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Oupianais
Joined 2002
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Opening a Current Bank Account

22 years ago

I'm retired US military and my wife is German. We live and work in Germany, but recently purchased a small village house in the Minervois. Everything went relatively smoothly except for opening a current (checking) account in France. We seem to be in a Catch-22. Can't seem to open anything other than a saving (livret B) account which is pretty much useless for paying bills. La Poste says we need to be registered with the local Mairie to open a current account, but cannot be registered without an electric bill which we cannmot pay without a current account. Has anyone found a French bank that would be satisfied with a "note" from our Notaire that we in fact own property in France?

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