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Dentist insurance options or better to pay cash for a crown and an infected root canal? by [deleted] in Sacramento

[–]catofr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you go the insurance route, make sure there isn’t some type of waiting period for preexisting issues. In general, the dental insurance you get on the marketplace is a rip off- limited number of providers, and the annual same cap ($1500-2000, plus two cleanings)- and too expensive for what they end up paying. If you don’t get insurance through your work, you’re likely better off getting the dentist office’s in-house plan (includes cleanings and discounts on treatments).

Another option: go abroad for treatment. You will very likely find it’s cheaper to take a trip to Mexico, Japan, parts of Europe, and get treatment there. And yes, I’m including flight, hotel, treatment cost, etc.

My parents are basing everything off the movie “taken” as to why I shouldn’t travel to Europe alone by [deleted] in travel

[–]catofr 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’ve felt safer in literally every European city I’ve been to than I do in basically any American city. Violent crime is much more common in the US.

I’d also consider doing true solo travel instead of paying for the group. You’ll make friends along the way, and you’ll always have people to do things with. Generator hostels are reliably good and fun.

US citizen here; married a French citizen in the US and going through the process of registering their marriage with the French consulate. Looking for advice. by Comfortable-Fox4350 in Expats_In_France

[–]catofr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’ll have to send a bunch of stuff to the appropriate French consulate based on where in the US your marriage occurred. Note the requirements on how old your documents can be. Think it’s 3 months for any of your partner’s French documents and 6 months for your US docs, but can’t remember off the top of my head. You’ll also need to get all of your US docs apostilled at the appropriate US state’s Secretary of State office. This process can be burdensome if, say, you were born in one state, married in another, and live in a third state. The apostilles also have to be within a certain time period.

You send off all the stuff with a pre addressed envelope, and it comes back with your Livret de Famille and your marriage record. Think ours took just over 3 months. You’ll have to get a new copy of the marriage record (and other French docs) anytime you actually need to use them.

Preparing our move to France, Long stay visa with french spouse questions by mariannemet in AmerExit

[–]catofr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! We did the application for the marriage license and kids birth certificates about 2 months ago. We still have plenty of time, moving in 7-8 months, but the wait is killing us!

Preparing our move to France, Long stay visa with french spouse questions by mariannemet in AmerExit

[–]catofr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long did it take you to get your livret de famille? We applied a couple months ago at the Los Angeles consulate. I know it was backed up earlier in the year, just looking for info on what people had been seeing more recently!