tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post8781302868509370092..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Naturalisation (2) — apostillesKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65865357498705379272017-01-23T17:50:11.199+01:002017-01-23T17:50:11.199+01:00Excellent explanation Ken! Processing apostilles c...Excellent explanation Ken! Processing apostilles can be an uphill battle sometimes. In case you ever need some information about processing apostille in specific states in the United States , we have a very complete do-it-yourself guide.<br />I believe we were in contact with you by emial.<br />Best regards,<br />Luis Massieu<br />http://www.apostille.net<br />(212) 495-9323Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198059880726661919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51099647069991330162017-01-23T12:46:26.108+01:002017-01-23T12:46:26.108+01:00Rather amazing that it was ever a public system an...Rather amazing that it was ever a public system and not a private one. For most people here now, it is a private performance based system and the union based schemes are the best but there are some old codgers like moi who is in a very old defined benefit system. I didn't take the thirty pieces of silver to leave it like most did and I will be ok when I retire, unlike those aforesaid. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-709339887735475152017-01-22T06:41:52.151+01:002017-01-22T06:41:52.151+01:00We have no idea how long the process might take, o...We have no idea how long the process might take, or even if it will ever happen. If Marine Le Pen gets elected president in France, U.S. Democrats might have a harder time getting into France, even if adopted by French citizens.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-46860787526508884272017-01-22T06:40:28.188+01:002017-01-22T06:40:28.188+01:00Judy, yes, the apostille is a special kind of inte...Judy, yes, the apostille is a special kind of internationally recognized notarization that was created by a treaty negotiated in the 1960s. You can <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention" rel="nofollow">read about it on Wikipedia</a>. It seems that Canada is not a signatory, but 112 other countries, including all the countries in the European Union as well as the United States (since 1981) and Australia (since 1995), have signed it. France and the U.K. signed the treaty in 1965. The latest countries to sign it are Chile, Brazil, and Morocco (all in 2016).Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26537580944080790652017-01-21T21:00:10.961+01:002017-01-21T21:00:10.961+01:00Evelyn,
At the consulate , they served us champag...Evelyn,<br /><br />At the consulate , they served us champagne and mignardise -was a very interesting ceremony for the 20 + new citizens and their families.The Beaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457136925020206640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76007759520575691242017-01-21T19:33:02.476+01:002017-01-21T19:33:02.476+01:00It's exciting that you will become citizens so...It's exciting that you will become citizens soon! Does that mean you will be able to adopt late middle-aged American democrats?Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33914168612691508592017-01-21T17:19:32.026+01:002017-01-21T17:19:32.026+01:00Ha! That's true!
So, Ken, would you say that ...Ha! That's true!<br /><br />So, Ken, would you say that an <i>apostille</i> accomplishes largely the same thing that a notary does, in the U.S.? And, speaking of notaries, I am surprised that, these days, a notary's stamp is just an ink stamp, now, it's not a raised seal-type stamp. It seems like it would be so ridiculously easy to counterfeit that on any document.Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52804626886475828542017-01-21T16:42:15.732+01:002017-01-21T16:42:15.732+01:00You will need a lot of champagne for the celebrati...You will need a lot of champagne for the celebration you'll be having when you are finally French citizens!<br />Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52966733003167191172017-01-21T15:59:05.551+01:002017-01-21T15:59:05.551+01:00We would have been required to turn in a clean pol...We would have been required to turn in a clean police report from the FBI as long as we had lived here for fewer than 10 years. Now we've been here longer, and I don't yet know what the requirement will be. Maybe a sworn declaration, stamped by the people at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, saying that we don't have criminal records in the U.S. Or maybe a statement from the mayor of our village vouching for us will do the trick.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-23356644210224885752017-01-21T15:53:22.633+01:002017-01-21T15:53:22.633+01:00Do they plan to come live in France? I'm sure ...Do they plan to come live in France? I'm sure that being married to a French citizen will help speed the process for Chang. Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-67882353551654259112017-01-21T15:39:16.640+01:002017-01-21T15:39:16.640+01:00Quel bordel !!! Hope things will be easier for Cha...Quel bordel !!! Hope things will be easier for Chang since Franck and she will get married this month. ..Mary07https://www.blogger.com/profile/10730039957792562654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-29383070502594095512017-01-21T15:37:11.984+01:002017-01-21T15:37:11.984+01:00Did it take a lot of trips back to NYC? Or did you...Did it take a lot of trips back to NYC? Or did you have an agent in NYC doing the work? Three years is a pretty short time compared to our five years so far, but then we move pretty slowly these days. We have another 2½ years to go on our long-term resident cards.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-25051449176875976612017-01-21T15:36:31.716+01:002017-01-21T15:36:31.716+01:00Ken
