What's the best high school in Paris?

Staying in paris visa help!?!?

• I am 20 years old and next year my girlfriend is traveling abroad. we are planning that I will follow her and we will stay in Paris together. she is traveling for university for school. I am not enrolled in said university so I'd be going as a private citizen of the USA. We need to stay for 5 months without leaving. WHICH VISA do I apply for?!!? and how?? this question has driven me insane. If I NEED to work whats the best way to get a job from here? travel to pairs ahead of time? If I don't need to work GREAT which visa? thanks so much :)

• Answer:

  You would need a long-term stay visa, or type "D" visa from France. This can be obtained through the Embassy of France in Washington, or through any of the French Consulate offices in the USA (list available at http://ambafrance-us.org/spip.php?article330 ) The easiest one to get is a visa that will allow you to reside in France for up to one year, but it will not give you the right to work or to have access to the public funds (ie. go on welfare). Details at http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/spip.php?article401 It will be much more difficult to obtain a work visa for France, but it is still possible. Just contact the relevant French Consulate or the Embassy for more details.