Clients

“With French bureaucracy being notoriously difficult, it is a huge relief to have found Patsy to navigate the system for us.  She is extremely prompt in her responses, and her replies are both friendly and professional. I totally recommend her services.” 

— Theresa & Geoffrey Powell

“We cannot thank you enough Patsy for all your help and support so far. I work from home and we have recently moved to France and it has been a struggle to get the administration side of things up and running, especially when you are working and have the language barrier difficulties that we face.”

— Molly & Tony

“Patsy organised an analysis of the French tax system for me and helped me make an informed decision about whether to stay in France. She and her associates were communicative and helpful throughout. Thanks!”

— Dan Marks, Director

“From the very first email, Patsy has been prompt with her replies and very informative. I have been quite worried about the whole residency process and as well as giving me the information I needed, Patsy has also been very reassuring.

Patsy is very professional in her role but at the same time I feel we are communicating on a personal level too - very important in such a big life decision!”

— Jo Peters

“Our dream move to France became a whole lot easier the day we found Patsy!

She has taken so much of the stressful part away from us (the paperwork and deciphering legal processes) and has been available for us to ask questions and provide us with updates pretty much 24/7!

Literally worth her weight in gold, we are now moving to France confident that we tick all the important boxes and have everything we need in order to start our new lives.

Thank you eternally Patsy!”

— Sarah & Brett

“Moving your family to a new country can be both exciting and an incredibly difficult process. Just knowing that somebody is there to help you with all of the complicated administration involved, is literally a God send.

Patsy offers guidance, support and a professional service that is second to none.

My husband and I are both very grateful.”

— Richard & Michelle Denness

“Patsy was recommended to me by a friend who is also using her services. I first contacted her late in October 2020, and less than 5 weeks later she has already registered my micro-entreprise, and I have just received the attestation for the Carte de Séjour application. She has dealt with all my enquiries extremely efficiently and diligently, and she has kept me informed of the process every step of the way. She is very reassuring when it comes to dealing with the bureaucracy, and when she says “it will all be fine”, I feel completely confident that it will be. Her fees are very reasonable and I think she provides very good value for money.”

— Mark Webster

“Working with Patsy on a residence application was a dream. The service from Patsy regarding supporting the application and in helping obtain health care and insurance for France was first rate and incredibly helpful. Friendly, clear communication, timely and efficient responses and updates meant the whole process was smooth and extremely reassuring. Patsy was courteous and absolutely delivered on commitments. The whole process went like clockwork and saved me a huge amount of time and anxiety. I would recommend her services without hesitation.”

— G. King

“Moving countries is always an upheaval. Our family's anxieties were exasperated by current events and the political situation many Brits are facing; we decided to move prior to feeling completely ready to. When we found Patsy Valentin's company on line, we were initially intrigued, however, didn't believe we'd be able to afford such an amazing service. We made some initial enquirers and were pleasantly surprised; We haven't looked back! Patsy has removed the stress out of all of the French bureaucracy that we were facing. She has been professional, friendly and supportive all the way through the process and has done everything we asked of her and more! The term 'hand holding' in our case doesn't come close! Patsy wrapped a big warm snugly blanket around our family with her knowledge, efficiency, and above all kindness. We highly recommend Patsy Valentin to anyone and wouldn't think twice about approaching her again in the future for help relating to the various professional services her company offers.

Thank you so very much, Patsy Valentin, our family is beyond grateful to you.”

— I. Napier

“A big thank you to Patsy & her team. We were overwhelmed by the process of starting our new life in France but fortunately, we came across Patsy Valentin. We handed everything over to Patsy and she did the rest. customer service was excellent and everything was achieved in a very timely manner. Couldn’t have been easier and very pleased.”

— Neil and Penny

“I have nothing but praise for Patsy Valentin who has been amazing. Her actions have been instantaneous, calls back/responds immediately, fully explains everything and is dealing with my second requirement right now. She has offered to assist on any number of things, simply because she can.”

— Laura Smith

“Patsy is incredibly knowledgeable and her services are invaluable when it comes to navigating French administration. She's super friendly, and always on hand to give advice.  I would highly recommend her services.”

— Danny

“Success breeds success— especially when it comes to navigating French bureaucracy for expats. With the accomplished business seemingly going from strength to strength, we joined a host of other savvy expats in retaining the services of Patsy Valentin to complete vital processes for us during our first year of living in France. Think car imports, health care registration, and cards, personal tax returns, and more. We like to think that we’re capable, motivated people, with a solid grasp of French. Even so, we found ourselves facing seemingly insurmountable barriers that were draining our time and severely testing our sanity.

