I’m new here and really excited to join this community. I’m currently in the U.S. but working on relocating to France on a self-employment (Profession Libérale) visa.
I’m moving from full-time web development into freelancing, where I’ll be helping small businesses and individuals build or refresh their websites. My focus is on creating sites that are fast, secure, and SEO-friendly — and that look great on any device.
To help strengthen my visa application, I’m looking for a few people who’d be willing to write short letters of support. These aren’t contracts or commitments — just notes showing support/interest in what I plan to offer as a freelancer. I can share a simple template to make it super easy.
If this sounds like something you’d be up for, please let me know. I’d really appreciate it! Thanks so much for reading and have a great day.
There was a time when I fancied doing that myself - when (in my early to mid forties) I was pondering how to stay gainfully employed in my fifties and sixties. Well fifties really, I had hoped to retire before 60 - still “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley” as they say (well, Robbie Burns did). I was really a “back end” developer but moving full stack seemed plausible.
Anyway I quickly realised I don’t have the artistic flair needed (can’t draw for toffee for instance) and decided to move in a different direction altogether.
But I wonder how anyone competes in that space these days when there are so many frameworks that can be adopted and so many companies offering small businesses the ability to develop a modern professional looking website with just a few clicks (OK I know it is not quite that easy but you get my drift).
Haha. Yeah, I hear you. The number of Content Management Systems and Javascript Frameworks is dizzying. The complexity of managing some of these web applications can be a real hassle. And on top of that, you also have to make sure the site remains secure and doesn’t fall victim to newly discovered vulnerabilities.
I think for a prof liberal visa your business plan needs to be solid. So a letter of support would have to come from a small business that was seriously interested in using your services, and could detail that. Vague ‘it sounds like a good idea’ letters wouldn’t carry much weight. Some market research, results of direct approaches and other real stuff would be much better.