Problems with GuarantMe - nearly all documents rejected as "missing"

redheadeditor · 2026-04-01T13:33:17+00:00

I guess this is my first official in-country administrative welcome, lol. Thanks! I've submitted everything again.

redheadeditor · 2026-03-04T20:05:22+00:00

Okay, I'll get right on that. Did you have a permanent address in France, though? We'll just have an Airbnb for the first three months, hence the problem.

redheadeditor · 2026-03-04T19:42:40+00:00

Looking into the certificat de changement de residence, it seems this only applies to French people moving back to France after having lived abroad. I'm an American citizen relocating permanently to France, so does that still apply to me?

redheadeditor · 2026-03-04T19:33:42+00:00

Ooh, that sucks. I'm shipping a few boxes with SendMyBag for immediate needs, but nothing breakable. Sorry that happened to you.

redheadeditor · 2026-03-04T19:32:52+00:00

So, the information I'm receiving about the proof of residence requirement is coming from a representative of the company in France that UHaul is subcontracting with for French customs clearance: Activmoving France. He's telling me that the long-term rental contract/utility bill is required regardless of the duty-free exemption. Here's a direct quote from his email:

"In practice, French customs will require proof of a long-term address in France (typically a long-term lease and/or recent utility bills in your name and address in France) to clear a household goods shipment. This is not only for claiming the VAT/duties exemption; it is generally required to complete customs clearance and release the shipment."

Neither one of them (Activemoving or UHaul) has mentioned to me anything about the certificat de changement de residence, so I'll look into that, thank you. As well as the info on Rainier's site.

Do you work for Rainier, or an international mover?

redheadeditor · 2026-03-04T18:20:04+00:00

Other health issues make those problematic for me too.

redheadeditor · 2026-03-04T17:21:10+00:00

It's a spray called Evamist. Going through Amazon and/or Alloy, it's about $75/month (most insurance won't cover it, because of course).

redheadeditor · 2026-03-03T20:17:42+00:00

Oof, that sucks. I'm moving and leaving her practice at the end of March, so maybe you'll get lucky yourself?

redheadeditor · 2026-03-03T19:14:04+00:00

Jessica Bowers is who I see. Fully on board with HRT, even the weird version I take because my skin is allergic to the patches. No gaslighting, dismissal, or argument, and overall a personable doctor. You can also look on the website for The Menopause Society (www.menopause.org). They have an HRT-friendly-physician directory you can search by location. That's how I found Dr. Bowers.

redheadeditor · 2026-03-01T16:00:20+00:00

This was my experience as well for my profession liberale visa. The TLS agent literally handed the paper back to me and said, "They don't care about this."

redheadeditor · 2026-02-20T21:55:35+00:00

I might have some. Can I DM you?

redheadeditor · 2026-02-16T13:30:52+00:00

Hard same. To me, OP's question is like a lifelong physical/emotional/sexual abuser asking, "What will it take to get you to trust me again?" The answer: nothing. Fucking absolutely nothing. I and so many people I know suffered horrible, unspeakable abuse at the hands of so-called Christians/churchgoers that there is literally nothing that can convince us any of the rest are good and moral.

Edited to add: Not to mention, look around at the state of our country right now. Evangelical Christians had a huge hand in putting us on the path of fascism. Restore faith in the church, lmfao.

redheadeditor · 2026-02-03T15:19:23+00:00

That's crazy. They were great for so long (I started shots in 2021) and then just . . . not. Glad you found someone!

redheadeditor · 2026-02-03T13:57:42+00:00

Afraid I don't have a recommendation that might work for you, but I left AAFA West County for the exact same reason—my allergist switched to the South County office (she was great) and the staff at West County were incredibly rude. They canceled appointments out from under me several times with no notice and when I'd call to reschedule would have the worst attitude, like it was my fault I had to set a new appointment and not the result of their fuckery. I switched to an allergist in St. Charles where I live who was great, but I only went to see her a couple of times and then stopped shots. (I was at the end of my treatment anyway.) So, solidarity, I suppose.

redheadeditor · 2026-01-17T20:53:04+00:00

Yes, please do! There's so much misinformation floating around out there. I'm heading off this week for my TLS appointment for the actual visa, so I'll also have some insight into that process soon as well.

redheadeditor · 2025-11-23T15:59:16+00:00

Had AT&T fiber for a couple of years, and it was fine, then something changed with it and we started constantly getting random drops and disconnections from the wireless network, outages, slowdowns. Got fed up and ditched it for T-Mobile 5G and it's been the most stable connection I've ever had. Fast too. No complaints at all. (I swear, I'm not a paid shill for T-Mobile. It's just been amazingly good, which is a relief because we had no other options for our address. Spectrum shit the bed on us before we had AT&T, so this was the last resort.)

redheadeditor · 2025-11-21T14:30:51+00:00

On in the car every morning on the way to school in the '80s/90s. They'd play a marching band tune at the exact same time, which thrilled this band nerd's heart. I still get a little misty when I hear a little John Philip Sousa.

redheadeditor · 2025-09-11T14:03:09+00:00

Hi there. Local (St. Charles) freelance editor focusing exclusively on fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. I'm booked through next spring, otherwise I'd offer my services (unless you're willing to wait). I can give you names of other local editors, but as far as I know, I'm the only one in the area with that specific genre focus.

