Lost in Perpignan
Mar 9th 2016, 3:33 pm
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Lost in Perpignan
Hi everyone! Just joined today.
I'm 26 from West Yorkshire...Been living in France now for 5 months with my French boyfriend! It would be nice to talk to some fellow expats as i don't have any friends here as yet and I love to socialise!
I am currently unemployed but attending a free school courtesy of pole emploi, they've told me I don't qualify for benefits as I have never worked here?
Also I cannot apply for a Carte vitale as I am not working and I don't qualify for an S1 healthcare form so I basically have to use my European health card if I need something!? Can anybody recommend some suggestions?
Today is one of those days it's all getting too much, struggling with learning the language and feeling slightly lonely. So im reaching out to any of you guys who can steer me the right direction wherever that may be haha
Becky x
I'm 26 from West Yorkshire...Been living in France now for 5 months with my French boyfriend! It would be nice to talk to some fellow expats as i don't have any friends here as yet and I love to socialise!
I am currently unemployed but attending a free school courtesy of pole emploi, they've told me I don't qualify for benefits as I have never worked here?
Also I cannot apply for a Carte vitale as I am not working and I don't qualify for an S1 healthcare form so I basically have to use my European health card if I need something!? Can anybody recommend some suggestions?
Today is one of those days it's all getting too much, struggling with learning the language and feeling slightly lonely. So im reaching out to any of you guys who can steer me the right direction wherever that may be haha
Becky x
Mar 9th 2016, 3:46 pm
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Re: Lost in Perpignan
Hi everyone! Just joined today.
I'm 26 from West Yorkshire...Been living in France now for 5 months with my French boyfriend! It would be nice to talk to some fellow expats as i don't have any friends here as yet and I love to socialise!
I am currently unemployed but attending a free school courtesy of pole emploi, they've told me I don't qualify for benefits as I have never worked here?
That sounds about right.
Also I cannot apply for a Carte vitale as I am not working and I don't qualify for an S1 healthcare form so I basically have to use my European health card if I need something!? Can anybody recommend some suggestions?
You might/should be able to get coverage as an "ayant droit" of your boyfriend, as you are living together:
https://www.service-public.fr/partic...sdroits/F16622
Check the above link, or get your BF to check.
Today is one of those days it's all getting too much, struggling with learning the language and feeling slightly lonely. So im reaching out to any of you guys who can steer me the right direction wherever that may be haha
Becky x
I'm 26 from West Yorkshire...Been living in France now for 5 months with my French boyfriend! It would be nice to talk to some fellow expats as i don't have any friends here as yet and I love to socialise!
I am currently unemployed but attending a free school courtesy of pole emploi, they've told me I don't qualify for benefits as I have never worked here?
That sounds about right.
Also I cannot apply for a Carte vitale as I am not working and I don't qualify for an S1 healthcare form so I basically have to use my European health card if I need something!? Can anybody recommend some suggestions?
You might/should be able to get coverage as an "ayant droit" of your boyfriend, as you are living together:
https://www.service-public.fr/partic...sdroits/F16622
Check the above link, or get your BF to check.
Today is one of those days it's all getting too much, struggling with learning the language and feeling slightly lonely. So im reaching out to any of you guys who can steer me the right direction wherever that may be haha
Becky x
Mar 9th 2016, 3:48 pm
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Re: Lost in Perpignan
Hello becky2701
I lived in West Yorkshire in a different lifetime!
Unfortunately I'm nowhere near Perpignan, although I've been there and thought it was a nice place.
Don't know what to suggest about the healthcare, if your boyfriend can't sort you out as his dependent, have you asked him? Strictly speaking you shouldn't be using your EHIC if you no longer live in the UK.
France operates very much on the principal of, if you want to come and live here you have to pay in first before you can expect to claim anything out.
Tell the BF he needs to marry you! that would be the best solution (drat you just missed 29th February this time round...)
but summer is a-coming and you'll love it there in the summer.
I lived in West Yorkshire in a different lifetime!
Unfortunately I'm nowhere near Perpignan, although I've been there and thought it was a nice place.
Don't know what to suggest about the healthcare, if your boyfriend can't sort you out as his dependent, have you asked him? Strictly speaking you shouldn't be using your EHIC if you no longer live in the UK.
France operates very much on the principal of, if you want to come and live here you have to pay in first before you can expect to claim anything out.
Tell the BF he needs to marry you! that would be the best solution (drat you just missed 29th February this time round...)
but summer is a-coming and you'll love it there in the summer.
Mar 9th 2016, 3:55 pm
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Re: Lost in Perpignan
Hello becky2701
I lived in West Yorkshire in a different lifetime!
Unfortunately I'm nowhere near Perpignan, although I've been there and thought it was a nice place.
Don't know what to suggest about the healthcare, if your boyfriend can't sort you out as his dependent, have you asked him? Strictly speaking you shouldn't be using your EHIC if you no longer live in the UK.
France operates very much on the principal of, if you want to come and live here you have to pay in first before you can expect to claim anything out.
Tell the BF he needs to marry you! that would be the best solution (drat you just missed 29th February this time round...)
but summer is a-coming and you'll love it there in the summer.
I lived in West Yorkshire in a different lifetime!
Unfortunately I'm nowhere near Perpignan, although I've been there and thought it was a nice place.
Don't know what to suggest about the healthcare, if your boyfriend can't sort you out as his dependent, have you asked him? Strictly speaking you shouldn't be using your EHIC if you no longer live in the UK.
