Every checklist, on one page

Six to three months out

The moving to France checklist: six months to touchdown

Two months out

The moving to France checklist: six months to touchdown

The final month

The moving to France checklist: six months to touchdown

Landing week

The moving to France checklist: six months to touchdown

Build the document file

Getting your French long-stay visa (VLS-TS)

The first-week list

Your first week in France: the settling-in sprint

The validation, step by step

Validate your visa within 3 months of arrival (ANEF)

What to bring to the appointment

Opening a French bank account as an American

The dossier: build it before you search

Renting an apartment in France: dossier, garant and keys

Keep your US number alive

Getting a French phone number (and keeping your US one)

The application: one envelope to CPAM

French healthcare for newcomers: PUMA, carte Vitale and your first doctor

Apply the week you get keys

CAF housing aid (APL): the rent help most newcomers skip

Year one, as a checklist

Driving in France: exchanging your US license before the clock runs out

The American wrinkles

Working in France: jobs, contracts and the micro-entrepreneur route

Enrolling, step by step

French schools for your kids: maternelle to lycée, enrolled

Getting into the system

Your first French tax return, without the panic

Your US tax season from France

US taxes from France: yes, you still file

Before you move: the tune-up

Investing from France as an American, without the tax traps

Start the paper trail in year one

From first visa to French passport: the long game

Mortgages as an American

Buying property in France: from offer to keys