Description

BENIHOUD AVOCAT informs and advises Canadians living or wishing to settle in France as well as French people moving to Canada about their rights and obligations vis-à-vis the administration. The Firm intervenes in particular in the following areas:

Immigration ;
Tax obligations and application of international tax treaties (Convention between France and Canada etc.);
Social coverage and pension schemes;
Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments;
Custom certificates.*

*A certificate of custom is an “attestation from a foreign lawyer relating to the existence, content and interpretation of a foreign law. When, during a dispute, it is necessary to apply a foreign law according to the rules of conflict, the litigant who intends to rely on it produces a certificate of custom to the French judge. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

IMPORTANT: Only Canadians who have already been married, who are divorced or widowed, need to contact a lawyer who is a member of a Canadian bar in order to obtain a certificate of custom and marital capacity in order to be able to marry in France. Canadians who have always been single can obtain their certificate of custom directly from the consular services of the Embassy of Canada in Paris. Thank you for consulting the “Marriage” page of the website of the Embassy of Canada in Paris:

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/france/consular_services_consulaires/marriage-france.aspx?lang=eng

The documents necessary for the writing of a certificate of custom are the following (for widowed or divorced persons):

A copy of the Canadian passport;                                                                                                                       

A birth certificate or copy of citizenship certificate;                                                                          

A divorce certificate or death certificate of the spouse.