Your Go-To Source of Legal Support When Moving or Relocating to France

Our team of bilingual attorneys is ready to guide you through France’s immigration and relocation policies so that you can enjoy a seamless move overseas.

At The Law Firm of Haywood Martin Wise, we help clients navigate French immigration laws and procedures so that they can enjoy a smooth relocation from the United States to France. We are a France-based law firm with bilingual attorneys who are dedicated to helping Americans who are seeking to move, work remotely, retire, or claim nationality in France.

Our Law Firm’s Practice Areas

Our team of skilled and experienced attorneys is prepared to assist you with any number of immigration matters to France, from obtaining the right visa to identifying the most direct path to establishing French citizenship. We also serve corporate clients who are looking to transfer or relocate international talent to France or who require employment authorizations in France. Moreover, our skilled legal team can handle appeals (like administrative appeals of visa refusals or refusals to issue a titre de séjour) or represent you in civil court submissions and litigation of French nationality claims. To learn more about our legal services, please contact our New York office to book a consultation with us.

Planning a move to France or dealing with an immigration issue? Our bilingual attorneys provide clear, practical guidance on visas, citizenship, and appeals. We’re here to simplify the process and help you move forward with confidence.

Long-Stay Visas

Long stay visas may be requested for individuals who intend to reside in France without working, to retire in France, or to work remotely in France (working nomad), long-stay visas allow you to stay in France beyond 90 days, even if you do not intend to work. To qualify, you must be able to demonstrate that you have enough passive income or savings to live in France without working, provide proof of health insurance coverage, and show that you have a place to reside during your stay.

Work Visas

France continues to welcome skilled workers, investors, and entrepreneurs. We can help you navigate the application process for a Talent Passport so that you can relocate to France for job-related reasons, for intercompany transfers, direct hires in France, transfers of multinational executives, persons of renown, professional artists, etc. Once you have secured a Talent Passport, this opens up a more streamlined path to French citizenship later on.

Family Visas

Our team of highly qualified attorneys can help you explore your options for relocating to France to join your family members who live there. Family visas allow you to join a spouse or parent who is an established French citizen by relocating to France.

Citizenship by Descent or Marriage

Like other European countries, France allows descendants of French citizens to apply for citizenship as well. Another path to becoming a French national is to marry a French Citizen. We will help you navigate the application process so that you can achieve your goal of becoming a French citizen.

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About Our Team

Haywood Martin Wise, Avocat, is an American-born U.S. and French citizen who was naturalized French in 2001. He is a member of the State Bars of New York and New Jersey, as well as the Paris Bar. He appears and pleads before French courts, Consulates, and Municipal Authorities, as well as before American authorities (i.e., the U.S. Consulate of Paris, USCIS regional offices, and the Department of State).
He prepares visa and nationality petitions and assists clients with French immigration matters. Together with his team of skilled, bilingual attorneys, Haywood Martin Wise, Avocat is committed to offering high-qualitty administrative legal assistance so that you can move through the French relocation process as smoothly and successfully as possible.