
<span property="itemListElement" typeof="ListItem"><a property="item" typeof="WebPage" title="Go to Hi France." href="https://www.hifrance.org/en/" class="home" aria-current="page"><span property="name">Hi France</span></a><meta property="position" content="1"></span>{"id":103596,"date":"2021-05-11T15:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T13:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hifrance.org\/faq\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T18:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:31:29","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hifrance.org\/en\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"faq"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_id=&#8221;sectiion_header_inte&#8221;][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_id=&#8221;breadcrumbs&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;hero_bloc_inte&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<picture class=\"ImgBG \" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height:100%; top: 0; left:0; z-index: -2;\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifrance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PageFAQ2-Sans-titre10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"faq\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hifrance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PageFAQ2-Sans-titre10.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.hifrance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PageFAQ2-Sans-titre10-780x439.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.hifrance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PageFAQ2-Sans-titre10-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hifrance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PageFAQ2-Sans-titre10-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/picture>\n[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;hero_bloc_content&#8221;][vc_raw_html el_class=&#8221;hero_bloc_titre&#8221;]PGgxPjxzcGFuPkZyZXF1ZW50bHkgQXNrZWQgUXVlc3Rpb25zPC9zcGFuPjwvaDE+[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;hero_bloc_ss_titre&#8221;]Do you have a question? 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