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France paperwork, made simple.

Your calm companion for building a life in France. Answer a few questions about yourself and get a hyper-personalized checklist of every form, deadline and office visit.

  • Never miss an important French admin deadline.
  • Get a personalized checklist in minutes.
  • Know exactly what to do, when, and how for each administrative process

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Your checklist

Arriving in France

42%

  • Validate your long-stay visa online

    Done — well done!

  • Get your French health card (Carte Vitale)

    This is your next step

    Next
  • Apply for housing aid (CAF)

    We’ll guide you when you’re ready

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“Bonjour Margaret 👋 Your visa is validated — lovely. Next, let’s get you a French health card. I’ll walk you through it.”

See how it works in 75 seconds

Follow Raj from “where do I even start?” to a finished dossier.

What you'll see: how a few questions about your situation become a personalized, step-by-step checklist — then how the tools write your letters, check your dossier and fill your official forms for you.

Raj, a newcomer to France
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Who it's for

Your checklist is built from your situation — not a generic guide. Here's who we help most.

  • Retirees

    Planning your retirement in France, with the visa, healthcare and tax steps in the right order.

    Visitor visa · PUMa · pensions

  • Students

    Arriving to study — from validating your VLS-TS to CAF housing aid and student health cover.

    ANEF · CAF · CVEC

  • Family joining family

    Reuniting with a spouse, parent or child in France, including attestation d'accueil and family reunification files.

    Regroupement familial · Cerfa 11527

  • Workers & the self-employed

    Starting a job or a business — social security number, URSSAF registration and your first tax return.

    Ameli · URSSAF · impôts

  • Property owners & second-home movers

    Settling into a home you already own: utilities, local taxes and residency paperwork.

    Taxe d'habitation · domicile

  • …and anyone facing French admin

    If a prefecture, a CAF office or a Cerfa form is standing between you and your plans, you're in the right place.

    Every département covered

See it in action

Watch the Pro tools do the work.

No sign-up needed. Four live previews of the tools that cut French admin down to size.

Letter writer

What it does: You describe, in plain English, what you need to say. It writes the letter in correct, formal French — the wording French administrations expect.

Use it when: Chasing a late CAF payment, replying to the prefecture, cancelling a contract, or contesting a decision.

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CAF (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales)
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Purpose
Your letter will appear here…
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Built by people who have navigated French admin themselves

Covers 200+ administrative steps

Personalized to your real situation

Designed for expats, students, retirees and families

How it works

Three simple steps. No jargon.

1

Tell us about you

Four quick questions about your visa, family, work and home. Two minutes, tops.

2

Get your checklist

A clear list of exactly what to do, in the right order. Nothing extra, nothing missed.

3

We guide you

Tick tasks at your pace and ask our assistant anything, in plain English.

Start now — takes 2 minutes

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Your journey

The 5 phases of settling in.

200+ admin steps mapped into five calm, manageable phases — from your visa application back home to your long-term renewals.

  1. 01Preparing

    Before you leave

    • Long-stay visa (VLS-TS)
    • Apostille & translate documents
    • Health insurance for arrival
  2. 02Landing

    First 2 weeks

    • Validate your visa online
    • Open a French bank account
    • Get a French phone number
  3. 03Settling in

    First 3 months

    • Register with Assurance Maladie
    • Apply for CAF housing aid
    • Find longer-term housing
  4. 04Integrating

    First year

    • Carte Vitale & doctor
    • Swap your driving licence
    • File your first tax return
  5. 05Staying

    Ongoing & renewals

    • Renew your titre de séjour
    • Annual tax declaration
    • Long-term / citizenship path

What changes for you

Less admin dread. 
More life in France.

Stop dreading the mailbox

Upload any French letter from CAF, Ameli or the tax office. Get a plain-English summary and the exact next step — in seconds.

Get answers without the 2am rabbit hole

Ask in plain English and get a calm, accurate answer sourced from official French guidance — with the next action already lined up.

See only what applies to you

No more generic guides. Retiring, freelancing or moving with kids? Your checklist reflects your real life, not someone else’s.

Warm Parisian café terrace at golden hour, the calm after the paperwork is done

You bring the croissant. 
We’ll handle the French admin papers.

Simple plans

Free for the essentials. Always.

Upgrade only when you want extra help — translating documents, filling forms, or landing in France with everything sorted in 90 days.

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Everything you need to get started

€0/month

  • Your personal checklist
  • Progress across all 5 phases
  • 3 assistant questions / month
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Extra help when paperwork piles up

€14/month

  • 80 assistant questions & 15 translated pages / month
  • Pre-filled prefecture & ANEF Cerfa PDFs — you sign & upload
  • .ics calendar deadline reminders (120/60/30/7/1 days before)
  • Prefecture-ready folders & exports
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Installation Pack

Land in France in 90 days — one payment

€59 one-time

  • Full Pro access for 90 days — no auto-renewal
  • Visa validation, TDS, CAF, CPAM, bank, lease
  • Pre-filled Cerfa PDFs & prefecture-ready folders
  • Keeps your dossier & vault after day 90
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