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Human help · a real person, not a bot
Every guide on Pimpernel is free — read the lot, use every tool, pay nothing. But some things you only want to get wrong once: a letter that has to be phrased right, a dossier the préfecture will pick apart, your first tax return. For those, have a real person at Pimpernel — Will or Jenny — actually check your work before it goes. That's the bit an algorithm can't do, and it's the only thing we charge for.
One-off, no subscription. A real person looks at your actual documents and comes back to you — usually within two working days.
The big one · done with you
The VLS-TS long-stay visa is the gateway to everything, and building the dossier for a whole household is a real undertaking. We'll do it with you, start to finish: every form, every justificatif, the resources evidence, the France-Visas steps and the appointment prep — for everyone under your roof — checked and ready to submit.
Specialist firms can charge £3,500 for a family of four.
£499one flat price · your whole household
Practical help compiling your own application — not regulated immigration advice. We'll say plainly if your case needs a regulated adviser.
— or just one thing at a time —
Draft your French letter in our free letter writer, then we check it before you send: the wording, the tone, the formule de politesse, and the law behind it — so your recommandée lands right first time.
Before you submit on ANEF, we go through your carte-de-séjour dossier — the e-photo trap, the missing justificatif, the wrong category, the resources evidence — and tell you exactly what the préfecture would bounce.
Your first French return is the scary one: the France–UK treaty, the €1,500 foreign-account trap, the S1, what goes where. We walk it through with you so you file it correctly, once — and know what to do every year after.
Something else stuck? Thirty minutes with a real person who's actually done it — the move, the admin, the school run, the septic tank — to talk through whatever's on your plate and point you the right way.
Prices are our proposed launch rates — one honest fee per job, nothing metered, nothing hidden. If you'd rather have this help on tap, Pro includes it — and a one-off here is credited if you join within 30 days.
Choose what you need done above.
One fee, on our provider's secure page.
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Will or Jenny — not a bot — comes back to you.
Free · no catch
All 51 guides in one download — the same words that are free to read on the site, gathered into a book you can keep and print. Pop your email in and we'll send it (and the odd useful update); or just grab it — it's free either way.
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51 guides · one PDF · yours to keep. No payment, ever, for the guides.
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Will or Jenny. Not a bot.
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If you join within 30 days.
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Always. This is only the human bit.
Pimpernel's paid services are one-off, practical document checks and guidance provided by experienced individuals, not regulated legal, tax, immigration or financial advice, and not a guarantee of any official outcome. Where a matter needs a qualified professional we will say so. Prices shown are proposed launch rates, before any applicable tax shown at checkout; payment and card processing are handled entirely by our secure payment provider, and Pimpernel never sees or stores your card details. The guides, tools and the downloadable library are free whether or not you ever buy a service.