Comments for Resident cards for EU citizens at http://www.rivierareporter.com , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.rivierareporter.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:21:30 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/735/132/#comment-256 Why go as far as a tribunal? Just get a lawyer to write the directeur, service des etrangers and the prefet citing the law and any example of it not being applied. Copy to your consulate and my guess would be that they'd fall into line. It's the cheapest option. Failing that there is always the Tribunal Administratif. - R. Wall Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:22:23 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/735/132/#comment-255 It is a problem indeed to get this (20 years valid) card from the Préfecture in Nice. To HappyInFrance: did you try in the meantime? Result? To Jake in Biot: any more comment from your lawyer? What about taking the Prefect to the Tribunal and asking the judge to force him ? (I guess that your lawyer will say that the judges in the Provence work as much against laws issued in Paris as the Prefect!). If some of us stick together, we can share the costs of your (or an other) lawyer. Try? - hans kemme Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:42:58 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/735/132/#comment-81 I'm told I don't need a card so whay would I want one? - R. Wall Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:18:36 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/735/132/#comment-71 My sister and her family live in the Dordogne and they had no trouble at all being issued with their residence cards. But hearing the stories I'm rather afraid of trying in Nice when mine runs out soon. - HappyInFrance Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:48:45 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/735/132/#comment-61 They fight tooth and nail at the perefecture in Nice not to give it to you. My lawyer said just to tell them that the law requires them to issue one. I did but they don't care. - Jake in Biot Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:53:44 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/735/132/#comment-50 Has anyone really been able to get the card they have a right to? My experience has been that French civil servants do more or less what they please, no matter wht the law says. - Samantha R Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:39:39 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/735/132/#comment-43 As an EU citizen you should be able to obtain a carte de séjour if you can show sufficient resources to live in France and can prove that you are covered by health care, either state or private. This is a right openly ignored by some mairies and prefectures. We would suggest taking the written information in French available from http://vosdroits.service-public.fr where it is clearly stated "Les citoyens qui ont acquis un droit au séjour permanent en France peuvent demander la délivrance d'une carte de séjour 'CE - séjour permanent - toutes activités professionnelles', valable vingt ans. Cette carte, dont la possession n'est pas obligatoire, est renouvelable de plein droit." This is a confirmation of EU law (N° 2004/38/EC Articles 18,19,20) and you can download a copy of the legislation at www.riviera-reporter.com/downloads/RightToResidence.pdf (or e-mail us to receive a copy by e-mail). But expect an argument at the mairie or the prefecture. They don't like being asked to issue these cards. M.M. - Riviera Reporter Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:34:40 +0100