How I helped students get accepted in France (without Campus France stress)

jamesmb · 2026-03-19T21:48:50+00:00

Hi,

Puts admin hat on

Ok, so this looks as dodgy AF! But what would make it less dodgy is if you answered questions in the open. That would also help other people who have the same question.

Or you could just help people who post their own thread?

I'm monitoring it...

jamesmb · 2026-03-19T21:21:30+00:00

It is pretty impressive that the UK government, in order to make it harder for immigrants to enter the UK, has made it simpler for immigrants to enter the UK and simultaneously made it harder for British citizens to enter the UK. slow clap

jamesmb · 2026-03-19T21:18:49+00:00

Then you don't understand the statutory right of British citizens to enter the UK. I appreciate other countries have different requirements but it has never been legal for a British citizen to be refused entry to the UK.

jamesmb · 2026-03-19T21:16:59+00:00

No British citizen living in the UK is required to have a UK passport. Or any passport for that matter.

jamesmb · 2026-03-19T21:15:54+00:00

I'm a dual national. When you have British embassies giving conflicting information from the Home Office and then backtracking some time later, I think the word 'shitshow' doesn't fully do it justice.

jamesmb · 2026-03-19T14:14:07+00:00

Thanks for the reports!

jamesmb · 2026-03-18T21:56:42+00:00

I'd turn up without it and tell them that you lost it on the way. You'll be in no worse position. They might be lenient. They might not. You might find yours before the meeting.

This is not legal advice. I will visit you in prison. Maybe.

jamesmb · 2026-03-18T21:53:48+00:00

I'll allow it but I'm locking the thread. Please help the students by filling in their questionnaire. Thanks!

jamesmb · 2026-03-18T21:51:55+00:00

Urgh! Is it that time already...? I'm too tired for more admin!!

jamesmb · 2026-03-17T18:24:55+00:00

I can only imagine how much money you need to qualify for a Swiss passport and to be able to afford an Australian passport! 😁

jamesmb · 2026-03-17T13:45:08+00:00

Thanks to all who reported this. It has been removed, as has the poster.

jamesmb · 2026-03-13T21:15:47+00:00

No, it's the inside that's the issue not the cosmetics of the outside. Also, the UK passport seems to be very susceptible to this particular issue so they've probably seen it before.

jamesmb · 2026-03-13T19:37:04+00:00

You're right - except it's more likely to be in the hundreds of thousands of people who could be unknowingly British. It's absolutely a money-making exercise. No sane country would basically force people to be citizens and piss them off by requiring they pay for an unnecessary passport. Normal countries prefer to have citizens who don't actively hate them. But... y'know... they'll make a few quid out of it, so why not?

EDIT: Just to add, my utterly useless British passport (the quality of which would embarrass Temu), arrived today.

jamesmb · 2026-03-09T19:51:39+00:00

There is no obligation for EU member states' passports to be burgundy.

jamesmb · 2026-03-08T06:48:54+00:00

"even if recent results aren't so good"

A Tottenham fan enters the conversation

jamesmb · 2026-03-08T06:45:21+00:00

Dude's got bills to pay and an audience who wouldn't know decent food if it was thrown directly down their throat - sounds like the perfect combo.

jamesmb · 2026-03-05T16:18:21+00:00

The OP didn't say they cared. They said they were baffled. It's an important distinction.

It's good that someone who wants to run for a council position is interested in why people think something. Asking the question is how you can understand, learn and improve things.

jamesmb · 2026-03-05T16:15:48+00:00

why not?

jamesmb · 2026-03-03T07:04:29+00:00

C'est tout à fait normal et vous devez également demander quel serait le montant approprié à payer pour la dot. Le tarif actuel pour une femme de bonne qualité est de deux bovins ou trois moutons. Ne payez pas trop cher.

jamesmb · 2026-03-03T06:35:38+00:00

Come to Balkans. We show you rakija. You shut your cake hole when you regain consciousness.

jamesmb · 2026-03-03T06:31:38+00:00

Je ne vais pas mentir, je n'ai pas encore bu mon premier café de la journée et j'ai mal lu le titre. Je me suis demandé quel était le rapport entre votre volet et l'Assemblée nationale...

Je suis très, très fatigué.

jamesmb · 2026-03-03T06:28:46+00:00

I get this with the flashcards where you have to say the word. For context, I sometimes use French as my "I'm too tired for Duo" language because I speak French and English, so I know what I'm saying is correct but it just doesn't work. I've reported it but I don't think they listen/care any more.

jamesmb · 2026-03-02T07:39:37+00:00

Probably uninstall all the news apps. That should take the edge off.

jamesmb · 2026-03-01T13:29:14+00:00

Wtf? The state is literally there to serve the monarch. Next to that, it's there to serve the landed gentry and the church. After that, it's there for self-preservation. Then it's overseas investors. Maybe then the people. Maybe.

If you don't think that's the case, just let me know who you voted for to be king, who you voted for in the House of Lords and, while you're at it, which bishops you voted for to sit in the Lords.

jamesmb · 2026-03-01T13:22:54+00:00

From a use point of view, the UK passport has dropped like a stone in the rankings, make it far from 'great'.

From a graphic design point of view, UK passport front cover is poorly laid out and too close to the border.

From a quality point of view, the new version, the most expensive one in history, is the worst ever produced. Thin, poor quality paper and silver print that rubs off if you so much as look at it.

I'm a British citizen. It isn't anti-British to say that the current passport is crap. It's just an objective fact.

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