weight loss late pregnancy
We had our visa appointment today at the Office Français dImmigration et dIntégration, or OFII (pronounced "oh-fee"). We applied for a long-stay visitors visa, or visa de long sejour (VLS). The application process starts several months prior to arriving in France at your home countrys French consulate and ends with your visit to the local OFII office.
La Cantine
It was a long bus ride to the outreaches of Nice, meaning we were gone for much of the day. The school-age kids ate lunch at the cantine for the first time, and our neighbor picked them up from school. All three of them loved the cantine and wanted to eat there again. Its a sit-down 4-course meal, and everyone is served the same thing. Dio and Inga, who both eat at the maternelles cantine, were a bit hazy on what they ate...something involving fish, rice, cheese, and plums. Zari remembered eating melon, fish, spinach, yogurt, and a madeleine in roughly that order.
French bureaucracy isnt always that bad
Our visit to OFII was pleasant. The employees were professional, accommodating, and friendly. We spent much of the time waiting in line, of course, but thats the nature of immigration offices. Our visit consisted of several steps:
- Nurses exam/interview, including height, weight, and a vision check
- Chest X-rays to rule out tuberculosis
- Physicians exam (blood pressure, pulse, lymph nodes, listen to lungs w/ stethoscope) and interview (general state of health, medications, vaccinations, operations, number of children, etc)
- Final interview with a visa officer to get our temporary visa upgraded to a permanent one
Eric was very conscious of our class & race privilege. As when he applied for a permanent resident card in the US, he noticed the French immigration officers immediately being very friendly and warm when they
saw an educated, white, French-speaking couple (and an uber-cute baby!).
Im not saying that I saw any of the employees being rude or unhelpful to the other people...but we definitely got a chummy, friendly vibe when they sat down with us--different from their usual brisk, businesslike demeanor.
When the nurse saw me nursing Ivy, she found us an office and brought in chairs so wed have a quieter place for her to eat. The last visa officer even broke a little rule for us. We had one copy of our justificative de domicile, or proof of address, and apparently she needed one copy for each of us, not one for our household. She mumbled to herself for a few moments, than said, "eh, whatever, Ill just make another copy and call it good."
One of the physicians said something borderline racist to Eric...when she was discussing the X-ray results with him, she said, "Yours look great, but of course I would have expected that given where youre from. Not like some of the other people who come in here."
The snow is whiter...in Canada
The visa officer expressed her great love for Canada: "Its such a beautiful country, and the people are so nice." Shes never been there, but shes convinced its so much better than France.
"Oh, but its so beautiful here in Nice, with the ocean and the mountains and the warm climate," I said.
"Yes, sure, the weather is nice but there are just so many buildings everywhere! But in Canada its so beautiful. The food is good here, though."
I agreed with her about the food and warned that Canadian winters can be horrible (affreux). I concluded, "We always want what we dont have." (On veut ce quon nas pas.)
Idealizing another country is not just for us Americans and Canadians.
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Im not saying that I saw any of the employees being rude or unhelpful to the other people...but we definitely got a chummy, friendly vibe when they sat down with us--different from their usual brisk, businesslike demeanor.
When the nurse saw me nursing Ivy, she found us an office and brought in chairs so wed have a quieter place for her to eat. The last visa officer even broke a little rule for us. We had one copy of our justificative de domicile, or proof of address, and apparently she needed one copy for each of us, not one for our household. She mumbled to herself for a few moments, than said, "eh, whatever, Ill just make another copy and call it good."
One of the physicians said something borderline racist to Eric...when she was discussing the X-ray results with him, she said, "Yours look great, but of course I would have expected that given where youre from. Not like some of the other people who come in here."
The snow is whiter...in Canada
The visa officer expressed her great love for Canada: "Its such a beautiful country, and the people are so nice." Shes never been there, but shes convinced its so much better than France.
"Oh, but its so beautiful here in Nice, with the ocean and the mountains and the warm climate," I said.
"Yes, sure, the weather is nice but there are just so many buildings everywhere! But in Canada its so beautiful. The food is good here, though."
I agreed with her about the food and warned that Canadian winters can be horrible (affreux). I concluded, "We always want what we dont have." (On veut ce quon nas pas.)
Idealizing another country is not just for us Americans and Canadians.
Do you find information about weight loss late pregnancy are you looking for? If not, below may help you find more information about the weight loss late pregnancy. Thank you for visiting, have a great day.
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