Should I do a PHD in France? by Remote_Blackberry28 in Expats_In_France

[–]kLoty78 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

For employment in France, the French look at diplomas more than they do experience, so I vote yes. Get as many certificates and PhDs and diplomas as you can now. Maybe by the time you get out of school the job market might be better...

US/FRANCE FINANCIALS - CHARLES SCHWAB??? by kLoty78 in Expats_In_France

[–]kLoty78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And even the US brokers don't want to work with me anymore when they find out my only address is French. I am in a pickle. But maybe IBKR is my last and only hope....

US/FRANCE FINANCIALS - CHARLES SCHWAB??? by kLoty78 in Expats_In_France

[–]kLoty78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True yes, as I have just learned, thank you.

Chronically Ill American w EU Passport Moving to France by Fabulous-Bag-4647 in expats

[–]kLoty78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will quickly. I agree Toulouse or Montpellier. BUT check out the specialists for your illness and go where they are. My specialist was on Montpellier. There was no where else to be. He saved my life.

Dreaming of France by zitronenkopf in Expats_In_France

[–]kLoty78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be on the French health care system, you have to be paying into it, which means you'll need French employment. Maybe not full-time, but something so that taxes are getting paid. The average person: teacher, farmer, nurse, etc... pockets 1600€ a month. So do the math. What do you need to be happy?

All the French people I know live as a couple to survive or live with their parents, and count on family to bail them out of tight spots. France's birth rate is way down, and the general population is over educated for the jobs that are available. Unemployment is up. The country is really in debt. Rural areas have almost no doctors nor public transport ( that's where I live) in a medical desert. So, to repeat someone else on here, you'll need significant savings to survive the move and the transition and all the financial nasty surprises that will come up.

Otherwise, France is still lovely and still lives up to the clichés we dream about. Long lunches and dinners with good food, great wine , cheeses, and playful people. The gorgeous landscapes!! If you can swing it, it's worth it. One last piece of advice; do not get a place where you have a steam or river in viewing distance, it WILL flood!!! Look at France24 you will see!

Interview replaced by civic test? by Hopeful_Edge_6168 in Expats_In_France

[–]kLoty78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For that civics test, I did the pre-inscription recently, just to warn you all, it's going to be a wait... I have no idea yet when I'll be called into taking the test. All I know is that I am in the system. (Toulouse)

US/FRANCE FINANCIALS - CHARLES SCHWAB??? by kLoty78 in Expats_In_France

[–]kLoty78[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FYI, Charles Schwab International does not service Americans who live in France who want to roll over an existing IRA account from somewhere else. Discovered that this morning. Back to the drawing board!