That is so helpful! Thank you!

On the link that is previously mentioned, it says that you must live in France for atleast 6 months- eek!

Did you live in France for 6 months before obtaining the G Permit? I have lived in France twice before for long periods of time and each time it took about 8 months before I received my "carte de sejour". Do you know if a recipisse de carte de sejour would work for the application? Or did you have to have the actual carte in order to get the G permit?