French boat registration

[Poignard]

The French customs officer who interviewed (interrogated) my wife and I when we arrived at Caen from Portsmouth 3 weeks ago insisted that as we have Withdrawal Agreement Cartes de Sejour we must re-register our car in France, and live in France for a minimum of 6 months and 1 day per year, otherwise we would lose our Cartes.

This is, of course, a misinterpretation of the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement but when I told him so he summoned his supervisor, who confirmed what his subordinate said.

No point in arguing with such people so I said "Yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir" and drove on.

 

[Wigir]

Unfortunately I can't as I was forced to move back to the UK before getting the boat.
All I can say is I think you will be OK with the Brexit CDS as it has special properties.

Thanks for responding. I contacted the regional Direction Départementale earlier about this. They got back to me quickly with confirmation that as long one's titre de séjour displays the text about the withdrawal agreement, then all will be fine.

 

[Bouba]

Thanks for responding. I contacted the regional Direction Départementale earlier about this. They got back to me quickly with confirmation that as long one's titre de séjour displays the text about the withdrawal agreement, then all will be fine.

How long can you live outside of France before you lose your CdS ?

 

[Wigir]

How long can you live outside of France before you lose your CdS ?

That, I don't know.

 

[Poignard]

How long can you live outside of France before you lose your CdS ?

My understanding of that is 5 years, unless you have a good reason for not returning in that time.

I assume that you , Bouba, are a French citizen. In which case there should be no limit on how long you can live outside France because if such a limit was imposed, it would be rendering you stateless (unless you had dual citizenship).

 

[Bouba]

My understanding of that is 5 years, unless you have a good reason for not returning in that time.

I assume that you , Bouba, are a French citizen. In which case there should be no limit on how long you can live outside France because if such a limit was imposed, it would be rendering you stateless (unless you had dual citizenship).

No...I have a CdS only

 

[DownWest]

My CdS is valid until July 2031.

 

[Bouba]

My CdS is valid until July 2031.

All French IDs have expiry dates.....just to make sure the photo and other information is updated when you renew them