Thanks Vero. I will study that site, stop stalling and begin my application.
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The foncs might get suspicious as they are carton copies of their dad in every way 
To some extent itās a bit easier than it was in that the application is now done on-line and is standardised. Itās still a heck of a faff though! (Iām in the middle of getting enough stuff together to press the button on the application 
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Just a thought on citizenship. What is the motive for those who desire it? My own orginally was an almost moral one, that I should fully embrace the country I planned to live in for the rest of my life. When I saw the bureaucracy involved and became aware that I might have to support a history with which I wasnāt entirely comfortable with (as with my current British natonality) I was not so sure.
So, leaving aside voting rights, the to my mind, more important citizenship of the European Union, and the fact that I couldnāt be kicked out if I broke the law, what is the motivation? Just wondering. 
Having the vote in a country you pay taxes to.
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Yes that, but I meant apart from that. As far as taxes go all we pay now is the annual Fonciere, I feel guilty about that but it canāt be helped if the French threshold is above the English one.
And of course we could vote locally before Brexit so need for citizenship on that score.
Isnāt there something currently about fonciĆØre not being payable past 75?
Not here there isnāt, I am well past that and definitely paid it last year. 
Being able to travel freely within and live and work in a different EU country if I choose to.
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If you are over 75 and have a household income less thanā¬18,233 you can request a total exoneration.
Never said this before, āBut damn, weāre too young and too rich!ā
I am working my way through the questions and all is going well. Now I need to upload the documents and I am wondering if anyone has any advice on the language qualification. The system offers five different ācertificationsā to prove the language level - has anyone gone through this and chosen a favoured route for attestation ?
Just going on hearsay, but I understand some insist on hand-written and some allow typed. The person I was hearing this from very much wants to be able to type the answers - like many of us who have used computers for years, hand-written stuff these days pretty awful.
Generally you use the one you have! Itās usually a diploma or certificate not an attestation, How are you qualifying for language requirement?
As a scot living currently in the US my motivation was partly practical after brexit as I intend to live in france pretty soon but it was also emotional and ethical. Brexit was such a colossal error and I hardly recognise the UK any more, at least the way its being governed.
Partly its a way of giving the finger to England. Petty? yes maybe but the idiocy of brexit stirs deep feelingsā¦.
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@geoff_faulkner -
The time consuming bit is getting authenticated certificates (the ones Iāve been getting from the GRO in the UK have been taking 3 weeks to a month), getting them translated (if an authorised translator has spaces in their diary to do that, allow another couple of weeks, and of course getting the language qualification - B1 at the moment, about to go up to B2 - and for it to last more than a couple of years, it has to be a diploma. Somewhat exhausting all thisā¦
yes . i lived in france for 10years and my sons have french nationality and one lives there.
Very attached to the place although not lived there since 1999
What certificates are needed? sounds complicated.
Birth, marriage, parents, police.
Have never understood French officialdomās interest in oneās parentsā origins. Itās only by chance that I have a copy of my motherās birth certificate and the original was destroyed in a fire at Detroitās public records office