Hi all. I am Going to France Next Month. I just turned 40 last December. Will I be rejected automatically or do they make exceptions. I am in teriffic shape as I have been boxing for the past 20 years.
I live in Dominica, small island in the Caribbean just a couple of miles of Guadeloupe a French satellite island. Most of my family are from Guadeloupe and they have migrated to France for the most part. I just go caught up with work and boxing for my country of Dominica although I have been wanting to do this for the longest while. I feel really bad about not giving it a shot earlier. I most likely gonna be moving to France this year too. I Just don't want to do a regular 9-5 given the shape I am in. I feel like I have a lot left in the tank to give this a shot.Hi Rowain and welcome to the forum.
Not much of an intro. Why have you waited so long? This is a question that you will be asked when you knock at the door.
Thanks. If I happen to get the green light I will excel.Age cut-off is usually 39 and a 1/2. But you might be able to give it a shot, you better be damn exceptional and be fit as hell and beat chaps half your age by a mile. Theres a slim chance but the Legion is known to bend the rules as it sees fit.
Hi Rowain and welcome
Only one way to find out and you know what you have to do to find the answer. .présent your self to the Legion
If accepted, maybe just the one 5 year contract. .at the best, but no way you will make a carear in the Legion
Take up boxing training is my suggestion
I wish you the best
I wonder how many people have got in on false papers.. would work if you had say a younger brother that was similar in looks.Or perhaps buy some documents that makes you younger? Your choice, of course, but I would advice against trusting the legion to bend the 40 year age rule in your case.
On the other hand, you could perhaps prove your boxing skills by smacking the interviewer on his chin and knocking him out, then writing ‘accepted’ on his diary.
Just a plan B kind of thought.
maybe ..maybe not. some brothers do look the same.Was so easy back in the day. ..
In 81 i traveled to France with a 72 hr excursion card that i filled out at Dover (shopping purposes)..I was too young and was knocked back
In 83 and just passed 18, with a birth certificat, i filled out a 1 year passport application at the post office
If i was wise, i could of used my older brothers birth certificat and applied for a passport under his name. ..no way stuff like that could pass