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Packing list in Lyon

A packing checklist for Lyon, filtered by the season you arrive in. Ticks are saved on this device, so you can come back to it.

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Season you arrive

Documents

Passport, with at least six months left on it
Visa or residence paperwork, printed and saved offline
Health or travel insurance documents
Certified copies of birth or marriage certificates, if family is coming
Full birth certificate, apostilled, with a sworn French translation (social security and the préfecture both ask for it)
Your last three payslips and latest tax notice, as PDFs (the core of the rental dossier)

Tech

An unlocked or dual-SIM phone
Power bank
Laptop and charger
Type E plug adapters (230V) (two round pins with an earth pin in the socket; Type F plugs fit too)

Apps

Doctolib and SNCF Connect installed

Health

Prescription medication for the first three months, with the prescription
Antihistamines and a basic first-aid kit
EHIC or UK GHIC until your carte Vitale arrives

Clothing

Light layers
Shoes you can walk a city in
One set of interview or office clothes
Shoes for the Croix-Rousse slopes and traboule stairs
Waterproof layers for grey, damp winters

Money

A card with no foreign transaction fees
Enough local cash for the first day
Money for deposit, first month and agency fee, ready to transfer (one or two months' deposit, and nothing may be asked before signing)

Home

Your lease, flat photos and landlord contact saved offline
Ceiling lights or a budget for them (unfurnished flats are often handed over with bare wires where the lights were)

Packing for Lyon · Autumn0/240% packed.

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