British Husband, Australian Wife, moving to France

My wife is Australian and I am British. We work on superyachts and have been travelling the world, living on board. My wife is now pregnant and we plan to settle down in South of Fance, so that I can continue to work on yachts.

How do we go about getting a work permit for my wife? We have yet to investigate the possibilites of getting a British passport for her, but do not plan to live in the UK anyway.

Comments most welcome!!!

We have a similar situation - I have a British passport, my husband has a Canadian one.

My question is: why do we need to go to the prefecture? I thought, as of Jan 1st, the carte de séjour was no longer required for EU citizens living in France. Wouldn't that apply to their spouses as well?

Thanks for your help!

I can't speak for the french situation, but in the UK an EU national does not need any paperwork from the home office to live here and take up employment etc. The spouse of an EU national does need a residence permit though that the Home Office will issue.
Without this permit the non-EU spouse could not take up work (they would not be in possesion of any documentation that allows work in the UK). Also immigration officers would continue to treat the non-EU spouse as a tourist and eventually would notice the non-EU spouse seems to have broken the terms of their tourist visa (90 days I think for Schenegen, 180 for UK) and detain them at the border leading to further unplesantness.

Again not sure how it works for France, but I would have thought your spouses non-EU passport needs some annotation from the local authorities to show he is legally resident and not just a tourist.

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