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Transitions Abroad: Working in France. How Non-Europeans Can Work Legally. Article by Finn Skovgaard.

Transitions Abroad: Dos and Don'ts in France. Living Abroad Requires Tact and Cultural Insight. Article by Finn Skovgaard.

Weekly Telegraph: Finn Skovgaard's Mentor Page about France. Get your questions answered on the Expat.Telegraph site.

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Learn French

Greolingua. Valérie Saltray, experienced French teacher with international experience, offers a range of French classes adaptable to your needs near Grasse and the Riviera.

Coaching

See also under Family, Personal, Schools, Holiday/Vacation.

Expat Coaching in France

Move Forwards. UK expat Sarah Dixon helps expats deal with the challenges of life in France.
Paris Playground. Consulting company Paris specialising in life coaching for individuals, corporate executives and team coaching in Paris.

Expat Coaching in General

Moving Away or Coming Home. Expat coach blog by Karma Kitaj who runs Life Spring Coaching.
Retirement As You Want It. Resources for Baby Boomers who want to embrace new experiences in the next step of their lives. By Karma Kitaj who runs Life Spring Coaching.
Life Spring Coaching. Karma Kitaj works with expats and repats to create a fulfilling adventure suited to the client's desires and aptitudes.

Freelance writing services in French

Prête-moi ta plume. Evelyne Gelin, experienced French freelance writer, writes your documents in French based on your explanation in English. Letters, CVs/resumes, speeches, leaflets, press releases, essays, dissertations, theses, websites ...

Bilingual and International Schools

Ecole Bilingue International Cote d'Azur (E.B.I.C.A.). Sophia Antipolis (06 - Alpes-Maritimes).

Expat stores for food & other products, Food from other countries

Best of British. Over 300 British grocery products. Shops in Aix en Provence, Brive (Saint Aulaire), Carcassonne, Civray, Condom, Confolens (near Limoges), Figeac, Perigueux, Pezenas, Saint Rémy de Provence, Trie sur Baïse. Mail order.
Britishcornershop.co.uk. British online supermarket selling British food, magazines, toiletries and baby products.
Britishmailorder.com. All sorts of products, food and non-food.
Expatboxes. Sends you food products and other things you miss from the UK. Mail order.
Oakestores. Fresh and local British food products by mail order from small village post office.
UK2you. Large selection of mail order products for British expats.
Cap Hispania. Spanish delicatessen, food and wine (Paris 17).
Stübli. German delicatessen, food and patisserie (Paris 17).
Maison du Danemark. Danish delicatessen and food. 142 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8.

Click here for the list of French supermarkets.

Converters and Adapters

MCC Cables. Worldwide plug guide.
Multitel. International Telephone adapters.
Teleadapt. Adapters for foreign telephone plugs.
220giftcenter.com. Mains transformers.
Familyonboard. Mains adapters and transformers. US based.
Digitalwirelessgroup. Mains adapters and converters/transformers. US based.
Voltageconverters. Mains adapters and converters/transformers. US based.
Voltage-converter-transformers. Mains adapters and converters/transformers. US based.
Goyona France. Transcoders for TV and video.
Vortex. Transcoders for TV and video

Expat Resources

Expat contact sites, see Family, Personal, Schools, Holiday/Vacation.

In English about France

These sites either concern France as a whole or at least 2 different regions.