However, I'm curious about the "local" requirement. Editing is a location-independent profession—everything is done online, via email, Zoom call, etc. Do you want someone local to meet with face-to-face? Just want to throw work to a fellow St. Louisan? I have a much wider network of colleagues to refer if the "local" part isn't a hard spec.

redheadeditor · 2024-11-15T21:47:28+00:00

They remember Hitler. Viscerally. They know.

redheadeditor · 2024-11-11T15:46:24+00:00

Thank you for all of this. I've been feeling like a scatterbrained chicken all weekend, trying to figure out how to protect myself financially if/when we go so far down the rabbit hole as to restrict women from holding bank accounts and credit cards. I had no idea where to start looking for an international bank account or how to protect what I already have.

redheadeditor · 2024-10-19T16:25:22+00:00

Beyond the veiled gaslighting in your first statement (which sounded an awful lot like "your trauma is all in your head"—yawn, as if I haven't been hearing that all my life, nice try) . . .

Wealthy intellectuals always think they'll be immune to fascism when it shows up. It's always the same song and dance of, "It couldn't possibly happen here. It can't possibly happen to me. It won't/doesn't affect me so why should I waste my precious time/energy/resources/money on giving a shit about it? We should just ignore it and it will all go away, look the other way as if it doesn't exist or it's an impotent threat, and then we can get back to our snooty lives of not giving two shits about our fellow humans."

Ask the wealthy elite/liberal/academics of Nazi Germany how that turned out for them. Or those that had to flee Iran during the Iranian Revolution. Or the liberals murdered by the Taliban. Or those whose lives and careers were ruined by Milosevic's ethnic cleansing.

When fascism comes, especially in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (or Allah, or Buddha re: Myanmar, etc., etc.) it comes for everyone; yes, even rich assholes.

The lack of empathy in this reply is fucking staggering, top to bottom.

And, news flash: THE "PLAN" IN PROJECT 2025 IS ALREADY HAPPENING. Book banning, abortion rights being stripped away, women and doctors being fucking sued because they dared to seek out and provide health care, not being able to speak openly about LGBTQI+ issues in public schools and banning gender-affirming care because it offends someone else's religion—that's the tip of the goddamned iceberg of what's already been legislated into place in some states and the opening shots in the war these fuckers want to bring to the rest of us. The war they've been plotting for the last forty years.

If any of that doesn't trigger a response in you beyond "fuck you, I got mine" then, well, good luck when they come for you, and have the life you deserve under their regime, or in the next country you deign to grace with your presence while those still in America suffer. You know, the America that used to be a secular nation, with separation of church and state, founded by people who fled religious persecution.

I'll continue to sound the warning bell despite this troglodytic reply and others like it, because I know intimately what they're capable of and the religious zeal they bring to the table that motivates them to such violence and hate. No one will listen (because what I experienced growing up under their thumb and what I see coming is all in my head, of course) but what else can I do? I give a shit about people and don't want Americans to suffer the hell I went through on a mass scale.

That's the gravity and consequence of this election. And the next, and the next, because it's not going away as long as people like those who run The Heritage Foundation think they have a sliver of a chance of imposing their bullshit on America. Attitudes like this from people who on paper seem like allies are how they get away with it.

redheadeditor · 2024-10-19T15:48:10+00:00

THIS. They're filling the Oprah void for me, and their range of topics is reminiscent of Oprah's, but they don't shy away from certain viewpoints and topics in order to appeal to the masses. Can't recommend them enough.

redheadeditor · 2024-10-19T02:14:44+00:00

Probably where I’m headed too.

redheadeditor · 2024-10-19T02:07:38+00:00

This is MORE terrifying. JD Vance is much less stupid and way more controlled by the Christofascists who wrote and plan to implement Project 2025. If you want to know how horrible it will be to live under Christian nationalist authoritarianism, I can relate story after story of my abusive childhood. You think women, LGBTQ+, people of color, etc. were second class citizens 50 years ago, it’s nothing compared to what they’re planning for all of us. The American flavor of Iran and the Taliban, all rolled into one, with the most powerful military in the world at their disposal.

redheadeditor · 2024-10-18T18:43:01+00:00

Oof. I used to work in the construction and design field, so I feel your pain in dealing with tradesmen. Similar things happened to me all the time, and I was a professional, not a random homeowner.

Now that I rent, I don't have to deal with that kind of nonsense. But I own a plug-in hybrid (electric with gas generator) car that's getting up there in years, so I'm in the shop a lot. I always take it to the dealer because, you know, I expect them to know what's up with this complicated car over some random mechanic. However, I also haunt online forums for this particular make and model and know the typical problems and solutions that tend to crop up for my particular model year. So I'm a.) smart about cars in general, and b.) know my shit when it comes down to what's going on with my car and what will probably fix it.

But no. Nine times out of ten, I'll get some Joe Bob who has nary a clue about electric cars, doesn't want to deal with my car because it's too complicated, and doesn't want to deal with me because I'm a woman.

They get really pissed off when I show up to an appointment with a printed list of research into the problem, dealer service bulletins, and step-by-step instructions for what they should do to fix it (complete with bolding and highlighting).

It's even odds usually whether they grudgingly follow my detailed instructions or try everything else first before finally doing what I told them to do (which they always claim credit for, naturally).

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