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Seeking advice on temporary French residency based on French birth by American parents

13 years ago
Hello everyone.

I finally found my birth record in France, and I'm desperately seeking advice on what are my next steps to take in order to obtain any kind of temporary French work-permit or residency.

Unfortunately I was born of American parents, and unfortunately I only have a Us Passport. I am currently overstayed on my 90-day tourist Visa here in nearby Austria and I don't have any Country to go home to (due to the Criminally out-of-control US and their extremely corrupt and alarmingly dishonest local town/city/State Government systems there. I tried to enter the US last year but I had too many harrassing & highly traumatic problems making me reasonably never wanting to ever return to that awful, irresponsible place.

Can someone PLEASE advise me on my next steps to try to obtain any temporary stay Visa based on my french birth? Because I have no work-permit for Austria I cannot afford an Immigration Attorney at the moment.

So far, someone has told me I should write to the Mayor of my French birth town (with a copy of my Passport & french birth document) asking them what is my next step. Commens? Suggestions anyone?

In the past there had been some really good advice in this forum. Please don't stop helping each other everyone! Thank you all!

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