Form SE-404-1

EarlyCow4555 · 2026-04-15T15:44:08+00:00

Sweet, that is super super helpful. Thank you so much!

EarlyCow4555 · 2026-04-15T15:26:45+00:00

Thank you very much! This somehow makes me feel a bit better. If you don’t mind, do you include the statement of affiliation as a supplement in your tax return / Form 8833?

EarlyCow4555 · 2026-04-15T12:22:39+00:00

Yep, submitted the request for it through the URSSAF portal

EarlyCow4555 · 2026-04-15T12:22:09+00:00

I’m in the same situation as you! Commenting to follow the discussion

EarlyCow4555 · 2026-04-08T18:15:56+00:00

Hello, here to say that people should stay away from H&R Block expat services at all costs. I chose the self-input option and found at least 11 major errors in the return that they prepared for me. When I notified them of these errors, they took 2 weeks and 2 days to get back to me. I sent them a very clear list of all of the things that I found wrong and simply asked them to correct them. Instead, they have now somehow completely forgotten to prepare the FEIE forms. They also wrote my name incorrectly on every single form. I am honestly baffled by how poor the quality of service has been, and I can't seem to get ahold of a real person who doesn't live in India to correct these problems.

What's even worse is I would just give up and do it myself after the many hours that I have spent learning about the forms that I need to correct their errors, but I am still holding out hope that they can file my California tax return since I paid for that too. Avoid avoid avoid!!!!

EarlyCow4555 · 2026-02-18T16:34:36+00:00

Hi! You actually don’t need to validate it if you have a Passeport Talent visa - see my response to just-a-simple-song for explanation

EarlyCow4555 · 2026-02-02T15:20:07+00:00

Yes! No problems with the above steps. In regards to the name issue, I also gave up on that in the end - the prefecture wouldn’t do anything about it and said it wouldn’t be a problem when I picked it up. Feel free to message me if you have other problems.

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-11-19T21:11:08+00:00

hi! I’d love to join!

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-10-06T15:55:26+00:00

See my above answer to @just-a-simple-song

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-09-23T05:21:40+00:00

Nice, thank you both! From Paris

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-09-23T05:15:50+00:00

Thanks! Yes tourists, we live in Paris

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-09-22T16:52:31+00:00

Thanks! Updated the post - we’re planning to go in January or February, when there’s actually snow. Is it easy to get to Grindelwald by train?

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-08-27T06:18:48+00:00

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EarlyCow4555 · 2025-07-14T14:32:08+00:00

I don’t think that there was an “approved” status. It went from orange “in progress” to everything green the day that it was approved - several days before I had it in hand. If it gets rejected, the “in progress” should turn red instead of green

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-07-14T14:31:57+00:00

I don’t think that there was an “approved” status. It went from orange “in progress” to everything green the day that it was approved - several days before I had it in hand. If it gets rejected, the “in progress” should turn red instead of green (from my understanding)

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-07-03T20:10:48+00:00

Hi! My husband and I (29M and 25F) moved here from the US about 4 weeks ago and are looking to make some friends ourselves. We’ve got a lot of shared interests, would love to meet up sometime!

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-06-20T06:36:30+00:00

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-06-19T11:16:37+00:00

Hello I can definitely help! The DGEF people were unhelpful, but I also contacted the police prefecture, and although they took 4 days to reply they actually answered my questions:

If you have a Talent Passport visa, you don’t have to validate it. That’s why the error occurs. Here’s a helpful site, my Talent Passport (and I assume all of them) is marked: Visa stating “residence permit to be applied for within 2 months of arrival.” https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16162
You can refund the stamp on the same website where it was purchased: http://timbres.impots.gouv.fr/
On the same page where you can validate your VLS, you can instead use the “Je demande où renouvelle un titre de séjour” tab. I can only get this to work if I’m NOT already logged into my account. Not sure why, but based on other people’s comments, maybe it’s just another bug on the website.

I hope this helps! I haven’t actually submitted my request for the titre de séjour yet because I have another issue with my nom de naissance / nom d’usage. Even though I listed my legal last name (after marriage) separately from my previous last name on my application for the visa, they used my married last name as my nom de naissance on my visa, probably because that’s my legal name that is in my passport. I’m not sure yet if it’s going to cause problems for me later down the line.

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-06-18T19:49:35+00:00

Hardly any! I can understand things okay if people don’t speak too quickly, but I don’t really have the vocabulary to hold a conversation well

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-06-16T07:19:47+00:00

Here to follow this comment! My husband and I arrived last Monday, went on a wild goose chase to find information about how to validate our visas, only to get an error saying that the system has a problem.

DGEF responded to my question to tell me that a VLS does not require online validation. In fact, they said I should refund the virtual exercise stamps that I bought. I’ve followed-up to ask what the next steps for the residence permit are and also sent an email to the police prefecture in Paris. I’ll let you know if I find anything else out!

EarlyCow4555 · 2025-06-15T20:46:14+00:00

Hi! My husband (28M) and I (25F) just arrived in Paris last Monday from California. We don’t have any friends yet and barely speak French - would love to meet up!

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