Wow it seems I'm late ... busy with paperwork and accounting, both are progressing slowly but the paperwork sure isn't the easiest thing I've ever done. But I think I figured out how to proceed and am about halfway to getting my single certificate equivalent. Monday it's back to Paris again to retrieve the legalized documents from the Chinese consulate, I'll Fedex them to my love, she has to get them translated and then check if they will accepted as they are by the civil office in her hometown ... the Chinese consulate seem to think it's ok what I have produced, but their French is as good as my Chinese so I am prepared for a surprise or two still. Then we have to get her paperwork so our marriage documents can be accepted by the French consulate in GZ, which would allow an immediate (I hope) issue of a 3 months spouse visa, which will be extended into a 5 year residency permit once we're back in France ... so it seems anyway. Thanks to Hajo I am aware of the EU citizen advantages in a foreign EU country, I am so glad I never changed my nationality to French, otherwise we would be in paper war for 6 months... If all goes to plan, she could come back to France with me in April, wouldn't that be something?
Sorry Ted, I miss my fiancee, she's a little cuter than you :icon_cheesygrin:
Yan, don't envy me, you'll find your luck soon, I'm sure of that! My son already chatted on QQ and webcamed with her, he does approve so far, he thinks she is very pretty (very important to him apparently) and really nice, so we'll see :blush: It's funny because I think I am very down to earth in general, and even with this new found love, there is a lot of reason in me. I am not afraid of the drop after marriage, there will not be one becase we somehow skipped passion and started with love first. Sure there is some passion now and sure it will maybe fade with time, but love will remain. If I have learned anything at all in my past experiences, it's that it is easy to maintain a loving relationship as long as one is aware that maintaining it is required. I know my fiancee will take care of me in a way I have never experienced before, and our relationship is so natural that it's almost too good to be true. I will work to keep the fire going, and she does not need to do much in that field, just her smile is enough for me, everything else is a bonus ... Of course nobody can predict the future, but this relationship is not built on passion, so I am not worried.
Sylvain, my bank? Hmmm I don't go there in person anymore, it's surely not easy financially with so many trips in a short time (and my business closed while I'm gone), but I manage so far. My best selling season is the summer, I'll make sure I sell as much as I can then to compensate for lost revenue the past few months. You probably guessed that the wedding will be ASAP !!! and I surely hope to spend Easter in Guangdong to get this done. But the paperwork might say otherwise, so wait and see.
Back to my slave work now ... if this all goes after plan, I will write up the entire administrative procedure in the appropriate forum section, just in case another expatriated EU citizen in another EU country has the same issues.
