Secure your long stay visitor Visa + Set Up Your French Healthcare without the stress!
France, here you come!
WE'D LOVE TO HELP YOU START YOUR NEW LIFE IN FRANCE TOO!
Why Baguette Bound?
we understand.
we've done it ourselves.
It’s a lot of research, paperwork, and navigating unfamiliar systems in a new language. Since this is something you’ll only do once, that can feel like a big investment of time and mental energy during an already stressful time.
That’s why we created this comprehensive service: to take something off your plate.
We'll guide you from gathering your first documents in the U.S. all the way to your arrival and integration in France—including full support getting set up in the French healthcare system with our local French partner, Settled in France.
Our relocation services are boutique style. We intentionally limit the number of clients we accept at any one time so that we can spend time with each person.
At the same time, we know you're juggling a million things while coordinating an international move.
We're confident you can do this independently, if you choose.
It's why we make YouTube Videos!
- Personalized review to confirm eligibility for the Long Stay Visitor Visa.
- Tailored checklist of documents—for your visa and your new life in France.
- Full document review for completeness and clarity.
- A written Letter of Intent reflecting your personal story and goals.
- A professional financial summary sheet to make your finances clear and easy to approve!
- Completed visa application and TLSContact profile setup for your visa appointment.
- PDF-ready visa packet: fully organized and ready to print for your appointment.
- Guidance on choosing visa-compliant health insurance.
- Advice on booking your first housing for visa success.
- Ongoing email support for your visa-related questions throughout the process.
- Step-by-step support to validate your visa with OFII (French immigration).
- Set-up and Live walk-through of your immigration account so you’re ready for renewal (it comes sooner than you think!)
what's included:
Also Includes:
- Creation of your Ameli (online healthcare) account.
- Extension of coverage to children, if applicable (this can only be done AFTER you’re in the system)
- Researching doctors within 1 hour of your home taking new patients
- Help registering with a médecin traitant (your French primary care doctor)
- Assistance making your first appointment in French, by phone with your new doctor
INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE!!!
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🩺Carte Vitale Application & Healthcare Integration Support
Getting signed up for the French healthcare system can be confusing (it's a whole new world from the U.S...but in a good way), especially in a new language.
Our trusted French partner Settled in France will make sure it gets done right and support you through the entire process of becoming integrated into the French healthcare system.
more than your visa. Healthcare too.
- Pre-departure planning + checklist & timeline session
- Visa packet review & appointment prep
- Post-arrival support + visa validation & healthcare kick-off
- Discuss your situation, set your timeline, talk insurance & housing.
- Gather and submit documents TO US THROUGH YOUR PRIVATE CLIENT PORTAL FOR DOCUMENT UPLOADS
- We begin building your complete application and dossier as we receive your documents.
- We’re available via email for ongoing visa related questions.
Review session with Baguette Bound
- We go over your complete visa packet, prepare you for your TLS appointment, and answer your questions about what to expect.
Post-arrival session with Baguette Bound and Settled in France
- We validate your visa together, go over your OFII account
- Review first year steps for settling in - checklist provided
- Introduction to our partner, Settled in France to begin Carte Vitale enrollment and French healthcare setup,
- We're American too, so we know what you’re used to — and we can prep you for the “Wait, what?!” moments France will throw your way.
- No hidden strings. If we recommend someone and there’s a financial connection, you’ll hear it from us first. Always.
- Real talk + Real joy. We won’t gloss over the tricky stuff, but we’ll also help you savor the magic of this huge leap.
- Conversations, not just homework. You won’t simply get a form and an email from us. We’re on live calls together, answering your questions.
- We teach you to fish (French bureaucracy style). Once you're in France, we don’t just validate your visa for you — we walk you through your new account so you can ace your renewals in the future. We never make things seem like a "secret" in the hopes you'll hire us to help with more things.
- Healthcare? Handled from start to finish. There's so much more to it than just filling out the registration. From understanding how "mutuelles" work, to setting up your French healthcare online account, to your first doctor’s appointment, Settled In France will guide you through one of the most intimidating admin tasks so nothing falls through the cracks.
- Our network = your network. Realtors, reliable services, secret expat clubs… France runs on relationships, and we share ours with you anytime we see it could help.
- Small by design. We take a limited number of households each year so you’re never just a number — and we can keep creating free resources for the community.
- We’ve lived this dream. We remember the thrill, the tears, the “what have I done?” moments — and we’re here for all of it with you.
Baguette Bound
how we're different
Within the same household:
Each additional (adult or first child) visa application
& French healthcare integration
+ 1000 euros (+500 euros for additional children)
2250
Visa Application + Healthcare
euros
Total
Questions? Email us! bonjour@
baguettebound.com
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FAQ's
- If you're accepted as a client for Baguette Bound's visa service, you'll be invoiced for 500 euros as a deposit to hold your spot on our calendar.
- This is fully refundable for 7 days after booking. During this time, you may change your mind or cancel for any reason and receive a full refund of the deposit.
- After that, this deposit is non-refundable as we will have begun work on your file and reserved your space.
- After the first meeting, you'll be invoiced 50% of the total cost minus the deposit payment.
- After the second meeting, when you receive your completed visa application file, the remaining balance is due.
- As you are only billed after work has been done, we do not offer refunds on the work that has already been completed and invoiced. However, we realize sometimes unexpected things happen, and should your plans change during the process, and you need to pause or cancel, you will also not owe any additional funds that have not yet been paid.
- We accept credit cards or bank transfers as payment. You will be billed in Euros.
- If you are an EU resident or have a primary EU billing address before billing of the service is complete, we must add 20% VAT to the total bill.
The visa service does not include any fees due to the French Republic or incurred in the process of securing your visa(s):
These may include a visa application fee, photos, TLS (or other visa processing provider) appointment fee, visa validation once you're in France, translation fees, or travel costs to attend the appointment.
That said, we do guarantee two things:
- We will only prepare your file if we feel confident, based on our first meeting, that you are able to check the boxes and provide the correct documentation to be approved.
- If your visa does not receive a favorable decision, we will work with you at no additional charge to re-apply based on the feedback received from the consulate.
During the visa service calls, we can cover a lot of ground and touch on many topics, but the visitor visa process is the main focus.
If you are trying to decide between different visa types, or are still in the information gathering phase about qualifications, the visa process, the move itself, pets, phones, banks, buying vs. renting, healthcare, finding the right region or town or what life in France might be like for you, consider booking our Consultation Service first where we can put a primary focus on all the other things.
"And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings."
- Meister Eckhart
