Paperwork

Help desks at prefecture can support with French online administration

Book an appointment at your nearest 'point d’accueil numérique' (PAN) for help with digital applications for driving licences and residency cards

Help French bureaucracy improve by leaving a review online

Give feedback on your experience of French administration, good or bad, via a government website

French public services: ‘We cannot impose smartphone use on everyone’

Services should maintain a physical presence as many people have difficulties using digital resources, says the Defender of Rights

Flight plans with children

Your article (see June 2019, P20) rightly says children “living in France, whether they are French or not” require an Autorisation de sortie du territoire .

Confused? Tell us says French government

The government is asking the public for feedback on any official forms, emails or letters which are especially confusing.

What do sworn translations cost in France?

I need to have British birth and marriage certificates translated when applying for French citizenship. The first price quoted was €60 per page. Is this a normal price? It seems steep. P.P.

French 'carte de séjour' concerns

My husband and I recently received our récipissés for our applications for cartes de séjour .

Form for under-18s travelling abroad from France

Foreign school trips have long been part of education – but parents should be aware of extra paperwork involved in letting a child travel abroad with a teacher or other adult.

The missing link

It has just taken me 30 seconds to find the blueprints for a nuclear bomb on Google.

Driving licence in maiden name: documentary evidence

I read with sympathetic interest of the surprise of a correspondent when she changed her British driving licence to a French one and found that her French driving licence was in her maiden name (see here).

Driving licence swap: I feel writer’s name pain

I have the same irritation of having had my maiden name put on to my long-awaited French driving licence. I have not been known by that name since marriage – more than 30 years ago.

Keeping paperwork used for tax returns

For how long do I need to keep paperwork used for tax returns?

Quick work for passport!

Less red tape as more police go on patrol

Extra police officers are to be assigned to selected areas with high crime levels