Having completed my GC in Paris France I post a few lines about my experience because I could not find much about CP in Paris (then again there are only 3,500 French immigrants every year, not much). A few things are different from what I can gather are other consulates.
They process very few applications as you can tell (3500/200 days = 15/day at most) so they seem to shut down during the summer. NVC sent the file out beg of July and it only surfaced end of August. They cannot be reached by email. The fee-paying phone services is useless for immigrants, seems to work only for visitors-visas. ONly way I could get my case acknowledged and status-reported was by hiring a local lawyer ( I have the name for those who are interested). A bit of a r.....t I would say. Especially since they have the info , but they only channel it through lawyers.
RE medicals there are 3 accredited physicians, I picked the first one on the list, you can have all the shots done on the day, and because it is France the shots are inexpensive (compared to say US) - the checkup is quite expensive ($160 per head), not sure how it compares with other - + x ray + blood tests.
At the consulate itself the process is really smooth, so no comments here - all the vending machines were working, what else can I tell ?
The "interview" was a formality - a few clarifications on the whereabouts of the family members and which countries they had stayed in re police certificate - nothing more. From what I can tell of the other cases during the afternoon, formality also - at a counter by the way (with bulletproof glass)
Voila
They process very few applications as you can tell (3500/200 days = 15/day at most) so they seem to shut down during the summer. NVC sent the file out beg of July and it only surfaced end of August. They cannot be reached by email. The fee-paying phone services is useless for immigrants, seems to work only for visitors-visas. ONly way I could get my case acknowledged and status-reported was by hiring a local lawyer ( I have the name for those who are interested). A bit of a r.....t I would say. Especially since they have the info , but they only channel it through lawyers.
RE medicals there are 3 accredited physicians, I picked the first one on the list, you can have all the shots done on the day, and because it is France the shots are inexpensive (compared to say US) - the checkup is quite expensive ($160 per head), not sure how it compares with other - + x ray + blood tests.
At the consulate itself the process is really smooth, so no comments here - all the vending machines were working, what else can I tell ?
The "interview" was a formality - a few clarifications on the whereabouts of the family members and which countries they had stayed in re police certificate - nothing more. From what I can tell of the other cases during the afternoon, formality also - at a counter by the way (with bulletproof glass)
Voila