For English speakers in France
The post,
decoded.
CAF. The Impôts. The Préfecture. Photograph any French admin letter and France Friend tells you, in calm plain English, what it is, what to do, and by when — before the dread even sets in.
First letter free · No card · No password · Never used to train AI
How a letter moves through France Friend
A letter's real journey has four stages. We shorten three of them.
- 01
Arrives
A letter shows up — CAF, the Préfecture, the Impôts, your bank. Official, dense, and due by a date buried in paragraph three.
- 02
Decoded
Snap a photo or upload a PDF. Within 30 seconds: what it is, what it means for you, and whether it connects to anything else you've filed.
- 03
Actioned
A clear next step and — when a reply is genuinely needed — a draft written in properly formal French, ready to send.
- 04
Filed
Every letter stays in your history with deadlines tracked, so nothing gets rediscovered by accident at the bottom of a drawer.
Try it yourself — no account needed
Pick a real letter. Watch it get decoded.
Three genuine-format letters from the agencies that write to English speakers most. Choose one and see exactly what France Friend would tell you.
- What the letter actually is, in one paragraph
- A numbered list of what to do, in order
- What happens if you don't
Caisse d'Allocations Familiales · Service Prestations
Réf: CAF/PN/2026/384102 · 4 mai 2026
Madame, Monsieur,
Dans le cadre du contrôle annuel de votre dossier d'allocataire, nous procédons actuellement à la vérification des ressources déclarées au titre de l'année 2025.
Nos services ont constaté que les éléments actuellement en notre possession ne permettent pas de confirmer le montant de vos revenus professionnels sur la période concernée.
En conséquence, nous vous remercions de bien vouloir nous faire parvenir, sous quinzaine à compter de la date de la présente notification, vos trois derniers bulletins de salaire ainsi que votre dernier avis d'imposition sur le revenu. Ces documents peuvent être transmis directement depuis votre espace personnel sur caf.fr, rubrique « Mes documents ».
À défaut de réception de ces pièces dans le délai imparti, nous nous verrons contraints de suspendre le versement de vos prestations jusqu'à régularisation complète de votre dossier.
Nous vous prions d'agréer, Madame, Monsieur, l'expression de nos salutations distinguées.
Le Directeur de la CAF
No account needed — see exactly what France Friend would tell you.
The letter doesn't change. What it costs you to understand it does.
Without France Friend
- Read three paragraphs of officialese twice to find the actual ask
- Guess whether “sous quinzaine” means this Friday or next
- Translate it yourself, or pay someone to
- Miss that it connects to the letter you got in February
With France Friend
- Know what it is and what to do in the time it takes to read a text
- See the real deadline, calculated from the letter date
- Get a formal French reply drafted when one's needed
- Get warned when two letters are quietly related
More than a translator
France Friend remembers your situation.
Every letter you upload helps it understand you better. So when something doesn't add up — a CAF income figure that doesn't match your tax return, two deadlines landing in the same week — it tells you before it becomes a problem.
Never shares a login
France Friend reads what you upload. It never logs into CAF, your bank, or any agency on your behalf.
Never trains on your letters
Your documents are encrypted and used only to answer your question — never to train any model.
Every major agency covered
CAF, Impôts, URSSAF, Préfecture, CPAM, France Travail, ANTS and your Mairie.
Simple pricing
Your first letter is on us. After that, less than one missed deadline.
Free
€0
Your first letter, fully decoded.
- One letter, fully decoded
- Real deadline + action steps
- No card required
Pro
€39/year
That's €3.25 a month — less than one missed deadline.
- Unlimited letters
- Cross-system insights
- Formal French replies drafted
- Deadline tracking + full history
- PDF export
Founding Lifetime
€99 once
Everything in Pro, forever. First 100 buyers only.
- Everything in Pro
- No renewals, ever
- A thank-you to early supporters.
Why not just use ChatGPT or Google Translate?
Both are excellent tools. But neither remembers your situation, calculates deadlines from the letter date, drafts proper administrative French replies, or warns you when something doesn't add up across your letters.
France Friend is built for one moment — opening a French admin letter — and gets you from dread to a plan in 30 seconds, every time.
The next letter is already on its way.
Meet it prepared.
Decode your first letter free →No card required. Takes 30 seconds.