I am UK National, resident in France since 2004.(now retired) My friend(also a retired UK national living in England would like to join me in France on a permanent basis. Could anyone assist me with the steps she has to take? Many thanks.
Turn up. Start living. Start collecting proof of income. Apply to join the health system after three months. Apply for a CdS when the portal opens.
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Small addition to Danās succinct approach is that not just a matter of ācollecting proof of incomeā, she will have to have the necessary income in the first place. A full pension should just about do it.
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Basic pension is ok. Thanks Jane for your comment.
A full UK ānewā state pension - presently Ā£168.60 per week, or Ā£730.60 a month (847.50ā¬ at todayās exchange rate) will not be sufficient to meet the income threshold for an EU national living alone which is 903,20 ā¬ per month.
Ā£168.60 per week is āenough to meet half the income needed for a couple and it is āpossible to wind up with a little more than Ā£168 depending on personal circumstances so Kurtās friend might be OK if she intends to live with him and their finances are viewed as a couple - Kurt didnāt say how close the relationship is so I donāt know if this is what is planned.
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This is in fact the case. So if our finances would be viewed as a couple there would be no problem. Thank you for your reply
Can someone confirm that 2 (unrelated) people can be taxed as a couple without being PACās or marriedā¦ ???
because I am not sure that that is the caseā¦ 
Itās not so much taxed - though the two issues might be inseparable in the eyes of the French authorities - but whether income is judged sufficient to be living ārĆ©guliĆØrementā.
But simpler to be able to demonstrate the necessary income rather than hoping to squeeze through on a technicality, I suspect.
For CdS they accept attestations sur lāhonneur of people being supported by others.
I meant āDeclaration as a coupleā for Impot sur la Revenue purposesā¦ which is one document which is demanded for various bureaucratic things re Income etc ā¦
that is interesting @JaneJones Janeā¦ please can you provide a link, since I know of at least one couple who are worried about not ābeing officially a coupleāā¦ and only one of them has the incomeā¦
cheers
Irrelevant of pension or other income, what amount of capital is required to satisfy the french authorities ?
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Canāt find the underlying document at the moment (bed timeā¦) but hereās link to an example of the attestation that someone can make to look after someone else for lodgings and funding.do āt k ow why I ended up in Haut Rhin rather than national site!
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I seem to remember that the Withdrawal Agreement has a paragraph about the rights of unmarried partners. As I recall they have to demonstrate the durability of the relationship, Icanāt remember the exact wording but Iām pretty sure youāll find it if you read the section on citizensā rights.
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cheers @JaneJones and @anon27586881 ā¦ Iāll check this out some moreā¦
the Attestation is interesting in that the person undertakes to be financially responsible without stating any personal linkā¦ rather like someone taking financial responsibility for a visitor from outside Schengen.
(so far Iāve only found a link where same-sex folk have had registered partnerships recognised for entry to France.)ā¦ 
Without seeing a link I have to say Iām doubtful that an attesration would suffice for somethiing as consequential as a residence permit.
The paragraph I was thinking of is WA Article 11.4 but in fact it applies to reunification so not relevant here.
- Without prejudice to any right to residence which the persons concerned may have in their own right, the host State shall, in accordance with its national legislation and in accordance with point (b) of Article 3(2) of Directive 2004/38/EC, facilitate entry and residence for the partner with whom the person referred to in points (a) to (d) of paragraph 1 of this Article has a durable relationship, duly attested, where that partner resided outside the host State before the end of the transition period, provided that the relationship was durable before the end of the transition period and continues at the time the partner seeks residence under this Part.
It was not the reference I had read previously, but is in the titre de sĆ©jour section of the departmental website. I will see if I can recall the original one. It didnāt surprise me thoā, as have come across people being helped to settle here. Our local garagiste has a young cousin that he is sponsoring/supporting until he can stand on his own two feet.
ah, that does make senseā¦ sponsoring a relative ā¦ (cousin)
Still cannot find what I need for non-related folk with no civil or marriage registrationā¦
In that context yes. But the Brexit titre de sĆ©jour is rather different because itās based on acquired EU rights, and Iām struggling to see how sponsorship fits in. All member states are bound by the terms of the WA, unlike visa applications, which are considered on their merits according to national criteria and discretion.