Joshua, To answer your questions, our money, or most of it, came from investments in the States when we lived in France. Our B&B had a very short season so we never had enough to declare as French income. Until I moved there with wife and children to buy a house and start a business I was always on a tourist visa. It’s an idea, and I thank you for it, but I doubt the CAF applies to us.

Unless and until I publish a book or two — or figure out how to make money writing — we’ll be restricted to a reduced income.

David