One Last Step Before Applying for Citizenship

The photo is of the stamps that I first bought when I moved to France in 2013. They, like the Paris metro tickets, are history now.

I’ve been following forums and Facebook groups more closely in the last few years, knowing I was going to be applying for citizenship soon. There are some areas of the country that have notorious reputations for that process. Montpellier, for example, has been known to have a five-year average waiting period from depositing your dossier to your interview. For some years Paris had a 18–24 month reputation, which…