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The French are out to get us |
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Written by Mike Meade
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There is a paranoid impression in most expat communities that local opinion and practices are somehow skewed against “us”. But after almost four decades of observation I find that, on the whole, “the locals” tend to treat us better than they do their own brethren. Nevertheless I’ve had a complaint from an American reader who feels that “they” are unreasonable in refusing driving licences from all but a few US states. This is, according to him, “French bureaucracy and petty meanness gone mad”. In reality the explanation is simple – France accepts US licences only from those US states which accept French ones. So ask your congressman to recognise French licences and you’ll be fine.
Mike Meade
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when I was in Florida , I was able to swap my french drivers license easily for a local one.this possibility was due to the french consul who d battled for ages to obtain this possibility.
the problem was rather on the american local state side than on the french authorities.