Which option did you choose ? All applications on the new webpages are FIRST applications- even if you have a 10 year CdS. Other forums on FB dealing with CdS applications have said this .
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Hi Andy, I agree, wait until you have gone over the 5year line. Biggest reason being you will then get a 10 year permanent renewable CDS as opposed to a 5 year one. also the only bits of paper you will need to provide are your passports, proof of arrival date and current residency.
Sounds like you just need to apply for ‘inactif’ - you’ll need passport, proof of domicile, proof of resourses (bank statement with rent coming in is fine), proof of healthcare (your CV). You’ll be fine, you meet all the requirements of that.
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Fascinating…! Not relevant now, but years back I stayed in the UK working (and looking after my mum) with OH moved here. I couldn’t get a worker’s S1 unless I became resident in France and my employer agreed to post me here.
This is all very interesting and informative. I have other issues to hand at the moment so will wait until December-ish before giving it my full concentration. Hopefully also the government will have ironed out any outstanding issues by that time.
Which Government and what issues? 
Many Thanks Tory
The knowledge on this site is amazing.
If anything changes with regard to this could you update us.
This maybe a stupid question but what constitutes a proof of arrival ?
We have owned our property since 2004.
Keep up the good work
Andy
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Andy… as the gouv site says… it can be anything… house insurance as main property…
electricity contract… etc etc
first Avis d’Impots will certainly support the “year”…
All you have to prove is that you have been here more than 5 years… 
which folk can surely find… from the mountain of paperwork one keeps tucked away… 
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or rather should keep tucked away - forever 
If you’ve not got 5 years’ residency under your belt… the paper work is only slightly different… and folk can wait until the last minute to apply if that coincides with the 5 year mark…
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And today the website is down …
Keep getting an error code
seems to be working just now (17:30 20th) but FB people say there have been problems.
as you say Graham… working fine now… 5.45pm
possibly overloaded the site… everyone having a go at once…
Perhaps you changed your house insurance from holiday home to primary residence? Or the same with your bank account? Did you do a tax return that year? They are being quite flexible, even just an EDF bill from that time should suffice. If they aren’t happy they’ll ask for something else.
Yesterday I had a couple of reports of being down but each time ti was fine by the time I checked. I saw it give an error code once so not too bad!
I put my application in (so I had been through the process not because I was in any rush, there is good time!) last night and was number 15,700, 10 minutes later hubbies one was over 300 more in that time! Reports from early this morning were at around 20,000 so I think it is holding up remarkably well!
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presumably showing some «activity» in the time period of the bill…
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Honestly, I’m not sure they’ll be looking that closely but yes, if it was a bill of near €0 that would not show a lot of proof of being there!
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@toryroo In your view, would it be correct to say that the portal application is only the first part of a longer process - that the submitted docs will be scrutinised (to whatever degree) before being accepted and the process moving forward to the next stage? Applicants already with a CdS for exchange to the WA version will be simpler to progress but those without one will need further work done on them 
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From all reports it is a pretty quick process (although as I think I’ve mentioned they’ll be processing the previous applications first - they are hoping around a month to clear those), if the documents are correct they will be given a tick and an appointment given. Then the appointment will be for fingerprints and handing in the photo (5 minutes per person). Around a month later the CDS will be sent by post.
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France being France I imagine that they have pre-prepared the templates for returning your dossier with a request about more information for point x, y or z. The first stage will be a french tick-box exercise, so whoever is dealing with the dossiers will not spend time trying to work out if document x does actually show what is required if it is not one of the documents they are familiar with. It may be a tick-box exercise but it is unlikely to be a sloppy one.
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No probably not but they have stated that they will be helping not hindering people getting through the process.
Well, it clearly seems they’re not using an excel spreadsheet
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