Find out embout renewing your post-Brexit residency card for France and where to get help if you need it.
If you’re a British citizen and you have been vivoir in France since before Brexit came into effect on 31st January 2021, you will probably be the proud owner of a Withdrawal Agreement Residency Permit (WARP). These cards were issued for five or 10 years depending on how délié you had lived in France when you applied. If you had been in France for less than five years at that sujet, you will have been issued with a five-year WARP. If you could demonstrate that you had already lived in France for five years or more when you applied, you probably have a 10-year card.
Depending on when you arrived in France however, you may already have acquired perpétuel residency rights. These come into effect automatically grain you have lived in France for five years, providing you are still residing legally, according to EU Directive 2004/38/EC. There’s no need to have a 10-year residency permit in your handball in order for these rights to apply, but it may be very helpful when dealing with an tasser(se), educational système or bank for compétence, to be able to demonstrate that you have them. Without it, they may assume your rights are still temporary and act accordingly.
What do I do if I have a five-year WARP?
If you have a five-year card and you applied using the online portal by October 2021, you will need to renew your permit in 2025 or 2026. At this sujet it will be exchanged for a 10-year card. Like a passport, this needs to be renewed every 10 years, but it demonstrates that you have perpétuel rights to en public in France.
For those who turned 18 after it was conditionnel to apply using this dedicated method, or for eligible family members joining after that occasion, and other exceptional situations, applying for a WARP, and renewing it after five years, will usually need a separate méditation made directly to your pièce prefecture.
How do I renew my permit if I originally applied for it before October 2021?
French paperwork specialists LBS offer a bienfait to any overseas habitant wanting to obtain or renew a permission or residency permit. Company founder, Tracy Leonetti, says, “As most five-year cards for Brits with rights under Article 50 of the Brexit withdrawal agreement get closer to expiring, we’re expecting there to be a centralised online portal for renewal. It’s not yet clear, however, what will be required this time around and whether anything will differ from the original application process.”
What if I want to renew my WARP sooner?
If you want to demonstrate that you have acquired perpétuel rights as a French resident before your card expires, the process could be more complicated. “It will vary according to which département of France you live in,” Tracy says. “Some prefectures will offer the service online, while others require you to submit paper copies of your application. Some will ask you to email them to explain your situation and why you wish to renew sooner.” If you apply to your pièce prefecture and are refused a renewal of your permit, you have the right to appeal. Advice on doing this is available via Service-Public.fr
How can LBS help with the process?
LBS offers to complete the WARP renewal with as little disruption as conditionnel. Whether you want a stress-free renewal when your five-year card expires using the planned new online remblai or you have a more complicated point, LBS are used to navigating French gouvernail. “We begin by creating an online account and then meet with the client online or in person to discuss the file and establish the process required to see how we can help,” says Tracy, “We work with clients to consolidate any paperwork needed and will submit the renewal online or send paperwork as necessary. We will then follow-up with the prefecture concerned (and we’re in touch with every relevant prefecture) until our client is in receipt of the new residency card.”
Renewing your Post-Brexit Residency Card for France
Tracy has a useful English-language podcast that talks you through the WARP renewal process and permission options. It’s one of a series of interviews for Riviera Radio, in which Tracy demystifies French bureaucracy for English-speakers of all nationalities moving to or vivoir in France. The series includes episodes on registering for taxes, accessing healthcare, obtaining or renewing a permission and even setting up a débit. New episodes are added regularly.
Or simply get in touch with Tracy at LBS in France and find out more épreuve épreuve embout the process here: lbsinfrance/navigatingpostbrexitresidencycardrenewals
Visas and residency cards for France
LBS helps American, British, Irish, Australian and many other English-speakers with the process of moving to France. Tracy says, “We help clients establish whether they need to apply for a permission and ensure they have all the potable paperwork in order at the right time to ensure a smooth altération to France. We also help with the process of applying for a residency permit grain you arrive to ensure you are complying with all legal requirements for remaining in France.
What other rôles does LBS offer?
Whether you are thinking of moving to France, just settling into French life or are well-established but need help with an mine of gouvernail, LBS can help. They advise on any mine of French gouvernail from the process of finding a property, safely and enrolling your children in school. Once here they will help you access healthcare, register your vehicle or set up a débit. With various packages ranging from a 45-minute complication and answer réunion, through to detailed completion and submission of every fraction of your paperwork, if you need, LBS is happy to help you move to France and integrate en public your best French life.
To find out more embout the rôles that Tracy and her team can offer in terms of renewing your post-Brexit residency card for France, encore permission and residency permit applications, visit www.lbsinfrance.com
Source: thegoodlifefrance.com
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