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Travel to France this Summer - new regs
(167 Posts)UK passport holders visiting France as tourists or private visitors (staying with family or friends) for a period of less than 90 days do not at present require a visa.
However, they are required to have the following documentation and they may be required to show all or some of it on entry into France.
A valid passport issued less than 10 years before and valid for at least 3 months after the envisaged departure date;
Proof of accommodation covering the whole duration of the stay (hotel reservation and/or certificate of staying with a relative validated in the town hall (Attestation d'accueil));
Sufficient financial means. The means of subsistence shall be assessed according to the duration and purpose of the stay and by reference to the average prices for accommodation and food in the Member States;
Your return ticket or the financial means to acquire one at the envisaged return date;
You must have an insurance certificate covering all medical and hospital expenses for which you may be liable for the duration of your stay in France, as well as medical repatriation costs and expenses in the event of death.
With regard to 'sufficient funds' the following levels apply
If you are staying in a hotel, you will need to provide a hotel booking as well as a minimum amount per day of stay
65 euros per day of stay in the case of presentation of a hotel booking;
120 euros per day in the case of non-presentation of a hotel booking;
In the case of a partial hotel booking: 65 euros per day for the period covered by the booking and 120 euros per day for the remainder of the stay.
If you are hosted by an individual, you must provide a certificate (Attestation d'accueil) of staying with a relative validated in the town hall at the request of the person who invited you (note: at the border crossing you must also prove that you have, in addition to this certificate, a minimum amount per day of stay - this minimum amount is €32.50 per day).
Well I’m pleased that I’m planning a holiday in the Greek Islands this year rather than France. I’ve had many happy holidays in France over the years, but if they continue to be so unwelcoming to British visitors, there are plenty of other lovely and interesting places to visit as the pandemic recedes.
PCR test, lots of forms, then 10 days quarantine plus tests. Free test in France, expensive in UK
Not France that is unwelcoming. Brexit changes
France doesn’t sound very welcoming to me. I’m glad to be going somewhere else that definitely wants us.
We have a French holiday booked for September, just hoping that the regulations will have eased by then. I don't mind a couple of tests, the costs are coming down all the time, and quarantining not a problem as we are retired.
And you now have to quarantine...
I live in france and despite what the French government website says ,you do not need an attestation d’accueil.
I went down to my local mairie last week to get the forms (which cost €30 a pop I may add !) and the 2 adjoints (deputy maires ) were there ,naturally a lot of discussion and huffing and puffing ensued and the secretary phoned the immigration department at the prefecture of limoges (government department in 87 ) and was told that it had been dropped the previous night ,so there was no longer any need for it .
Many people living here were aghast at the amount of money you needed to bring as a lot of us have family and friends over for the pleasure and not what they can contribute ,and if the amount of funds required is per person then a family of 4 staying for 2 weeks would need to bring over €4,000 and the currency limit is €3,000 !
In addition each mairie is only given a limited number of these ,and if your children are not married but have partners it’s one each ,but only 1 per family if they’re married !
And finally although GB a is now a third country ,Australia,New Zealand and Canadian citizens don’t need this attestation ,I think it can be applied to whomever the European country choose !
.....Australia, New Zealand and Canadian citizens don’t need this attestation......
I think that tells us all about the lack of welcome we can expect from France! It’s very sad, we’ve enjoyed so many lovely holidays in France, but the French government have decided this, so if fewer British people decide to holiday in France (or Germany and Australia) in the future, so be it. There are many other lovely places to visit.
Or Austria of course!
Kali2, where did you find the information in your original post? I'm wondering how we go about being 'invited' to our mobile home in France?
This 'attestation d'acceuil' thingy has been going around for the last two weeks. Utterly rediculous. I had also read that the hosts had to prove their income and residency!
Good post Mamiejan, I had also heard yesterday that this faff is not required. I'm glad you heard it from the horse's mouth. I read that you just need an invitation to stay with friends or family, which probably won't be asked for at the border anyway. We never had this before we joined the EU so why now.
And the French are not being unfriendly or unwelcoming, they are in huge sympathy for us Brits. And if it is quid pro quo for whatever who could blame the Europeans, they never wanted us to leave anyway.
Living in France for 16 years, I am now, especially since 1st January, coming across so many nit picky things, usually generated by the Brits, that is really making life unecessarily stressful. I curse anyone who voted Brexit, probably time will show that Brits in UK will realise what a big mistake it was.
And if any Brexit voters want to criticise me go ahead but just take on board the fact that we came here as EU citizens which allowed us to do so without difficulty, and did anyone ever think all those years ago that this would happen?
.....Australia, New Zealand and Canadian citizens don’t need this attestation......
Can't find that post but Australian citizens cannot leave Australia without Government permission, then they may have difficulty getting back again.
I'm not sure about NZ and Canada but I would think that NZ is equally strict.
They're hardly likely to pop over for their two weeks hols!
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HillyN
*Kali2*, where did you find the information in your original post? I'm wondering how we go about being 'invited' to our mobile home in France?
You have to sit right down and write yourself a letter.
Is there some muddling on this thread between post Brexit regulations and Covid regulations?
If it’s Covid then France surely can’t be blamed for taking precautions.
Take much of what you read on GN with a large pinch of salt, Anniefrance, (French or English sea salt, take your pick)
Callistemon
Take much of what you read on GN with a large pinch of salt, Anniefrance, (French or English sea salt, take your pick)
Add that to what you read in the media, their constant
France bashing has some agenda to it. Travel to Germany and Austria, and the list goes on and on is also restricted to Brits and I do wonder how many
on here actually intended to visit France/ever have visited or
are just happy to add voice to the anti-european sentiment.
So basically the OP was a load of B*&&$¥€S. .
Well my problem is solved. I have never been to France, loads of other countries yes but just not France. As its so near I always thought I wold leave it until I was old (really old) but after reading through 5 pages of GN I have decided not to bother and taken it off my list. Also, before we joined the EU and as a teenager I spent many months just travelling around Europe with no trouble, so whats changed.
The French people love Australians in my experience. I have never heard of paying to stay with family in this country or any other come to that. They wouldn’t be able to organise that here anyway. There are a few furphies going around.
We’ve been hanging onto our French holiday booking for September, deferred from last year. Looks like we’ll be cancelling, can’t bothered having to prove how much money we’ve got + covid tests + quarantine. Love the idea of a ferry to Porto.
nanna8
The French people love Australians in my experience. I have never heard of paying to stay with family in this country or any other come to that. They wouldn’t be able to organise that here anyway. There are a few furphies going around.
Probably Lucca
nanna8 Immigration are most particular about taking contact details when entering Australia, why we are visiting, were we will be staying, length of stay and, of course we have to have a visa.
It all seems quite sensible to me.
Did those who voted for Brexit not see this coming? If not, why not? It's exactly what we 48 per-centers dreaded.
It's not happening, Paperbackwriter
apparently it's ?
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