Useful Links

• For more information on the legalization of documents in countries that are signatories to the Hague Convention, which includes France and the United States
  • The U.S. State Department
    Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents

• Assistance for travelers, etc.:
  • Helpful information for Americans traveling and living abroad
    • http://travel.state.gov/
  • Application for Social Security benefits under the French Agreement
    • https://secure.ssa.gov/
  • Registering a divorce (in French)
    • www.consulfrance-newyork.org
  • Acquiring property in France
  • www.compass-immo.com

• Request a French vital record online:
  • www.actes-etat-civil.fr

• Education - Studying in France
  • www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
  • www.edufrance.fr
  • www.fulbright-france.org
  • www.egide.asso.fr
  • www.aup.fr
  • www.education.gouv.fr
  • www.education.gouv.fr
  
  
  • Recognition of academic credentials abroad
  • www.enic-naric.net
  
  The American Embassy in Paris maintains a page for French students studying in the United States: www.educationusa.state.gov; See also a Comparison of the French and American system of Education on the site of the French Consulate of Boston: www.consulfrance-boston.org

• French-American Association in New York
  • www.fiaf.org

• American Communities in France, etc.
  • www.understandfrance.org