Amb-usa.fr. Guide for Americans written by the US Embassy in Paris. Very detailed.
Americansinfrance.net. Resource for Americans and other native English speakers that would like to travel or live in France. Forum.
Angloinfo.com. For expats in Aquitaine, Brittany, Normandy, Paris, Poitou-Charentes, Provence and the Riviera.
Britishexpat.com. New, humour and info for British expats in France.
BritsInFrance MSN group.
Chiefdreamer.com. Online community for British expats in France.
Connexionfrance.com. Newspaper with key news affecting France and legal, financial and health updates to make life in France easier.
Directory-france.com. Large directory of useful expat services in France.
DreamersofFrance Smartgroups group.
Expat-blog.com. Directory of expat blogs for France.
Expat Focus. Useful guide for France.
Expat.telegraph.co.uk - Mentor for France. Finn Skovgaard's mentor page on The Weekly Telegraph.
Expatforum.com. Forum for expats in France.
Expatica.com. About Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain.
Expatinterviews.com. Interviews with expats living in France.
Expats.org.uk. France info and guide for expats.
Fragranceoffrance Yahoo group.
France1st.com.
Francegate.com.
Francemag.com. Magazine from the same editor as Livingfrance.
France-property-and-information.com. Loads of information about France. Over 100 different free maps, large section on food culture, tax and legal information, etc.
France-pub.com. Everything from travel info to culture and practical info.
France This Way. About the challenges and realities of moving to France, either to retire or to setup in business.
Francopats.com. Forums, classified ads, French news, articles.
Francophilia. Large collection of links for the tourist and expat.
Frenchentree.com. Information about property, holidays, living and regions. Forum, resources. Regional pages for Languedoc-Roussillon and Paris.
French-news.com.
FrenchPropertyClub MSN group.
Frenchpropertyreport.co.uk. Help and advice for property purchase and living in France. A number of pages are not working.
Just Landed. Useful guides about moving to France. Unfortunately, the quality of the information is sometimes questionable. Some information is misleading or directly incorrect. Double-check before relying on it.
Livingfrance.com. Magazine from the same editor as Francemag.
Living-in-France2 Yahoo group.
Lost-in-france.com. Forum, classifieds and all the other expat stuff.
Messageparis.org. Contacts, activities, information & support to pregnant women & families living in France.
Sompt.com
Southernfrenchaccents.com. Forum.
Totalfrance.com. Forum, extensive, free expat classifieds section, info...

Sites concerning only certain regions

Paris Region - Isle de France

Aaweparis.org. Association of American Wives of Europeans. Plenty of useful links.
DreamingofParisFrance Yahoo group.
Ex-pats-paris Yahoo group.
Fusac.fr. Paris magazine for expats.
MEETin.org. Meet other expats in Paris.
Meetyou.fr. Expats and anglophones community in Paris. Conversation, classifieds and more.
Paris-anglo.com.
Paris-forum.com.
Paris Voice Parisian magazine for expats.
Paris Times. Free Parisian monthly newspaper for expats. No website known. 76 rue Notre Dame des Champs, 75006 Paris. Tel.: 01 40 51 75 28.
Parlerparis.com.

Southern France

Southern-france.com.
Southerntimes.net. News about southern France.

South West France, including Languedoc-Rousillon

DreamingofSWFrance Yahoo group.
LanguedocLiving.com. Articles, news, forum, directory, restaurant reviews, weather forecast, information and polls for expats living in Languedoc-Rousillon.
The-languedoc-page.com. "The Languedoc Page". Forum and info.
PropertiesinLanguedocRoussillon MSN group. Forum.
11: In2aude.net Forum.
30: Autourdugard Yahoo group. For those living in the Gard and surrounding area, to keep abreast of local events, happenings and other things of interest.
30: Britsnimes. An English speaking association in the Nîmes area.
34: BritsaroundBeziers MSN group.
34: Languedoc-herault.info. Retired Carol & Adrian tell about their region.
66: Anglophone-direct.com. About Pyrénéés-Orientales.
81: Britarn.com. Info, classifieds, vacation rentals...
81: Tarn-web.com. Info, classifieds, forum...

South East France, including Provence and the Riviera

Amb-cotedazur.com. AMB Côte d'Azur: Non-profit association that's an online guide and companion to the French Riviera and neighbouring regions. Personal accounts about towns, excursions, interviews, book reviews, recipes and much more.
DreamingofSEFrance Yahoo group.
Meetyou.fr. Expats and anglophones community in Provence and the Riviera. Conversation, classifieds and more.
Provencebeyond.com. Information about Provence and the Riviera.
06: Cote.azur.fr. For expats in the Riviera.
06: Nice-city-vacation. Insider's guide to Nice and the Riviera: Apartments, hotels, shopping, entertainment, general information on the Riviera.
06: Rivieraradio.mc Riviera radio on the web, and much more.
06: Riviera Reporter Riviera magazine in English. Forum and more.
83: Var Village Voice Monthly newsletter.

Central France

DreamingofCentralFrance Yahoo group.

