Ah! After the joy of yesterday’s successful appointment at the visa centre, the French Consulate waste no time in rejecting our application.
Wow – this is very deflating. I immediately send it to Euronews’ visa expert who replies to the Consulate asking them to reconsider as she insists I do qualify for the Talent Passeport. There is a bit of to-ing and fro-ing but ultimately the Consulate doesn’t change its mind.
Our passports are returned the following morning. Euronews is now exploring other ways to get me out to France to start work on 1 February. What is the French for squeaky bum time?
Thrown to (the) Lyon 
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