Visas, Taxes & Healthcare in France: A Paris Immigration Attorney Explains

Daniel Tostado (app.zephyrcms.com/$%7B%20zed.url(%7Bmodule:) is a naturalized French citizen, a dual-qualified attorney (US and France), and the founder of Tostado Avocats (danieltostado.com), an immigration law firm dedicated to helping Americans navigate the French legal system. He moved from San Diego to France in 2010, completed a French master's degree, passed the bar on both sides of the Atlantic, and has since built a practice focused exclusively on French visas, residency permits, and citizenship pathways. He also runs a winter homeless shelter for refugees in Paris.

This episode covers:
• The four main visa categories for Americans moving to France (visitor, student, entrepreneur, and family-based)
• Why the visitor visa is the most popular route and who it's right for
• The legal gray area around remote work for US employers on a French visitor visa
• How the Franco-American tax treaty protects American assets including Roth IRAs
• France's healthcare system and how Americans access it from day one
• The entrepreneur visa: what France wants to see in your business plan
• Why selling your US home after establishing French residency can trigger unexpected capital gains
• Naturalization by marriage and the timeline to a 10-year residency card
• How quickly you can realistically get a French visa (spoiler: faster than most countries)

We discuss the legal pathways Americans actually use to move to France, the tax and healthcare systems that await them, and the cultural realities of building a life in a country that does not automatically trust the stranger.

Resources
• Follow Daniel on Instagram @tostadoavocats
• Listen to our episode (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reinventing-your…)with Céline Flores-Tavukcuoglu
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