First off, do you have a foyer rural? I got to know people in my village by doing the washing up at events!
Also, you can try here too:
Hereâs a few ideasâŠ
If you have a comitĂ© des fetes Iâm sure theyâd love to have you.
https://www.secourspopulaire.fr/84/
This did make me laugh. 
My family reckon I canât speak if I sit on my hands. My hands are moving all the time I speak and when itâs French Iâm even worse⊠a cross between sign-language and miming⊠
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You should try Portuguese, Italian or Spanish! 
Mum always reckoned I was an Italian-changeling
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Thank you all! I shall try every one of these avenues and am sure to fund at least one place who will want me. Hands et al 
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soirée is the hardest word
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For me, itâs â Ă©cureuilâ.
overdue thanks given for your responses to my query on my inactive partner not being in France 183 days this yearâŠ
very good idea thanks - Iâll call them. Previously weâd asked them (when passing by!) if we could âbook inâ a CDS appointment as she had to go to UK to deal with mum - and they did, so hopefully sympathetic⊠- and you might recall mentioning for her to get back within 6 months to pick up the card!
yes, thatâs what I might immediately think too, that a medical reason exemption for is your own medical condition - many thanks for the legal links!
A fascinating idea - Madame (not wife though concubine / partner) already has her CDS - if she doesnât qualify for one of the 5 years she could ârestart the clockâ or add to her total so far by ârejoiningâ me? - a frontalier (who is definitely not supposed to be here 183 days / year 
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thanks again for your contributions. Maybe best to continue any further observations in the thread Can someone help explain how long I can be out of France for? (3 years residency) ?
may you all prosper and have continued residency
An old topic however soon to become relevant as 5 year cds cards come up for renewal.
I was reading that one of the requirements for renewal is to produce an Amelie attestation de droits to prove your inclusion in the French healthcare system.
If this is correct it should go a long way to removing the many fraudulent applications of 5 years ago.
Currently no national information has been issued. A few people who have cards that renew this year have been exceptionally applying to their prĂ©fectures, but I havenât found if they have been successful or not.
One may be asked for ameli attestations, but this may not be obligatory as some have legally chosen not to join the health service and maintain private insurance. Better would be avis dâimpĂŽt - although one hopes they could look this up!
Also in theory under the WARP agreement no language tests should be required.
It is equally possible that there will be a simple attestation sur lâhonneur. And like the initial application few will read the terms and conditions stating that if one signs an attestation which is not true then huge fines and possible prison term.
Personally I like the tax option as believe that if you really live here you should contribute.
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I completely agree Jane, hopefully some of these âbounders and scoundrelsâ will get caught (text amended to not offend) 
Last time I heard, the Agen Prefecture response was âWeâll let you know when someone tells us what the plan isâŠâ
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This is not legal. I am French, my husband American. We own property in France and spend less than 6 months in it every year. We were mislead the 2 first years we applied for his visa and thought he could get the C.D.I. eventually it was made clear that unless he opts for residency in France, he is not eligible.
This came from the prefecture.
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Bonjour et bienvenue!
Many of us do know that holding a residency card while being non-resident (spending less than 6 months a year in France) is not in the spirit of the law but nevertheless it does exist.
UK nationals have a different agreement to US nationals, specifically those who applied for residency cards while applying terms written into the Brexit agreement. These were intended to aid British resident in France before 2021 but in making the process more straight forward it was then exploited by British people who were not resident in France but wanted the residency card to evade visa charges and stay restrictions.
Having once acquired a WA CdS there is currently no system in place to remove it from holders. Current 10 year WA CdS cards come up for renewal, in 2031 there may by then be checks in place to amend this.
Welcome
You are maybe used to forums where a thread that has not had any contributions for a year is archived. Not here! It is fashionable to drag out old posts! The older the better for some!
You are right, totally illegal. This original post was our collective indignation of those who abused your governmentâs generosity in making it easy for us genuine Francophiles. There should be a new post asking if any of those illegals back in the day have been found and expelled.
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Thank you! Yes the prefecture representative was adamant! I knocked at all the doors and my husband even went to Rennes for the interview and medical exam. It would have been too convenient for us to have it! As it is the yearly visa application is a real ordeal. Every year we hit some kind of wall. And I am French (dual citizen). But the bureaucracy is mind boggling and itâs getting worse!
I appreciate your mail.
Cordially,
Marie-Dominique Louvier
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Itâs really rather nice to get feedback that those who are not eligible are not being given cards. Although annoying for you suppose.
If you have been married a long tine then perhaps citizenship would be an option?
I echo Jane in that you have a stronger claim than those that blatantly abused the system, and must be frustrating. Bureaucracy or not, I am eternally grateful to your government for treating us better than the vile UK lot making EU citizens feel unwanted.
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The current known official information is contained here.
Que doit faire un Britannique ou un membre de sa famille pour vivre en France ? | Service-Public.fr
If/when the procedure goes online for renewal the chances are this is all that will be required, currently prefectures are asking for the kitchen sink to renew early.
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