Expat relocation · Paris
Expat Relocation Paris
Bilingual installation, for international professionals and families.
An expatriation is not an event. It is a sequence — and the sequence is what defeats most newcomers to France.
The maison runs the sequence for you. Documents pre-assembled. Appointments booked in the correct order. Bilingual presence in every room.
Three weeks, not three months — including for non-EU nationals.
The sequence is the service.
Most of the friction in French bureaucracy is sequencing: no bank account without an address, no address without a lease, no lease without a guarantor or proof of income, no CPAM without an IBAN, no OFII validation without a stamp the prefecture gives in a separate appointment. We unblock the sequence.
Expat relocation · Paris
What we install, in order of urgency
Apartment & lease
Bilingual rental application preparation, dossier assembled in advance, lease translated, inventory walkthrough — the first domino in the sequence.
- ·Bilingual rental application preparation
- ·Pre-assembled rental dossier
- ·Lease translation & review
- ·Inventory walkthrough
- ·Move-in coordination
Banking, health & administration
French bank account, CPAM health insurance, OFII validation, CAF (where applicable), residence permit renewals — accompanied in person, in two languages.
- ·French bank account (SocGen, BNP, Crédit Agricole, HSBC France)
- ·CPAM registration
- ·OFII visa validation
- ·CAF family-benefits
- ·Residence-permit renewals
Daily life infrastructure
The smaller, no-less-urgent layer: a French SIM on arrival day, internet and electricity activated, home insurance, English-speaking doctors and pharmacists, family-grade schooling.
- ·French SIM (Orange, SFR, Bouygues, Free)
- ·Internet & electricity
- ·Home insurance
- ·English-speaking professionals
- ·International schools (EIB, ISP, Marymount)
Why the maison works for non-EU expats
Non-EU specialism
Americans, British, Brazilians, Indians, Australians — non-EU clients are the majority of our installations.
Pre-arrival start
We begin two to four weeks before arrival, with a documented plan, not a phone call.
Bilingual at every appointment
Bank, CPAM, prefecture, OFII, school enrolment — accompanied in person, in two languages.
Operational in under three weeks
Consistent across clients, including non-EU nationals.
What international expats love about Paris
Most of our clients move once. They stay. Paris remains the most considered city in the world for international long-stay living.
- An art of living
- A walking city
- World-class gastronomy
- An international school ecosystem
- Healthcare quality
- Cultural depth
Common expat questions
Expat relocation · Paris
Three weeks, not three months
BookAndSmiles installs international expats and their families in Paris in under three weeks. The first conversation is by WhatsApp or by private email.