@@BlaBlaKaity Thank you very much for the video Kaity. Do you have any information about the rejected bank transactions? I sent an amount of money to my brother who is studying in France and the bank rejected it. I had not used my own account number but a money transfer company which is a legal one in my country. I cannot understand the reason of rejection and why the French banks ask for too many justifications for a simple less-than- 5,000 $ bank transaction. Thanks for your support,
@@RehanAli-ku1pb Hey Rehan, I naturally speak very quickly, so it's unnatural for me to slow down. If you can't understand me, you can slow down the speed of the video, and of course ask any questions in the comments!
This is so helpful, thank you! Also, as you mentioned I'd love to see a video on helpful phrases to know when opening a bank account/renting in France :)
Thank you very much for the video Kaity. Do you have any information about the rejected bank transactions? I sent an amount of money to my brother who is studying in France and the bank rejected it. I had not used my own account number but a money transfer company which is a legal one in my country. I cannot understand the reason of rejection and why the French banks ask for too many justifications for a simple less-than- 5,000 $ bank transaction. Thanks for your support,
You’re so welcome ! Unfortunately I don’t have any info on this 😕 if your brother’s currently in France, I’d recommend that he go to the bank in person to see if they can help ! France is sadly notorious for not getting much done over email. Good luck!!
@@BlaBlaKaity Thank you very much for your reply. He is currently in France. He visited the bank several times but the bank's advisor is not cooperative. We want to find the bank's manager and talk to the manager directly. Can you kindly answer one more question: Do you know any bank affairs lawyers in France (Lyon)? We are ready to pay the lawyer to help us understand the laws and solve our problem. Thanks in advance for any support.
Thank you so much for all your help!!! Is it typically acceptable to translate the letter of recommendation yourself? If you feel comfortable, do you think you could share your translation? I just requested a letter of recommendation and was unsure about how translating works.
Hey Eliza, you’re so welcome! I’m not sure if it’s typical, but I translated the letter myself and it ended up being fine. I’ll go digging for the translation and will let you know what I wrote ☺️
Mais de rien!! Okay so I can’t find the original rec that I got in English, but here’s what I translated to French: Date (dd/mm/yyyy) My full name My address in the US that’s linked to the bank À qui de droit : FIRST AND LAST NAME est membre de BANK NAME depuis DAY MONTH YEAR, et elle a actuellement un compte chèque et un compte d’épargne, avec plusieurs sous-actions. FIRST NAME gère ses comptes de manière appropriée et n’a jamais eu aucun problème. Cordialement, Signature of the person who wrote it Their printed name Their title (I put the French translation followed by the English title: “Aide directrice // Assistant Member Care Manager”) Banks address Banks phone number Banks fax number Banks website And to be honest, I can’t remember if my banker in France ever even asked for this, but it felt good to have a copy just in case!
Thank you for the video! I and other new TAPIFers may be wondering is more about the Arrêté de Nomination and applying for the visa. I know sometimes you can get an unofficial unstamped copy of the arrêté before getting the official. Does it have to have the stamp to apply for the visa? Also, I know some people have said you get the official through email and others have said they got it in the mail. Can I expect that everything will be done electronically? I’m moving next month so if I get anything in the mail, I want to make sure they have my updated address! Can I change this in my application or how does that work? Once I am ready to start applying for my visa in the US, how does that work? What are the steps? Where do I apply? How long does it take to get in? Thank you in advance! I look forward to watching your next video. I appreciate all this helpful information and I know your other viewers do too.
Merci Mariah, c’est gentil! And comme d’hab, thanks for your excellent questions (the visa process is always a fun one) 🙂 I will definitely work on addressing them in the next Wed video!
Hey Mariah, just wanted to check back in on your visa questions. It's taking me longer to do a video on the visa because of all the recent changes to the process, so I wanted to answer as many of your questions as I can at the moment: 1. Yes, you absolutely need the stamp to apply for the visa. Unfortunately, the visa process is rather inflexible on the side of assistants, though we're expected to be patient and flexible throughout the rather confusing and tedious process. 2. Personally, I got my arrêté in the mail, though this was back in 2017. I've also heard of other people who've gotten their arrêté via email...so unfortunately the process doesn't seem standardized :/ 3. I'm not sure about changing your address in the application, but this is definitely something to ask Erin about! Since she might be super busy at the moment, it's also worth asking this question in the Facebook group, if you haven't already (ps good luck with moving!). Something else you should do is let USPS know that you're changing addresses www.usps.com/manage/forward.htm. You'll have to pay something like $1, but this will ensure that any mail sent to your old address will be forwarded to your new one--I've done this several times and it's worked well for me. 4. As for applying for the visa, you'll want to check out the 2020-21 handbook! It will give you detailed steps on how to apply, but the main gist is: a. apply on france-visas.gouv.fr b. print out the finished application and prepare the listed additional documents (make at least 3 photocopies of each!) c. book an appointment at the visa center closest to you d. go to said appointment with the app / other documents e. leave your passport with them f. wait for 3-ish weeks to get your passport mailed back to you with the visa inside (I got mine back in like a week) g. the final step is registering with the OFII within the first 3 months of your stay in France, but that's something to worry about AFTER you arrive Let me know if this sparked any more questions -- I'll try to add more details in the eventual visa video!!
Just found your channel! Quality video, looking forward to getting through the rest of your vids.
Thanks Leigh, I’m happy you’re finding my vids useful !!
@@BlaBlaKaity Thank you very much for the video Kaity.
Do you have any information about the rejected bank transactions?
