My French Business Visa
An 8-step roadmap to prepare your visa application.
Working on your own on a project involving a move to a new country and freelancing can be overwhelming. Especially if you are currently working or looking after your family. Time flies and your project seems to be stuck.
My French Business Visa is an online course and 1-to1 coaching for 6 months to help you steadily build your business visa application. Let yourself be guided and see progress every week.
My French Business Visa Course is a step-by-step guide to help you structure and prepare your business visa application - Visa profession liberale, visa talent or carte de sejour entrepreneur. Turn your idea into a strong business plan, check the French regulations, choose a legal structure that makes sense, create a financial plan and finally understand French taxes.
With My French Business Visa course, you will go from feeling lost and frustrated with the French system, to being confident about choosing the right setup for you, understanding your business taxes, while having a clear path to follow up to your business registration.
By the end of this course, you will have a structured business project and submitted your business visa or carte de sejour application.
Get support from Valerie to make visible progress with your project and get closer to your moving date for France.
Course 4 Pillars
Best Practices + Tour
10 Misions to Prepare your Move
5 Common Mistakes in Business Visa
BONUSES :Planning + Checklist + Partners
Different ways to find a business idea
Workbook + 💯 business idea
Business Vision Workshop
6 steps reality check
Choosing the right visa
Savings needed
PDF list of regulated activities
BP Workbook + BP Template
Business Overview
Market Analysis
Your Ideal Customer
Your Product & Services
Your Strategy
Business Structure
BONUS - Letter of intention template
Overview : Start here!
Summary of all legal structures
Micro Entrepreneur
Entreprise Individuelle
EURL /& SARL
SASU & SAS
Bonus - My Professional Network
Personal Budget Sheet
Financial plan - Part 1
Financial plan - Part 2
Financial plan Example with template
Financial Plan template
My French Business 1-to-1 if for you if:
You want to move to France in 6 to 12 months
Your want to freelance or start a business.
You need a visa profession liberale, visa talent or carte de sejour entrepreneur.
You want external support for feedback & progress.
You're ready to commit to your project.
Self-Tuition or 1-to-1 Coaching.
Pricing Options
1-to-1 Coaching One Off
Valerie Aston
All students benefit from unlimited access to My French Business Visa course. One-to-one coaching students also get a call with Valerie every 2 weeks for 6 months.
Yes. Module 2 of My French Business Visa is all about finding the right idea, brainstorming, and deciding which one you're most excited about. You will also get a PDF with 100 business ideas based other expats running a business in France.
It's always good to plan ahead, especially if you need to apply for a business carte de sejour or visa. My French Business Visa explains how the French system works and will help you build your project.
With the 1-to-1 coaching package, you'll have weekly Zoom calls with Valerie to discuss your build your project. Together you will steadily build your business plan, financial plan, business visa or carte de sejour application. You'll get personalised feedback on a weekly basis for 3 months. Sometimes it will be 30 min to touch base and keep you accountable; Sometimes it might be an intensive work session. It's 100% tailor to your needs.
Yes, there is a dedicated module of My French Business Visa covering specific requirements for British citizens and non-European citizens wanting to create a business in France.
Yes. You can pay over 3 months, whichever package you decide to go for: Self-Tuition or 1-to-1 coaching access. There is also a 30-days refund policy.
Yes. Each student joining the MFB Visa Course signs a confidentiality agreement. Any information shared for the live calls or private Facebook group cannot be shared with someone outside the group. Valerie also commits to this rule.
I'm afraid not. Your business plan and financial plan will be 2 key elements to include in your visa request. And we will cover the visa application process in Module 7, but My French Business Visa doesn't include a visa application service (i.e. handled-for-you service).
Absolutely. My French Business Visa has been designed for first-time entrepreneurs with no experience in financial planning, as well as experienced ones. For 1-to-1 coaching students, I will take over this process and we will build your financial plan over our weekly calls.
My French Business course has been designed to make you move forward with your project. With MFB you will:
Turn your idea into a business plan.
Ensure your project meets French rules.
Get a simple business plan and financial plan template.
Understand how French taxes work for your business.
Prepare for your visa/CDS application
Make informed decisions to move your project forward.