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From the book "Retire in France by the Numbers"

Details and assistance for negotiating the bureaucratic red tape and Catch-22s, from the mundane to the arcane, including:
• Preparing and selling your US home
• Getting your long-stay visa and residency permit
• International Health Insurance, Guarantee of Repatriation
• "Affidavit of good conduct" (non-criminal record)
• Covid-19 screening; vaccinations
• Document translation
• Help Services
• Shipping options; mail forwarding
• France bank accounts; Currency Exchange Services
• U.S. Social Security and IRA implications
• Temporary accommodation in France
• Accountants in US and France
• Emigration and customs, declaration d'entrée
• OFII and medical appointments; family doctor (médecin traitant) in France
• France health insurance system - NIR, CPAM, PUMA, Carte Vitale, CNI
• Buying a car in France, importing a car
• Required auto equipment: gilet jaune, triangle de signalisation, and Ethylotest
• Getting your France driver's license
• Finding a real estate agent
• How to search for a home in France
• About notaires, fees and taxes
• Buying your new home
• France home diagnostics: Loi Carrez, Performance Énergétique du Bâtiment, Amiante, Plomb, les Termites, Certificat d’État des Risques Naturels, Gaz, Électrique, Assainissement non Collectif, Mérules, Bruit.
• The real estate contracts: Compromis de Vente and Acte de Vente
• How to save thousands by wording your contract the right way
• Homeowner insurance in France
• Going to closing
• Furnishing and improving your France home
• Settling in France in comfort and ease
• Declaring FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) and FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Report)

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