I do have pukka SP residency. And I would actually prefer if the procedures are standardized in the new central online application centre. I’d rather know exactly where I stood.
When I applied for my SP res I togged up in smarts - Pierre Cardin jkt, immaculate shirt n tie. Made a huge contrast to the rest of the applicants - Rumania, Colombia etc - so the guy just bashed out the card. Never looked at a single paper except the one that showed I am a UK pensioner. I told my gestora it would make a diff…
But I don’t expect that in FR.
I am lining up ’ hébergement’ with a pal. Simple piece of paper that certifies “I, Fred Bloggs, am putting up the herein noted Joe Soap at the address as above.”
I may then succeed in opening a FR bank acct. So far it’s been ‘Catch-a 22’. No address, no account. No account, no can rent’
Then I discovered ‘hébergement’.