Documents to bring along

During your stay in France, you will need some documents for administrative procedures (for example to register your car, to enrol your child at school or to find accommodation…). Make sure that you have all the required documents prior to your arrival.

We strongly recommend that you prepare the following documents, which could be useful for your daily life in France:

Family

 

  • Marriage certificate (or other official union certificate)
  • Children birth certificates
  • Children’s school reports and statements of full-time attendance at an educational establishment
  • Health records / Immunisation cards (for all members of the family)
  • Health insurance documents
  • 3 pictures (passport standard size) for each member of your family
  • if you are unemployed in another EU country, a special form authorizing you to export your unemployment benefits should be requested from your national employment services (for the transfer of your unemployment benefits to France) – please see our Guidebook for employment in Provence

 

Cars

  • Driver’s license and/or international driver’s license See driving licence section
  • All official and technical car documents
  • Car insurance certificates: we advise each driver to prepare his/her driving records from his country of origin (a certificate indicating the periods of insurance and the car accidents, if any), which may be required by the French insurance company and may modify the insurance rate (document in French or in English).
  • Invoice and/or certificate of sale
  • Cars imported from Germany: we advise you to obtain an export certificate and export plates before leaving. The process to register your car in France will be made much easier.

Note that the Welcome Office will be your interface for:
-  The Customs formalities to import your car from a non-EU country
-  The registration of your car in France

If you intend to import your car in France, please inform the Welcome Office as soon as possible.

Pets

If you have pets, we recommend that you provide anti-rabies immunization cards. Also see Customs section