To avoid being part of these 194,181 visas rejected,
you need to have a plan
and it doesn’t have to be overwhelmingly complicated!
…then this is the solution that will give you the autonomy, the confidence and the strategy to make your move to France happen and as stressless as possible.
There’s nothing more frustrating than feeling lost about what you need to do when you know deep down that you need a change. It is like losing control when you know you are a doer.
You have big plans, you know how to make them happen in your comfort zone, your home country, you are an entrepreneur or in the making. But when it comes to moving overseas, it is like playing a new game without understanding the rules and being unable to read the manual.
You are not used to feeling overwhelmed and it makes you frustrated (or let’s say the word no one wants to admit but that everyone feels… scared). Scared you will make the wrong visa choice, you are feeling that the French bureaucracy is too overwhelming to complete successfully…
…and you won’t experience the fresh start you have been daydreaming about for too long now.
And then what?
Then what happens when you arrive in France?
There are too many pending questions, doubts that you are starting to question your life project.
And you don’t want to be asking yourself in a few years… how your life would have been if you’d managed to overcome all these fears and doubts.
Let me tell you something…
I’ve tried for many years to move to Brazil, my dream country and I failed the first time. So I know how you are feeling!
The French bureaucracy is unavoidable when it comes to settling in France.
The French administration doesn’t provide customer service. It is not even about getting good service...and even less in English!
There are specific ways to address the French administration to have successful outcomes that no one explains.
There are frequent mistakes to avoid that will get your visa refused that are even more mysterious.
Of course, you will find information on forums, social media often given by other expats that have been through the “same” process.
But this is a false solution for three reasons:
Their personal experience often doesn’t match your situation.
There is a lot of misinformation and outdated information not based on the French up to date laws in force.
You will get contradictory information and will be even more lost than before.
There has been a total of 194,181 visa refusals in 2021 you don’t want to be a part of.
And if your visa is rejected, your visa fee (including the booking fees and mail fees) of about €150 per person will be lost if your visa is rejected!
And this is without counting the certified translations you may have undertaken and the healthcare insurance cost you bought!
A visa refusal can cost you a lot of money (and sanity)!
Source: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs – DGEF – Sous-direction des Visas
To avoid being part of these 194,181 visas rejected,
you need to have a plan
and it doesn’t have to be overwhelmingly complicated!
Back in 2013, I had the project to move to Brazil. I had my mind and my heart set on Brazil!
It was my dream and I had a plan!
At the time I was living in the UK and working as a Global Mobility expert working for a large American company. I was moving people overseas for a living so I know the challenges!
I even had job interviews in Brazil with my intermediate Portuguese language level!
A challenge! But… it didn’t happen… I was crushed…
And the main reason why is that the employers couldn’t (or didn’t want to) go through the heavy Brazilian red tape! Sounds familiar?
So I gave up on my dream! Silly mistake…
(and it took me years to decide to find another way to move to Brazil and this time successfully!)
Here is what you need to make your dream come true:
Enough of endless internet research bringing more confusion than reliable solutions!
There is not just one way to come and run a business in France and choosing the wrong one, may have unforeseen consequences.
So I’ve created something new that will bring you much more than all your research.
(It is what I wish I’d found to move to Brazil the first time!)
I will share with you a Formula, a real method for you to organise your entire international move as a (future) entrepreneur or freelancer.
This Formula is my recipe for you to gain confidence to manage your international move.
It is the result of my own experience as a serial expatriate in six different countries and also my 12 years of professional experience assisting expats from all over the world.
(PLUS my insider knowledge of the French administration and how they think.)
“A dream without a plan is just a wish”
Introducing:
Get the entire move to France strategy to turn your international relocation into a stressless and life-changing experience.
walk away with your visa application file ready to be submitted & your entire move planned out.
get your French bureaucracy template pack for an easy move (French letter, business plan framework, visa request cover letter, and much more)
have a clear process of all the essential French bureaucracy steps to undertake for a successful move.
Welcome to a step-by-step online course for entrepreneurs & freelancers who want to relocate to France (and nail the French bureaucracy) without the overwhelm.
Hours saved of useless and frustrating Google searches.
Hundred of € saved in wrong administrative processes initiated and avoid missed opportunities.
You don't miss out on opportunities to have an easier, cheaper and faster process (you get insider tips that even French people don't know).
The result?
Get dripped access (and avoid the overwhelm) to the workbooks, lessons & video tutorials to help you prepare for your big move. You will receive half a Module every week.
Valued at €997!
