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Article L423-10 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national who is the father or mother of a French child residing in France and who has held for at least three years the temporary residence permit provided for in article L. 423-7 or a multi-annual residence permit issued to foreign nationals mentioned in articles L. 423-1, L. 423-7 and L. 423-23, provided that they continue to meet the conditions for obtaining this residence permit, will be issued with a ten-year resident permit.

The issue of this resident permit is subject to compliance with the conditions of republican integration provided for in article L. 413-7.

The issue of this resident permit is subject to compliance with the conditions of republican integration provided for in article L. 413-7.

The issue of this resident permit is subject to compliance with the conditions of republican integration provided for in article L. 413-7.
The issue of this residence permit is subject to compliance with the conditions for republican integration set out in article L. 413-7.

The child referred to in the first paragraph means a child with legally established filiation, including an adopted child, by virtue of an adoption decision, subject to verification by the public prosecutor’s office of the legality of this decision when it was pronounced abroad.

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Article L423-10

L’étranger qui est père ou mère d’un enfant français résidant en France et titulaire depuis au moins trois années de la carte de séjour temporaire prévue à l’article L. 423-7 ou d’une carte de séjour pluriannuelle délivrée aux étrangers mentionnés aux articles L. 423-1, L. 423-7 et L. 423-23, sous réserve qu’il continue de remplir les conditions prévues pour l’obtention de cette carte de séjour, se voit délivrer une carte de résident d’une durée de dix ans.


La délivrance de cette carte de résident est subordonnée au respect des conditions d’intégration républicaine prévues à l’article L. 413-7.


L’enfant visé au premier alinéa s’entend de l’enfant ayant une filiation légalement établie, y compris l’enfant adopté, en vertu d’une décision d’adoption, sous réserve de la vérification par le ministère public de la régularité de cette décision lorsqu’elle a été prononcée à l’étranger.

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