Haywood Martin Wise

I used Haywood Wise to help petition the French court to grant certificates of nationality for myself and my 2 sisters. (We are all American, but our Mother is a French citizen.) I expected this process to be quite complicated, given that myself and my sisters are all nearing, or well over, the a...ge of 20. Indeed, the French court requires a huge amount of documentation to prove lineage, but Haywood provided expert advice as to which documents we needed to provide, and how, and where, to perform the translation of the documentation. The process took almost 2 years from start-to-finish, and Haywood and team provided patient and helpful feedback throughout. Our nationality requests were recently approved by the French Court, and I have already recommended Haywood to an American colleague who is in need of French/American legal services. I would highly recommend Haywood's services!

I hired Mr. Wise in mid-2013 to help me obtain the French Carte de Séjour (Residency Card) for my wife, a Japanese citizen. Mr. Wise provided an excellent service, clearly explained to us the procedure to follow and assisted us through all the steps (collecting all necessary documents, helping us wit...h the translations, coming with us to the préfecture offices). He was always immediately available through phone or email when had any questions and was always kind and very knowledgeble on the matter. We managed to quickly obtain the Carte de Séjour and I am happy to recommend his services to anybody having our similar needs.

Haywood Martin Wise proofed to be a great help in getting the necessary papers for our marriage and afterwards helped us to produce the right papers to send to the prefecture to arrange for the "carte de sejour" for France, for my American wife. He proofed to be very proactive and saved us time and... money in the whole process.

Having been driven from pillar to post by our local Prefecture for almost 3 months in attempting to obtain a "Visa de long Séjour" for my American wife (she being married to a UK European citizen), I effected a Google search for a French Visa lawyer and found Haywood Wise! The Gods were definite...ly looking out for us on that day: I emailed Haywood from his site on a Friday evening and received a personal phone call from him the very next Saturday morning! ( VERY unusual in France): he set our minds at rest and took on our application. As a UK Citizen, born in France, but having spent the last 35 years in the US, the intricacies of our situation were several, but Haywood's presentation of our dossier and covering letter was a thing of beauty and efficiency, as sure enough the previously recalcitrant Prefecture's "Bureau des Etrangers" started to respond. After a second intervention by Haywood on our behalf (in which he elegantly pointed out certain salient aspects of pertinent French Law in relation to the residency rights of European citizens and their non-European family members ), we received a dossier number, followed a few days later by a "Récépissé": We our now awaiting our "Convocation" ( interview) for the actual Visa, which should be arriving in the next 3 weeks or so. Haywood took many of my phone calls during the process, and patiently explained the working of the system, suggested appropriate (and very effective and affordable) answers to specific problems we were having ( Health Insurance coverage for France and the Schengen area, Certified translators). His team was also very helpful and courteous at all times. I have referred Haywood to a friend in Canada in a similar situation, and Haywood was most helpful in his case also. Haywood 's fees were most reasonable, and doing business with him has been a pleasure: I feel that he "has my back" in this situation. Highly recommended in French-US Visa issues: I wish I had called on him earlier; it would have made my wife's and my situation a lot less stressful and easier!