Sylvain and I went to see a lawyer last week, the offices of the french version of legal aid were as dilapidated as the school I taught in in the Bronx, but as we followed our lawyer into her office we were full of hope for answers that we anxiously awaited. Unfortunately we literally got no answers, our lawyer "was used to working with Africans" and literally couldn't tell us once and for all what documents we would need to get PAC'ed. After asking our list of questions, without receiving even a flicker of "wait I know this one!" Sylvain asked for her email address and said he'd email our questions so she could do some research...
We left knowing this- PAC wasn't going to work if for no other reason then by the time we did get definitive answers we'd already be gone- we are moving back to the states in January and filing for PAC's can take a month or two. So, nevermind. Marriage it is then, perhaps we'll have to hire a lawyer in New York when we get there to sort our situation out to some extent. Even post 9-11 it seems that the states cuts through the bullshit and makes marrying a European a more or less straightforward affair. Court house weddings in New York require a license and a passport, check, check. Still our major concern when we got the ball rolling on all of this is where we could live (and work) post marriage... we're hoping Montreal works out...
2 comments:
cora can't you just go down to the Mairies office in your arrondisement(where the paxing takes place) and ask them what documents you need to bring and make your appointment? Why is this so complicated? 2 AMericans who live in my village (2 men) got paxed and they gave me the impression it was easy.
with that being said, I am working on my naturalisation papers and no where does it mention pax papers, they are asking for MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES
we can't get paxed, I'm on a tourist visa which doesn't comply. we also have to have some sort of proof that we've lived together for a year...here. But we have no contracts, or fractures etc
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