Have you been asked for a Certificat de morali...Ken<br />Have you been asked for a Certificat de moralité? I was asked for it and had to pay someone recommended by the Consulate to get one. All he did was to get a certificate from the RCMP that I was "good" as far as law and order are concerned. Surprisingly , Y didn't have to have one back in 1991 even though he was applying from abroad.The Beaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457136925020206640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-70749545337022496322017-01-21T14:44:55.036+01:002017-01-21T14:44:55.036+01:00Our work to get all these things done for Argentin...Our work to get all these things done for Argentina, took 3 years. Apostilles and all .... Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-38400950504320180822017-01-21T12:00:20.171+01:002017-01-21T12:00:20.171+01:00This is the first time I've ever had to have a...This is the first time I've ever had to have apostilles for my documents. I don't think the Loir-et-Cher bothers with them, but naturalization papers have to go to Paris for approval... or to Nantes.<br /><br />I wonder who hold the record as the oldest person ever naturalized in France. Maybe it will be me...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13063255024953156632017-01-21T11:05:55.363+01:002017-01-21T11:05:55.363+01:00The last Bush administration wanted to privatize o...The last Bush administration wanted to privatize our social security retirement pension system, but there was a public outcry that squashed the proposal.<br /><br />Once Brexit goes through, British citizens... residents... subjects... I don't know what they are called, might have to go through the process that we Americans are required to complete. They should be prepared.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89233436633297373492017-01-21T11:03:42.208+01:002017-01-21T11:03:42.208+01:00They want to have your parents' birth certific...They want to have your parents' birth certificates so that they can start an état civil file for you. I don't know if the parents' birth certificates need to be certified copies, and if they are, whether they need apostilles. Walt and I decided to go the whole nine yards on our trips back to the U.S., just to be safe.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13609045118747941902017-01-21T10:29:00.290+01:002017-01-21T10:29:00.290+01:00It is said that Germany and India have very bureau...It is said that Germany and India have very bureaucratic institutions, but it seems they are not alone. A bit off topic but the UK or England tried to privatise the land titles office but eventually the plan was dropped because of fierce public opposition. Here the State of New South Wales is trying to do the same and I really hope it is dropped. No good will come at all from it and these are extremely important documents and of course historical too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-2263904568721609702017-01-21T10:28:26.386+01:002017-01-21T10:28:26.386+01:00It's a French thing -- proving your parents...It's a French thing -- proving your parents' identity to prove your own. Luckily, as French residents born in a foreign country, all our French paperwork is registered at the Nantes office. But in order to get that status, whether citizen or resident, is a hard, bumpy road. Back when I did it, long, long, time ago, my simple birth certificate from PA was enough -- no apostille. Mine was naturalization by marriage to a French citizen and since he was born in Algeria, which was French when he was born, but by 1971, a foreign country, we had to prove he was French and produce his parents' documentation....Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26445159394562742492017-01-21T09:41:50.677+01:002017-01-21T09:41:50.677+01:00Wait, you have to get your parents' birth cert...Wait, you have to get your parents' birth certificates and apostilles for them to be naturalized? <br />Thanks for sharing your journey on this. I am going to do it as well.Taste of Francehttp://francetaste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74707896483872550412017-01-21T09:19:11.059+01:002017-01-21T09:19:11.059+01:00I paid for the apostille for my birth certificate ...I paid for the apostille for my birth certificate by credit card online to the Australian passport office. I confused the births, deaths and marriages registry office though by dealing directly with them and with the passport office myself. It never occurred to me that one government department would be allowed to talk to another and so I had sent the apostille paperwork to the passport office with a note saying BD&M would send the birth certificate. Normally, apparently, people send all of the paperwork to BD&M, who then forward everything to the passport office who then send it back to the individual making the request. It would help if somewhere on one of their websites it said that that's how it worked, but if it does, and even after several email exchanges with both departments during the process, it didn't dawn on me.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com