France operates very much on the principal of, if you want to come and live here you have to pay in first before you can expect to claim anything out.
Tell the BF he needs to marry you! that would be the best solution (drat you just missed 29th February this time round...)
but summer is a-coming and you'll love it there in the summer.
Mar 9th 2016, 4:22 pm
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That's certainly true. The surviving heir (named in a Will) of a couple not legally bound has to pay 60% of his/her share of the value of the property, in Taxe de Succession. If such a partner isn't mentioned in a Will, they get nothing and the property goes to named heirs and/or family. The OP's bf should know this and, if property is involved, should consult a Notaire to protect her interests. No one wants to think about death at 26, but accidents do happen...
Mar 9th 2016, 4:29 pm
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Re: Lost in Perpignan
Hello becky2701
I lived in West Yorkshire in a different lifetime!
Unfortunately I'm nowhere near Perpignan, although I've been there and thought it was a nice place.
Don't know what to suggest about the healthcare, if your boyfriend can't sort you out as his dependent, have you asked him? Strictly speaking you shouldn't be using your EHIC if you no longer live in the UK.
France operates very much on the principal of, if you want to come and live here you have to pay in first before you can expect to claim anything out.
Tell the BF he needs to marry you! that would be the best solution (drat you just missed 29th February this time round...)
but summer is a-coming and you'll love it there in the summer.
I lived in West Yorkshire in a different lifetime!
Unfortunately I'm nowhere near Perpignan, although I've been there and thought it was a nice place.
Don't know what to suggest about the healthcare, if your boyfriend can't sort you out as his dependent, have you asked him? Strictly speaking you shouldn't be using your EHIC if you no longer live in the UK.
France operates very much on the principal of, if you want to come and live here you have to pay in first before you can expect to claim anything out.
Tell the BF he needs to marry you! that would be the best solution (drat you just missed 29th February this time round...)
but summer is a-coming and you'll love it there in the summer.
Where in West Yorkshire did you live?
Unfortunately we are no where near the marriage step haha. Nor do I want just yet!
Is it worth me getting separate health insurance? We rent his mums apartment so the property is not his?
Do you speak fluent French now? If so do you have any tips to help me? Feeling so overwhelmed today!
I miss my home country, my familiarities of course my family and my own freedom feel like I'm losing myself gradually.
Hopefully just one of those days haha
Becky x
Mar 9th 2016, 4:47 pm
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Becky, you don't need to be married to be a dependent (ayant droit) on your bf's healthcare coverage.
Regarding property ownership/any putative future inheritance "stuff", yeah that's a different matter.
(I'm a former Yorkshire lass
; Bingley, Bradford, Leeds, then Northwards !)
Regarding property ownership/any putative future inheritance "stuff", yeah that's a different matter.
(I'm a former Yorkshire lass
; Bingley, Bradford, Leeds, then Northwards !)
Mar 9th 2016, 4:55 pm
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If he's working, as said - ask him to add you to his cover.
Though I'm confused with the new Puma thing and the phasing out of the ayant droit - do you know about that, Shirtback?
Mar 9th 2016, 4:59 pm
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Mar 9th 2016, 5:11 pm
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On the other hand, if your name isn't on the Rental, you've got no official justification of domicile for all the various Administrations that you'll encounter....
I always say living with a Frenchman (or woman) is the best tip for speaking French! (My OH of several decades is French!) With the added bonus of practising it on their family and friends, too. Integrate as much as possible by joining Clubs or Associations where you'll meet people with similar interests. The Mairie will have a list.
Hope all this helps, but your bf should do his bit, too, to help!
Mar 10th 2016, 5:14 am
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Becky, you don't need to be married to be a dependent (ayant droit) on your bf's healthcare coverage.
Regarding property ownership/any putative future inheritance "stuff", yeah that's a different matter.
(I'm a former Yorkshire lass; Bingley, Bradford, Leeds, then Northwards !)
Regarding property ownership/any putative future inheritance "stuff", yeah that's a different matter.
(I'm a former Yorkshire lass
; Bingley, Bradford, Leeds, then Northwards !)
Mar 10th 2016, 5:21 am
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Take no notice of the words of gloom re property!
On the other hand, if your name isn't on the Rental, you've got no official justification of domicile for all the various Administrations that you'll encounter....
I always say living with a Frenchman (or woman) is the best tip for speaking French! (My OH of several decades is French!) With the added bonus of practising it on their family and friends, too. Integrate as much as possible by joining Clubs or Associations where you'll meet people with similar interests. The Mairie will have a list.
Hope all this helps, but your bf should do his bit, too, to help!
On the other hand, if your name isn't on the Rental, you've got no official justification of domicile for all the various Administrations that you'll encounter....
I always say living with a Frenchman (or woman) is the best tip for speaking French! (My OH of several decades is French!) With the added bonus of practising it on their family and friends, too. Integrate as much as possible by joining Clubs or Associations where you'll meet people with similar interests. The Mairie will have a list.
Hope all this helps, but your bf should do his bit, too, to help!
Yes he does try to help me learn French however he's not very patient and expects me to be fluent already I think (even though he says not) and wants me to be doing all day studying at home too? I know he just wants me to learn and be happy and find a job but I think I do have a life too? It's already hard with having no friends or family for an escape but also Perpignan doesn't have heaps to do and especially living off saving for the moment and not knowing when I'll find a job I feel restricted! Once I pick up a bit more French I will find some info at the Mairie!
Where do you live if you don't mind me asking?