Learn how to prepare & organise your BIG move, anticipate the French requirements with my move-tested plan – I’ve moved seven times, and it works… and it’s available for you to repurpose.
Valued at €127!
Say goodbye to unsourced & unreliable information. Mr Lantheaume, immigration lawyer at the Lyon’s Bar, fully reviewed the visa request section as per legislation in January 2022.
Priceless!
No need to master the French language to fill in French administration forms, write essential cover letters, and even structure your visa request business plan.
Valued at €197!
You’ll be able to calculate your cost of living in France based on your spending pattern and your family situation.
Valued at €127.
I’ll answer your questions during our monthly Q&A sessions so that you get all your doubts answered. All the Q&A will be recorded and saved on our dedicated course platform for you to access at any time.
Valued at €497.
Valued at over €948!
After taking the first section of the France Formula course, with simple guidance you will have a clear idea of where to start, you will create your move to France customized blueprint and know what will be the next steps to make your move happen.
I will give you my action plan so that you will be able to adapt to your reality. You will:
→ Confirm your expat mindset (essential for a successful experience)
→ Set up your saving budget
→ Prepare a clear projection of your overall relocation cost
→ Identify your relocation timeline with your customized blueprint
→ Decide where you want to live in France and run your business
[SECTION FULLY REVIEWED BY A FRENCH IMMIGRATION LAWYER: Me LANTHEAUME AS OF JANUARY 2022]
French bureaucracy and more specifically French immigration can be fearful. I will give you insight into how the French administration thinks and will tell you the most common mistakes that lead to visa refusals.
After taking this course you will:
→ Understand what is expected of you and how to present your most successful visa application request file.
→ Identify which of the 4 entrepreneurial visas is appropriate to your situation between:
○ The Profession Libérale / Entrepreneur visa
○ The Talent-Passport Entrepreneur visa
○ The Talent-Passport Innovative Business Project visa
○ The Talent-Passport Artistic Profession visa
→ Prepare your best visa request file with detailed guidance for each entrepreneur visa (including a provided business plan framework).
→ Know what to expect and how to prepare yourself for your visa request interview.
→ Avoid the most common mistakes done by expats leading to visa refusals.
There is so much to consider in an international move that it can get overwhelming.
With this anticipated relocation plan, you will gain calm and confidence that you can organise this move to your new French life. After taking this course, you will:
→ Tidy up your home country life and won’t forget any essential relocation-related documents or processes.
→ Have your action plan ready.
→ Anticipate the French bureaucracy and prepare the vital documents you will need in France for your coming administrative processes.
An international move with a family can sometimes be more stressful as we want to make it the best experience for our children.
Children have amazing adaptability skills, however, there are several elements that you need to take into account and anticipate to make it the best possible experience for them.
With this course, you will:
→ Know how to request your children’s visa and the necessary immigration procedure once arrived.
→ Know what are your children’s schooling options in France.
→ Understand the French schooling system and how to register your child into a French public school.
→ Understand your childcare options.
Congratulations! You got your visa and made it to France! Bienvenue!
This is an important milestone, however, there are still a few you need to nail to make France feel like home. This second part of this course will give you the keys to making France your new home.
After taking this section of the course you will:
→ Know the expat traps and tips to find your new home (especially without a French permanent contract).
→ Understand how the French rental market works.
→ Put together your best rental application for success.
→ Go through all the necessary immigration processes on arrival.
→ Understand your visa/residence permit rights & obligations.
→ Open a French bank account (personal and/or professional), with special tips if you get rejected.
→ A step-by-step guide to registering with French healthcare – yourself and your family (with CPAM).
→ Know which are the compulsory insurances you need to contract and how to choose them.
→ Understand the main steps you need to go through and the possible assistance you can get as an entrepreneur in France.
You are done with your arrival French red tape, and you can start enjoying the French life you have been dreaming about for so long! However, you still feel awkward or uncomfortable in your day-to-day life.
In this section you will:
→ Receive my tips and free resources to improve your French to help you in your social and professional integration.
→ Get my French insider tips on how the French think and behave to help you navigate the Frenchness.
→ Receive my recipe for building your support system abroad.
Step-by-step you are making France your new home. And you want to have the option to stay longer if you want to. The long-term residency or the French Passport are two options available for you. If this is your wish, there is a way to do it.
After taking this course, you will:
→ Know the best strategy if you want to stay in France long-term.
→ Know how to prepare easily your visa/permit renewal request file with detailed guidance for each entrepreneur visa.
→ Have clarity on your long term plan so that you know your next steps to stay in France long-term.
