Has anyone received the Brexit carte de séjour yet?
#16
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Re: Has anyone received the Brexit carte de séjour yet?
You're unlikely to ever be asked to show it when you're out and about Tweedie, except when you're entering France from abroad.
When you're most likely to need it is if you have to enter the number online for certain administrative démarches.
You're the opposite to me - I carry everything with me in my handbag, specifically so I know it isn't being robbed while I'm out of the house. I get regular panic attacks and I need to be able to look in the special pockets in my handbag there and then, so I can tick my essentials off as present and correct - passport, driving licence, purse with carte vitale, CdS and bank cards, phone, keys. (I'm still damaged from my Italy experience, which was 7 years ago now so it's looking like I'll never actually get over it.)
When you're most likely to need it is if you have to enter the number online for certain administrative démarches.
You're the opposite to me - I carry everything with me in my handbag, specifically so I know it isn't being robbed while I'm out of the house. I get regular panic attacks and I need to be able to look in the special pockets in my handbag there and then, so I can tick my essentials off as present and correct - passport, driving licence, purse with carte vitale, CdS and bank cards, phone, keys. (I'm still damaged from my Italy experience, which was 7 years ago now so it's looking like I'll never actually get over it.)
#17
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Re: Has anyone received the Brexit carte de séjour yet?
I am not sure if carrying a photocopy is a good idea.
The chip in the Smartcard has all your info - name, address, DOB, place of birth and biometric details. That immediately says you are who you claim to be.
If you carry credit / debit cards, this is far less burdensome.
The chip in the Smartcard has all your info - name, address, DOB, place of birth and biometric details. That immediately says you are who you claim to be.
If you carry credit / debit cards, this is far less burdensome.
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Re: Has anyone received the Brexit carte de séjour yet?
My dilemma now is, after the hassle in getting the new 10year CdS, do I want to permanently carry it wherever I go, with the possibility of loosing it and eventually having to request a duplicate?
I've just taken a photocopy of it and plan to carry that in my wallet. I've been known to loose keys on several occasions so it may pay to play safe with the 'valuable' new CdS.
I've just taken a photocopy of it and plan to carry that in my wallet. I've been known to loose keys on several occasions so it may pay to play safe with the 'valuable' new CdS.
I'm like ET in this respect, carrying all originals (she forgot to mention car papers!) in my handbag, with photocopies of everything kept at home, in case it's all lost or stolen out of doors and I've got all the references when applying for duplicatas. But I appreciate that men don't usually carry such large accessories....
#19
Re: Has anyone received the Brexit carte de séjour yet?
Ours turned up so it was two weeks from handing over fingerprints. On a side note can the titre de sejour be carried as Id instead of one's passport as it fits in a wallet?
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Re: Has anyone received the Brexit carte de séjour yet?
#21
Re: Has anyone received the Brexit carte de séjour yet?
Well it's good to know, in all fairness you can't have a CDs without a passport so you'd like to think logic applies. But then again we are sailing on the seas of cheese.