Maybe I should check if I have some French blood then
Regardless of it being ‘droit de sang’ as we discovered even with a full 50% French blood that isn’t always enough, it’s all about the papers! Droit des papiers 
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I now it was a yoke don’t need a French passport anyway
I did realise you were joking! Sorry I may not have been clear!
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Have you considered draining off half of your blood, the non-French half, and topping up with the real stuff? A simple arrangement with rubber tubes, a couple of cannulae, a congenial French neighbour and a bottle of red would do the trick.
You’d have to time the swap to coincide with the relevant blood test, as the swapped blood would autodestruct over a few months, and need replacing regularly.
Anyone have experience of this neat sanguinicity solution?
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You’d have to be careful which neighboring you ask, as one of mine after a blood test at 8.30 am, the Dr told him his blood was more of a millisime
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It is the hubby who has half his blood running full of Frenchness, he is amazingly reticent about me sticking needles in him (he is phobic!) although our GP in Oz was happy for me to give him some vaccine he had, she thought it better if he was at home on a sofa when he passed out . He had to have blood taken once and he was so tense the vampire couldn’t get much out He is happy with the red wine treatement, he just takes it orally!
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!France has again delayed the opening of the CdS website, GP will be beside himself with worry. 
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Timothy,
If this is true I won’t be beside myself at all: a. because it doesn’t affect me any longer as I am retired; and b. it being deferred again was all too predictable.
I’ll just put up with the sniping on here, which is of no consequence at all and just demonstrates how seriously, or not, some people are taking this problem.
Best, Grahame.
Grahame Pigney
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Unless you are a citizen it will affect everyone not in that category, no exceptions.
Jane,
Which category is that?
I have lived here for 22 years, self-supporting, registered with the tax and social security organisations and am entitled to a permanent CdS, as have my wife and son.
France cannot legally refuse us a permanent CdS according to national, EU and International law.
Grahame Pigney
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Well in that case PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop frigging going on about it.
Thanks!
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Catherine,
What is it that you want me to “PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop frigging going on about it.”
Should I just be selfish as I am not personally affected, what about the rest of the people who are affected, let alone my family members who are affected?
Still looking for an answer from Jane.
Best, Grahame.
Grahame Pigney
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Catherine,
Aren’t you supposed to be a moderator - “A discussion moderator or debate moderator is a person whose role is to act as a neutral participant in a debate or discussion, holds participants to time limits and tries to keep them from straying off the topic of the questions being raised in the debate.”
Isn’t this this tolerance and moderation one of the fundamental characteristics of the “Survive France” forum?
Grahame Pigney
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Erm… Time for a ‘Pigney Views Matter!’ campaign… “Grahame Pigney. Say his name!”… ‘Get Catharine’ s (very moderate and reasonable) knee off our unruly necks! " protests off the blocks…?
Formez vos bataillons etc… 
France ‘refusing’ to issue you and yours with a CDS. It’s been explained numerous times and by numerous posters, why this is not currently happening and your repeated use of the word ‘refusal’ in relation to your host country is getting extremely boring.
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No I am not a ‘moderator’ and we don’t have ‘moderators’ on SF.
Straying is actively encouraged. It is what makes the threads interesting.
And by the way, my name is CathArine - quite important to note if you are going to take such a keen interest in my role. Thanks.
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You will be exactly the same as the rest of us, if you have not yet applied for a CdS you will need to do so to enable you to stay legally in France.
If you already have one, then you just exchange it for one of the type which doesn’t include us as an EU citizen.
Simples.
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