Livret de famille?
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Livret de famille?
We have been asked by French school for a Livret de Famille? What exactly is this? Is their a UK equivelent? Also we have been asked about insuring our children at the school...has anyone heard of that?
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Re: Livret de famille?
You get a Livret de Famille when you get married in France and the Mairie enters all the children when they are registered at birth. I've got one, so can't help you there. Some one on the forum will be able tell you what British parents who didn't get married in France have to provide.
Insurance is compulsory - we used to take out the minimum MAE Assurance Scolaire, but there are other companies that do it. It's mainly to cover extra-curricular activities (sport, school outings, etc...).
Hope this helps!
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Re: Livret de famille?
Hi,
You get a Livret de Famille when you get married in France and the Mairie enters all the children when they are registered at birth. I've got one, so can't help you there. Some one on the forum will be able tell you what British parents who didn't get married in France have to provide.
Insurance is compulsory - we used to take out the minimum MAE Assurance Scolaire, but there are other companies that do it. It's mainly to cover extra-curricular activities (sport, school outings, etc...).
Hope this helps!
You get a Livret de Famille when you get married in France and the Mairie enters all the children when they are registered at birth. I've got one, so can't help you there. Some one on the forum will be able tell you what British parents who didn't get married in France have to provide.
Insurance is compulsory - we used to take out the minimum MAE Assurance Scolaire, but there are other companies that do it. It's mainly to cover extra-curricular activities (sport, school outings, etc...).
Hope this helps!
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Re: Livret de famille?
We were asked for the same - having the kids named on my wife's passport was enough to provide proof that they are ours and not someone elses... The assurance scolaire is included in our household contents insurance so we didn't need to pay any more than that. The insurance companies will always try to sell you top up for more (better?) cover etc, but we resisted (while we were told it is compulsory, they wanted to sell us a top up to cover our kids in case they were hurt by another kid who is not insured - figure that one out!)
The school also wanted my social security number, which I still don't have after nearly 3 months here due to a combination of holiday season slowness and having endless paperwork to send in. They returned our file a couple of weeks ago, asking for my birth certificate, endorsed within the last 3 monhs by the marie in the town I was born...what would Cardiff townhall do about that if I asked them? I'll be happier when all this paperwork is out of the way.
The school also wanted my social security number, which I still don't have after nearly 3 months here due to a combination of holiday season slowness and having endless paperwork to send in. They returned our file a couple of weeks ago, asking for my birth certificate, endorsed within the last 3 monhs by the marie in the town I was born...what would Cardiff townhall do about that if I asked them? I'll be happier when all this paperwork is out of the way.
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Re: Livret de famille?
we too were asked but used passports and birth certificates instead;
social security number takes a while to come through but the office will know what it will be as soon as they begin processing your file; if you pop and explain it is necessary to have it they will usually write the number down for you;;
you will also need proof of vaccinations
social security number takes a while to come through but the office will know what it will be as soon as they begin processing your file; if you pop and explain it is necessary to have it they will usually write the number down for you;;
you will also need proof of vaccinations
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Re: Livret de famille?
I know...and our kids havent been vaccinated!
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Re: Livret de famille?
I teach my doc and she said that the only one that was COMPULSORY was the tetanus diptheria polio in france; others like uk recommended
you will see on all forms the BCG; that was made voluntary in 2007
you will see on all forms the BCG; that was made voluntary in 2007