In addition to the 7 modules that you can access for a lifetime, you will have:
That’s why there are 40% of expatriations end prematurely. Poor and inadequate preparation often has a high cost both in terms of time, and money but also emotional impact.
There is a big chance your fellow expats situation is different from yours. Therefore, their tips may not help you, or worse, they could really get you stuck in a French bureaucracy nightmare! And that’s why this course is so focused on up-to-date sourced information for every entrepreneur visa type.
Yes, I give you the customized cost estimate calculator so you know exactly how much to save for your move to France. Yes, you’ll get monthly Q&A so we can tailor the training to your unique situation.
Yes, you’ll get your business plan template framework to prepare your best visa request possible.
Yes, you’ll get visa request information validated by an immigration lawyer as of the latest 2022 legal updates. Mr Yannis Lantheaume is registered at the French Bar of Lyon.
I’m trying to enrol you in a vision of a bigger future for yourself… a future with more freedom and discovery. A future where you can live an international life and also grow your potential.
Well, the reality is that France Formula is an investment… an investment in yourself and your future.
It’s about giving you the freedom, security, and lifestyle that you want.
Of course… ALL investments have risks. EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE. There are two ways this investment can go for you.
Here’s the first scenario: you put France Formula to work and crush it with your big move… and in that case, you’re probably going to need a calculator to figure out how much a new life is worth.
The second scenario goes like this… you just don’t do anything with the material, or you get distracted, or it’s just not your thing. That’s OK… I get it.
In this case, just take advantage of my 30-day guarantee… and just send me an email and we’ll get you a refund right away. No hard feelings.
Remember, your investment is covered by my 30-day guarantee – you have a full 30 days… from the start of the programme… to see if the programme is right for you. If you decide that it isn’t by the end of the 30 days, just let us know and we’ll gladly refund your money. No issues.
So go ahead and click the pink button below and join me in the France Formula training course.
I’m Guiga (my name is actually Guillemette, but very complicated for most people – even the French!).
I’m a French serial expat from Lyon. I have lived in 6 different countries so far: Ireland, Argentina, Luxembourg, the UK, Spain and Brazil. I have also helped 3,152 expats (still counting) from all over the world to move abroad during my 12 years as a Global Mobility professional.
Now, I want to share my experience, my personal and professional experience, with adventurers like YOU who don’t get the golden expat package from large corporations!
I will share with you all my knowledge about moving abroad and I’ll give you the real France, from a French women’s perspective who lived the expat ups and downs.
Ivan, Colombia/USA
Marilia, Brazil
Fletcher, USA
Kiya, USA
The right one - and you don’t know where to get it
...to prepare yourself (timeline? budget? French bureaucracy pitfalls ?!?!)
You decided to invest in yourself and your long-time dream
You are prepared to put on the work to get ready mentally, financially and logistically
For the last 12 years, I’ve been helping people from all over the world to relocate overseas.
You might wonder whether the France Formula would work for you.
Or maybe you’re planning to move in late 2022 or even 2023… and you’re wondering if it is not too soon to tackle the big move.
Or maybe you don’t have a business yet or are self-employed or freelance, and you’re wondering how the four entrepreneur visas of this course would apply.
Or you might be an artist or an author, and wondering if this formula could work for you.
France Formula works in every single one of those scenarios as long as you won’t be a salaried worker. And anticipating the move is more than recommended.
Now let me be clear – this isn’t “get to France quick”… and it takes work… but it’s a working formula.
By now you might be wondering… how does this work? How does this training programme actually get you results? What’s involved?
This is a full out training course that includes online training, Q&A sessions, and a community to support you.
I’ve broken up the training portion into individual modules where I will walk you through all the steps to plan and execute your international move. I release half a module every Friday and we go through one module every two weeks. There are seven modules in total.
And if you have scheduling issues and fall behind, you can always work at your own pace and catch up later. All the material is there if you need to take a break.
France Formula is designed to meet you where you’re at, and get you moving forward as fast as humanly possible.
After the programme is over, you’ll still have access to the training. So you’ll be able to go back over the material whenever you want. That means you can go through the training as often as you like… at your own convenience.
This is where everything comes together… you’ve got your visa, but how to validate it once in France? How much will it cost, where to go, how to make the appointments?
How much will you need to save before making the move? How much will be your living costs in France?
When to register your French business? How to register the French healthcare as a business owner or a freelance? And what about your spouse and children?
What documents should you be sending to the French healthcare and the social security contributor? And how much social contributions should you be paying in France?
And what are the TWO requests that you have to send … that could increase your healthcare reimbursement by 40%?