The highly professional, friendly, and responsive team at Patsy Valentin has provided invaluable guidance and support, reducing our stress levels. More importantly, we’ve finally been able to focus fully on our own businesses and living our new lives in this incredible country. We can’t thank Patsy and her team enough!”

— L. Norden

“Patsy has far and away exceeded our expectations. She is prompt in every response, going out of her way to offer extra options and assistance when questions arose.  Having heard how bureaucratic French authorities can be, it was to our amazement that within a week our documents began to arrive. We felt completely taken care of, secure in the knowledge that Patsy knows exactly what she is doing in this territory….we're not sure we could have transitioned to France without her, certainly not as smoothly and stress free.“

— Theresa & Adam Keen

“One never knows if the person is going to deliver on what they say, when we find them on the net.

I am so thrilled that I found Patsy to handle all the paperwork for me in obtaining my carte de sejour. She took away all the stress regarding French admin. She jumped on the task straight away and got my application in ASAP.

A lovely person to work with, highly recommended.”

— S. Burns-O'Regan

“It has been great to have Patsy and her team alongside me on my journey to settle in France. They have been committed, efficient and effective partners helping to; source a temporary home, navigate the legal aspects, open a bank account and deal with all the day to day things that you need when moving to a new country. Having someone who understands the French system and speaks the language (far better than I do) takes much of the pressure off and you can begin to actually enjoy the process.“

— CEO, London

“I contacted Patsy to help with registering my husband as a micro-entrepreneur. From my initial enquiry & throughout she has been very helpful & professional. Always responds to any queries I have very quickly & explained each step of the process so I always knew what to expect. Thoroughly recommend her services & made the minefield that is French paperwork so much easier!”

— Siobhan Clarke

“Thank you very much for the quick and efficient assistance!  I was not expecting such a quick and pain-free resolution to my request for a Carte de Sejour.  I really appreciate your help, and will gladly recommend you to my friends, or anyone in a similar position as me! Thanks again.”

— Russ Strang

“Just to thank you for all that you have done, in respect of our Carte de Séjour application recently. I think the whole process has taken less than 2 weeks from our initial contact. We have our initial papers now.“

 — R. Furley

“Wow, wow and wow! I have been a resident in France for three years (13 in total but that’s another story!) but work overseas and the last thing that I want to do when I get home is to sit down and spend hours trying to wade my way through tons of French administration in order to get my Residency and other government documentation sorted out.

My sister and her family arrived in France last October and employed Patsy and her team to sort out her French documents for her. Within 10 days, everything was either done or in the process, CDS, Carte Vitale, Micro-entrepreneur etc...all within ten days (yes 10 days).

So, I thought if Patsy could sort my sister’s admin out perhaps she could help me with mine!

I contacted Patsy and she sent me a list of paperwork that she required for each French government document and I left it with her. The next morning (yes...you read it correctly!) I received an email to say that my application for my Carte de Residence had been received and was being processed. When I eventually get back to France all I have to do is go to my local government offices in La Rochelle, get my biometrics and photo processed and I will eventually get my CDS.

I couldn’t thank or recommend Patsy and her team enough, absolutely brilliant, quick, easy to work with and very thoughtful of your needs.

I have sent several of my friends and acquaintances her way (who like me are over the moon with the service that they have received!) and will continue to do so because her service is second to none.

Thanks for all your help!!”

— A. Sinclair

“I highly recommend using Patsy for your Carte de Séjour application. She did mine and it was effortless for me, no stress, no endless French paperwork…all taken care of by the lovely Patsy.”

— Shelley

“We can’t thank Patsy and her team enough for the service we have received, whenever we have had any issues Patsy has been on hand to help us navigate through the paperwork. She has been polite, professional, and understanding throughout the process and we are happy to recommend her to anyone transitioning to live in France.”

— Brad and Quila

“Dearest Patsy, I thank the day that you were recommended to us.  Not only have you been thoroughly professional but incredibly kind and reassuring to a very stressed brow.  You have gone over and beyond what I would have expected and for this, I am so grateful. I will have absolutely no hesitation in recommending to others and wish you well for the future.“

— R. Noakes

“1 just wanted to share a quick note to say, thank you for doing such a great job - especially in making my life a lot easier and stress free, with timely advice and support in my CDS application. Thanks again!”

