For people moving to France and living here
How France for Me works
Visa, health cover, CAF, taxes, the préfecture, a letter you don't understand. Ask in your own language: an answer with the official source, then your steps, dates and documents.
AskHow it works
Ask
No account needed. Answers are built on the official Service-Public sheets, and you see the source.
Save it as your situation
Email or Google and two questions. The topic becomes your card: steps in order, dates, where you booked.
Stay on track
Reminders 30 and 7 days ahead, a calendar on your phone, letters and form help, an encrypted document vault.
What you find here
French bureaucracy is hard: many websites, rules in French, deadlines that are easy to miss. France for Me puts it all in one place. Here you find what applies to you, understand it in your own language and prepare what you need: steps, dates, letters, forms. So you do not miss a deadline.
You already live in France
Guides
- OFII: republican integration contract (CIR)
- Insure the home you rent
- Check if you can get housing aid (APL, CAF)
- Choose a family doctor (médecin traitant)
- Emergency numbers: 15, 112, 18, 17
- Sick leave (arrêt de travail): what to do and what is paid
- Injury at work (accident du travail)
- Childcare for a little one: crèche, childminder and the CMG aid
- Tell your employer: maternity or paternity leave
You are moving to France
Moving from…
Guides
- Choose your long-stay visa type
- Gather the documents and apply at the consulate
- Health insurance for the first months, before Ameli
- Validate your VLS-TS within 3 months of arrival
- Open a bank account in France
- Rent your first home without French payslips
- Bring your car and register it in France
- Check whether your driving licence can be exchanged
- Taxes in two countries: what to know before you move
What we never do
- We never log in to your government accounts or submit for you. You submit, on the official site.
- We never sell or book préfecture appointments.
- We never store your social security number (NIR): we mask it.
- We give no legal advice. AI answers are labelled, and for complex cases we point you to a lawyer.
What is free 0 €
- Questionnaire, profile and dated roadmap
- Search in the official Service-Public sheets, with sources
- Chat that knows your profile, up to 20 messages a day
- Reminders in the app and by email
What will be paid later: Scanning a document and filling your profile from it; Form preparation: what to write in each field; Letters from templates (relance, change of address); A document folder ready to submit. Only actions will cost money, never answers or advice. During the beta everything is free. Prices are not set yet: you will see the price before any payment.
In your language
Ukrainian, English, French. Official texts stay in French, as in the source, and we explain them in your language.
Contact
A question, a mistake on the site or an idea: write to us, we answer in English, French and Ukrainian.
Private service, not affiliated with the French government. Information and preparation, not legal advice.
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