I sent an amount of money to my brother who is studying in France and the bank rejected it. I had not used my own account number but a money transfer company which is a legal one in my country. I cannot understand the reason of rejection and why the French banks ask for too many justifications for a simple less-than- 5,000 $ bank transaction.
Thanks for your support,
Anything else you want to know about opening a French bank account, or about moving to France in general?
@@RehanAli-ku1pb Hey Rehan, I naturally speak very quickly, so it's unnatural for me to slow down. If you can't understand me, you can slow down the speed of the video, and of course ask any questions in the comments!
This is so helpful, thank you! Also, as you mentioned I'd love to see a video on helpful phrases to know when opening a bank account/renting in France :)
You're so welcome! And I can definitely publish more videos that have to do with the vocab behind these scenarios. They're officially on the list!
Thank you very much for the video Kaity.
Do you have any information about the rejected bank transactions?
I sent an amount of money to my brother who is studying in France and the bank rejected it. I had not used my own account number but a money transfer company which is a legal one in my country. I cannot understand the reason of rejection and why the French banks ask for too many justifications for a simple less-than- 5,000 $ bank transaction.
Thanks for your support,
You’re so welcome ! Unfortunately I don’t have any info on this 😕 if your brother’s currently in France, I’d recommend that he go to the bank in person to see if they can help ! France is sadly notorious for not getting much done over email. Good luck!!
@@BlaBlaKaity Thank you very much for your reply. He is currently in France. He visited the bank several times but the bank's advisor is not cooperative. We want to find the bank's manager and talk to the manager directly. Can you kindly answer one more question: Do you know any bank affairs lawyers in France (Lyon)? We are ready to pay the lawyer to help us understand the laws and solve our problem. Thanks in advance for any support.
Thank you so much for all your help!!! Is it typically acceptable to translate the letter of recommendation yourself? If you feel comfortable, do you think you could share your translation? I just requested a letter of recommendation and was unsure about how translating works.
Hey Eliza, you’re so welcome! I’m not sure if it’s typical, but I translated the letter myself and it ended up being fine. I’ll go digging for the translation and will let you know what I wrote ☺️
@@BlaBlaKaity your videos have been so helpful to me!! Thank you!
Mais de rien!! Okay so I can’t find the original rec that I got in English, but here’s what I translated to French:
Date (dd/mm/yyyy)
My full name
My address in the US that’s linked to the bank
À qui de droit :
FIRST AND LAST NAME est membre de BANK NAME depuis DAY MONTH YEAR, et elle a actuellement un compte chèque et un compte d’épargne, avec plusieurs sous-actions. FIRST NAME gère ses comptes de manière appropriée et n’a jamais eu aucun problème.
Cordialement,
Signature of the person who wrote it
Their printed name
Their title (I put the French translation followed by the English title: “Aide directrice // Assistant Member Care Manager”)
Banks address
Banks phone number
Banks fax number
Banks website
And to be honest, I can’t remember if my banker in France ever even asked for this, but it felt good to have a copy just in case!
@@BlaBlaKaity thank you so much! Seriously your videos have been so helpful for preparing for tapif!!
Thank you for the video! I and other new TAPIFers may be wondering is more about the Arrêté de Nomination and applying for the visa.
I know sometimes you can get an unofficial unstamped copy of the arrêté before getting the official. Does it have to have the stamp to apply for the visa? Also, I know some people have said you get the official through email and others have said they got it in the mail. Can I expect that everything will be done electronically? I’m moving next month so if I get anything in the mail, I want to make sure they have my updated address! Can I change this in my application or how does that work?
Once I am ready to start applying for my visa in the US, how does that work? What are the steps? Where do I apply? How long does it take to get in?
Thank you in advance! I look forward to watching your next video. I appreciate all this helpful information and I know your other viewers do too.
Merci Mariah, c’est gentil! And comme d’hab, thanks for your excellent questions (the visa process is always a fun one) 🙂 I will definitely work on addressing them in the next Wed video!
Hey Mariah, just wanted to check back in on your visa questions. It's taking me longer to do a video on the visa because of all the recent changes to the process, so I wanted to answer as many of your questions as I can at the moment:
1. Yes, you absolutely need the stamp to apply for the visa. Unfortunately, the visa process is rather inflexible on the side of assistants, though we're expected to be patient and flexible throughout the rather confusing and tedious process.
2. Personally, I got my arrêté in the mail, though this was back in 2017. I've also heard of other people who've gotten their arrêté via email...so unfortunately the process doesn't seem standardized :/
3. I'm not sure about changing your address in the application, but this is definitely something to ask Erin about! Since she might be super busy at the moment, it's also worth asking this question in the Facebook group, if you haven't already (ps good luck with moving!). Something else you should do is let USPS know that you're changing addresses www.usps.com/manage/forward.htm. You'll have to pay something like $1, but this will ensure that any mail sent to your old address will be forwarded to your new one--I've done this several times and it's worked well for me.
4. As for applying for the visa, you'll want to check out the 2020-21 handbook! It will give you detailed steps on how to apply, but the main gist is:
a. apply on france-visas.gouv.fr
b. print out the finished application and prepare the listed additional documents (make at least 3 photocopies of each!)
c. book an appointment at the visa center closest to you
d. go to said appointment with the app / other documents
e. leave your passport with them
f. wait for 3-ish weeks to get your passport mailed back to you with the visa inside (I got mine back in like a week)
g. the final step is registering with the OFII within the first 3 months of your stay in France, but that's something to worry about AFTER you arrive
Let me know if this sparked any more questions -- I'll try to add more details in the eventual visa video!!