Secondary education in France and a long-term visa for mother

Our clients a couple: the father is a senior marine engineer employed on tankers; a mother is a housewife, and two twin daughters of 6 years old.

The father has entered into a long-term contract with a foreign shipping company until 2019. His wife, a former teacher of French, does not work, since she takes care of children, the two girls twins aged 6. The girls have been learning French since their early childhood and when the time has come to choose a secondary school, the parents decided that girls should continue their studies in France, as girls will receive higher education in France. The average cost of a year at boarding school in France is 26 000 Euros. Despite the fact that the father has a high salary, the family decided to minimize the cost of studying. Our company advised them the option of enrolling the daughters in a day-school in France and processing a Long Term Visitor for the mother so that the mother could live with the girls during their education period. In this case, the family can save about 20 000 Euros a year, while living in France and renting out their expensive real estate in Ukraine.

Admission of girls to school and obtaining long-term visas for girls and mother took 5 months and in September 2016 the family moved to Marseille.