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Ask the Expert
Sunday, 05 February 2012
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Stockdale
Question: I am American and have had a couple of student cartes de séjour, issued when I lived in a suburb of Paris. Three years ago, I requested an employee cartes de séjour and did not received a response. Every three months, I got a récépissé issued and nothing else happened.
Throughout the Western world, one of the most consistent recent changes has been much stricter immigration laws.
One piece of advice that all foreigners get almost as soon as they get off the plane is that "No" is the natural answer in France. This rightfully gives the impression that nothing can be done in France that is outside the bounds of very strict norms.
The movie Ron Howard released in the year 2000 is based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the classic book written by Dr. Seuss. I assume that all children raised in the USA have read or have listened to at least one of his books. I can remember reading some pretty difficult tongue-twisters written by this author to my own children.
I have always found it sad that the French are not really allowed to express their patriotic feelings in simple ways. For decades or longer, except at the end of WWII, only the far right - which for me includes the Vichy government while France was occupied by the Nazis - has put a real emphasis on being patriotic.Like it? Share it!
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