Northern France
North West France, including Bretagne, Normandie

Community-forum.net/brittany. Brittany community forum.
DreamingofNWFrance Yahoo group.

North East France, including Lille

DreamingofNEFrance Yahoo group.

In English for expats in general

AlloExpat.com/. Forum for wordwide expats.
Backinblighty.com. Everything for the British expat.
Bilingualkids.com.
Britishexpat.com. New, humour and info for British expats.
Britishexpats.com.
British-expats.com.
Career-in-your-suitcase.com. Jo Parfitt and her concept for portable careers. Workshops and seminars. Hundreds of pages of inspiration, links and contacts. Jo regularly writes for the Weekly Telegraph.
Easyexpat.com
Ecis.org. European Council of International Schools.
Embassyworld.com. Worldwide embassy directory.
Escapeartist.com.
Expat-blog.com. Expat blogs.
Expatcoach.com.
Expatexchange.com.
Expatexpert.com.
Expatfocus.com.
Expatforum.com.
Expatica.com. About Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain.
Expatindex.com. British expat resource centre.
Expatinterviews.com. Interviews with expats.
Expatnetwork.com.
Expatregister.com.
Expatriatehelp.com.
Expatriates.com. Ads, resources, bulletin boards.
Expats.org.uk
Expat section of the Daily Telegraph.co.uk. The Weekly Telegraph.
Expatwoman.com. Provide useful and relevant information for women either living abroad or contemplating a move.
Expatworld.net. Newsletter of international living.
Firstexpat.com.
Goinglobal.com. International career advice.
Interculturalpress.com. Books for the expatriate.
Internationalliving.com.
International-mobility.com.
Just Landed. Useful multilingual guides about moving to a number of specific European countries.
Liveabroad.com.
Moving-overseas-guide.com.
Multilingualmunchkins.com. For children learning.
Pwcglobal.com. PriceWaterHouseCoopers.
Studyeurope.org.
Survivalbooks.net.
Tckworld.com. Third Culture Kids world.
Theonlineexpat.com.
Thesun.org. Tales from a small planet.
Transitionsabroad.com. Vast amount of articles about living abroad. I am a contributing writer for this site. The site focuses on Americans going abroad, but others will find most of the articles useful too.
Whereonearthgroup.com.
Workpermit.com.

En français sur la France

Omi.social.fr. Office des Migrations Internationales. Official site.

En français pour les expatriés en général

Info-europe.fr. Sources d'Europe - Centre d'information sur l'Europe. Official site.
International-mobility.com.
Just Landed. Guides multilingues sur l'expatriation vers un nombre de pays européens spécifiques.
Le-demenagement.info. "Déménagement": General advice about chosing a removal company and other things to do when moving.

En français pour les expatriés français

Expat.org.
Expatriation.com.
Leader-city.com.
Mfe.org. Maison des Français de l'Étranger. Official site.
ANAEM. Agence Nationale de l'Accueil des Étrangers et des Migrations. Site officiel.

På dansk om Frankrig

Udvandrerne.dk. Den nok mest omfattende liste over firmaer, der har interesse for udlandsdanskere i et stort antal lande. Det er gratis at blive optaget i listen. Du er dermed ikke begrænset til firmaer, der har betalt for at stå der. Omfattende sektion om Frankrig.
Club-danois.com. For danskere omkring Rivieraen.
Dansk-oss.com.
frankofil.dk. Info & forum.
Lanouvellefrance.dk. Idylliske skriverier om Frankrig for danskere
Provenceposten.dk. Månedsblad for danskere i Provence.

In English for expatriate Danes

Danelink.com.

På dansk for udlandsdanskere i almindelighed

Udvandrerne.dk. Den nok mest omfattende liste over firmaer, der har interesse for udlandsdanskere i et stort antal lande. Det er gratis at blive optaget i listen. Du er dermed ikke begrænset til firmaer, der har betalt for at stå der.
Danes-abroad.com.
Danes.dk. Danes Worldwide.
Dansk-oss.com.
Dk-mor-i-udlandet.com.
Nytfradanmark.dk.
Udstationering.dk.

In several languages about several countries

Europa.eu.int/citizensrights/. The European Commission's comprehensive information about how to move to another Member State.

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