France would require us to go into quarantine for 14 days. This is a work trip so that ...
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Car travel through France to Spain - what restrictions are in place due to Covid19? [closed]
I have a villa in Spain that I was planning to go to at the end of July. I know that all borders were at one time closed - but I am also now told that they are open? but, in Spain, you need a green ...
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VLS-TS traveling to France amid covid19
I have a French long-stay visa ("visa de long sejour-titre de sejour" or VLS-TS) that was recently issued in February. I was going to travel to France in the middle of March, but, due to covid-19, my ...
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Travelling through France: subject to French restrictions re COVID-19?
If I travel from the UK to France at the moment (20/03/2020) I need to provide proof that I am on an 'authorized outing', as per the regulations here:
https://www.gouvernement.fr/en/coronavirus-covid-...
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How risky is a 2 hours layover in Paris Charles de Gaulle considering the COVID-19 situation? [closed]
I shall be traveling to the US from India on 10th June this year for an internship, accompanied by my family. I booked a round-trip Delta flight recently; it has a ~2 hr layover at Paris Charles de ...
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Can I enter France with an Italian Schengen Visa under coronavirus situation? [closed]
I understand that there will be some issues.
I have got a single entery Italian Schengen Visa valid early April for 2 weeks. But because of the coronavirus, Italy is under lockdown, which means that ...
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Passport not stamped French carte de sejour
I am an Egyptian national who lived as a student in France and when I flew out in 2008, my carte de sejour had expired some 3 months prior. At the airport, the official remarked upon it but I ...
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Can I travel to schengen areas with only my permesso di soggiorno?
Just wanted to ask if it is possible to travel within the Schengen areas presenting only my permesso di soggiorno.
The reason is my passport is with the Irish embassy and I wanted to know if I could ...
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Proof of Accommodation: One day trip in France
I am an Indian citizen planning to travel from London to Paris for a day and then return back to London on the same day itself.
In this case what do I do to show proof of accomodation for my Schengen ...
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6 AM flight from Marseille to Paris
I have a 6:00 AM flight from Marseille to Paris in March, and then an onward connecting flight to the US. I'll be staying at a place in Marseille that is 40 km away from the airport. Would it be ...
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Short stay Visa for France for Algerians
I live and work in France since 4 years now. My parents are in Algeria and wanted to visit me, they applied two times and everytime they had refusals, for random reasons (not enough of money : it was ...