I’ll walk you through all of this in France Formula.
And that’s just some of the things I’ll show you in the seven modules… and it really just scratches the surface.
Here’s the bottom line.
You’ll have your entire plan, from the start of the visa request a savings plan all the way to your first visa renewal after one year in France… including letter templates you’ll send to the French administrations, your relocation timing – everything.
But that’s not enough. I want to take you beyond just a plan – and right into action. So I’m going to give you my own relocation plan that you’re free to adapt and use for your move.
This is the move-tested plan – I’ve moved seven times, and it works… and it’s available for you to repurpose.
And then comes the part that takes France Formula to a different level. That’s our monthly Q&A sessions with me… when I answer your questions.
This is when you get your move nailed and I keep you from getting stuck.
Finally, we’ll welcome you into the France Formula community. This is where you can connect with the other France Formula Insiders… ask questions… get feedback and share experiences.
The France Formula community is where you can celebrate your victories, and also get an encouraging word when you need it.
Bottom line – you are never alone. YOU ARE NEVER ALONE.
And one more thing. You’ll have lifetime access to the programme including the updates. You will be able to ask your question during the Q&A sessions for 18 months.
Get dripped access (and avoid the overwhelm) to the workbooks, lessons & video tutorials to help you prepare for your move to France. You will receive half a Module every week.
Valued at €997.
Learn how to prepare & organise your BIG move, anticipate the French requirements with my move-tested plan – I’ve moved seven times, and it works… and it’s available for you to repurpose.
Valued at €127.
Say goodbye to unsourced & unreliable information. Mr Lantheaume, immigration lawyer at the Lyon’s Bar, fully reviewed the visa request section as per legislation in January 2022.
Priceless!
No need to master the French language to fill in French administration forms, write essential cover letters, and even structure your visa request business plan.
Valued at €197.
You’ll be able to calculate your cost of living in France based on your spending pattern and your family situation.
Valued at €127.
I’ll answer your questions during our monthly Q&A sessions so that you get all your doubts answered. All the Q&A will be recorded and saved on our dedicated course platform for you to access at any time.
Valued at €497.
One-time payment
No problem.
Anticipation is actually recommended when it comes to planning an international move. Six months before is a good target, but it can be sooner. Four or five months before could do too but with the extra stress involved.
You will have plenty of time to plan your move as you have lifetime access to the course and access to the Q&A sessions for 18 months (to keep it manageable).
After that, if you wish to keep access to the Q&A support, a low fee annual membership will be offered.
No one can give this guarantee, and I wouldn’t trust any professional that certifies a visa will be granted after a course or a lawyer consultation. Only the consulate has the power to approve or reject a request file and the reason is sometimes out of our control.
However, the visa request section has been fully reviewed by Mr Lantheaume, immigration lawyer at the Lyon's Bar and includes the latest immigration updates as of January 2022.
This course is for educational purposes and will give you the tools and reassurance for you to prepare the best visa application file according to your situation.
Yes. The Profession Libérale visa allows one to run a non-French business in France.
This course will give you the visa request process and all the relocation related tools for your move as an entrepreneur. However, it will not replace the need of the services of a chartered accountant.
The situation is changing daily and varies depending on where you are traveling from and your situation. The course does not cover the impact of the pandemics on the visa request and border control.
It is essential you check the French consulate website before traveling to be aware of the latest situation and requirements.
Yes. The Profession Libérale visa allows one to run a non-French business in France (as long as you pay social contributions and taxes in France).
This course will give you the visa request process and all the relocation related tools for your move as an entrepreneur.
This course is for all nationalities and was more specifically prepared for non-EU nationals (including British citizens).
However, it is important to take into account that a few countries have bilateral agreements with France that will have specific visa requirements and/or quotas. Before purchasing this course, be aware that the specificities of the bilateral agreement ARE NOT detailed in the course.
Bilateral agreements apply to nationals of the Maghreb states and some sub-Saharan African states.
Yes, this course can apply to European nationals.
Two of the seven modules won't be needed for you since they are about the visa request and the visa renewal. However, all the rest applies.
I'm not a business consultant nor an accountant.
I will give general information about the micro-entrepreneur status and other company structures with the applicable social contribution levels.
However, as a business owner, it is essential that you get specific advice regarding your French company set-up.
France Formula 2022
♦ Get a proof-tested framework to plan & execute your successful move to France.
♦ 7 online training modules
♦ Monthly Q&A sessions
♦ Lifetime access to the France Formula Community Facebook group
♦ A stalk of bonuses
♦ Administrative letter templates in French
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