— T. Fawcett

“My partner and I work in the yachting industry and come from Australia and the UK. We’ve been all over the world in ten years and since becoming husband and wife, we’ve struggled finding a professional individual to help us. Not only has Patsy been a breath of fresh air (especially dealing with our situation), she immediately took weight off of our shoulders by being consistently available. Her down to earth personality not only is a comfort whilst dealing with sensitive applications, it’s also a breath of fresh air when most are less helpful. We couldn’t recommend her highly enough, and we only wish we worked with her years ago!”

— Captain Tim Welsh & Lily Gilmore

"I employed Patsy to apply for ME status for my teaching business along with a carte vitale. She applied quickly and efficiently and I received the proof of ME status and social security number in a little over a week. I'd have had no idea how to do it without her help (being new to France and not speaking French), so this was very useful, thank you."

— Steve Viridian

“Moving to another country can be a daunting experience. We contacted Patsy and she immediately put our mind at rest. Patsy is very helpful and knowledgeable, she puts you at ease straight away. Thank you for making the transition easy for us. A lovely person to work with.”

— Tannis & Tony

“Patsy Valentin, what a star.

We noticed Patsy, by chance on Facebook whilst we were worrying about how to apply for French residency, health care, taxation, importing a car etc etc. We approached Patsy and were pleasantly surprised on her prompt reply and her “can do” and “will do” attitude in helping us through the French systems. Patsy’s in-depth knowledge of all things French administration as well as her fluent French made our journey into permanent French life a pleasure and with her guidance, we have finally made it, after so many years just thinking about it.

Patsy offered a “hand holding” service which went far beyond just the normal form filling exercise, any questions we had about French life Patsy either knew the answer or knew someone who did, some of our questions were complex other questions were what we thought silly and mundane, either way she took on board our concerns and answered them with speed and accuracy. She always replied quickly to any request we made and has been polite and courteous throughout.  We cannot recommend her highly enough.”

— Ian & Jaci Morbihan

“We have been planning to move from Northern Ireland to France for the past few years. After retiring last December we had set ourselves a date in September for our move to France. Unfortunately, the pandemic prevented this from happening.

We found great help and guidance with Patsy Valentin and her expertise and knowledge. I would recommend her expertise to anyone that required professional advice.”

— B. Hammond

“So we were supposed to complete on our French home September 2020 leaving plenty of time to sort out all the admin before Brexit. Then things started to go wrong. The marie decided to pre-empt the sale. This delayed our move, December came and still no definitive answer from the marie.

So in early December we packed our bags and moved to the Dordogne in rented accommodation. In England, the process of applying for residency had seemed straight forward, but with very limited knowledge of the French language it was not so easy. We then hit a brick wall that is known as the French bureaucracy. It was not good, we were getting more frustrated and making very little progress.

Then I heard about Patsy Valentin. I gave her a call, it seemed that almost overnight our residency applications were submitted, our healthcare sorted and the path to realising our dream of living in France was clear. Patsy’s advice does not stop there. She can sort out most problems associated with moving to another country. It is simply nice to know there is someone there to fight our corner.

I would recommend to anyone struggling with the bureaucracy that the French seem to love. Ring Patsy!!”

— Steve & Mandy

“Astonished !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Less than two weeks from my first initial contact with Patsy I received an email announcing the confirmation of my Carte de Sejour application. Astonishing !!!!!!!!!! I am overwhelmed. I cannot thank Patsy and her team enough - a team of miracle workers.”

— Anni

“Patsy is my guardian angel in France, and when I say that, I don't mean it lightly.  When I arrived, I was literally snowed under with the paperwork and bureaucracy involved in moving from the UK to France. Patsy has most definitely smoothed my transition here, via her extensive knowledge of how things work in France, as well as being able to sort out a lot of otherwise impossible paperwork for me, including organising my registration as a micro-entrepreneur and my health card.  She also, most importantly, breaks down everything into very easy-to-understand language, which has been so important when dealing with very wordy and complicated French documents. 

To say she is a superstar is an understatement - she has literally saved me hours of sifting through paperwork and the inevitable arguments I was having with my husband about it all.  I wholeheartedly recommend her company for any bit of bureaucracy you are struggling with.  Patsy - you are a lifesaver!  Keep up the amazing work!”  

— A. Riley