I have finally got into the system
I don’t need advice but thought I would let you know that I have finally got into the system, after trying since last October. The complication seems to have been that I spent over 20 years as a gerant of an SARL. Then I moved back to the UK for three years before coming back to France as an auto-entrepreneur. At first I was blocked by the URSSAF. This turned out to be a problem with the INSEE. By the time it was sorted out, it was January. But then I heard nothing from RSI. People with experience told me to be patient as the RSI was overloaded with work. But after four months without news, I went up to Montpellier to see them. There I was told that they had no knowledge of me and that URSSAF had not notified them about me.
I went back to URSSAF in Perpignan, got the required form and sent it to RSI myself. And then waited and waited and waited. Eventually, I went back up to Montpellier to see what was happening. Again I was told that they had no knowledge of me and that the URSSAF had not notified them. When I pointed out that I had sent the form myself, they took a few photocopies and promised to look into it. And now three weeks later I am in the system. All that hard work just to earn the right to pay them money 
Three lessons
- Don’t give up. Try, try and try again.
- Go see people. You will get much more action than if you do everything by mail or Internet.
- Be calm, polite, friendly when you go. It is not the receptionist’s fault.