19+ hour, 31+ min ago  (766+ words) A snapshot of how Withdrawal Agreement (WA) rights are being applied to Britons in the EU, five years after Brexit, has been provided in a report by UK sociologists. It finds that while most have successfully secured long-term rights under…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (795+ words) Children aged eight and nine will soon be able to use passport "e-gates" when passing through the UK border, the UK Home Office has announced. The move aims to reduce queues at staffed border desks, and will allow an estimated…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (233+ words) Non-residents are usually subject to French social charges on their French property income (rents, capital gains) at 17. 2% (as of income from 2025, this has risen to 18. 6% for non-professional furnished rental income). Note that the CSG element does not give rise to…...

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2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (760+ words) There are reports that some British dual citizens are already facing problems under new UK rules requiring Britons to enter the country using a valid UK passport. This came after the UK ended a "tolerance period" with regard to its…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1830+ words) Tens of thousands of Britons in France must renew their Brexit Withdrawal Agreement (WA) cards this year " here we look at common areas of confusion we have seen with suggestions to help. A number of readers have been in touch…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (796+ words) Brigitte Bardot, one of France's most internationally recognised film actors and later a prominent campaigner for animal rights, has died aged 91. Her cinema career spanned just over two decades, from the early 1950s to the early 1970s, yet her image became a…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1835+ words) Hundreds of foreign residents in France are waiting to hear how the country will respond to complaints that its 2021 succession law breaches EU rules relating to foreign nationals" wills. The French law overrules many people"s wishes to leave their…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (848+ words) In 2024, Americans were roughly in third-equal place for the most long-stay visas issued by France (6% of those issued) with Chinese people and Algerians; Britons were next (5%). A total of 16, 782 long-stay visas were issued to Americans, the latest Interior Minstry statistics…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (601+ words) Thank you for publishing another article in The Connexion in respect of easier visas for second-home owners. In response to a letter from Senator Martine Berthet asking for simplifications, then-interior minister G'rald Darmanin insisted the current system is working well....