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Article L434-4 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Family reunification may be applied for in respect of the applicant’s children under the age of eighteen and those of the applicant’s spouse, who are entrusted, as appropriate, to one or the other, by virtue of the exercise of parental authority, by virtue of a decision of a foreign court. A copy of this decision must be produced as well as authorisation from the other parent to allow the minor to come to France.

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Article L434-4


Le regroupement familial peut être demandé pour les enfants mineurs de dix-huit ans du demandeur et ceux de son conjoint, qui sont confiés, selon le cas, à l’un ou l’autre, au titre de l’exercice de l’autorité parentale, en vertu d’une décision d’une juridiction étrangère. Une copie de cette décision devra être produite ainsi que l’autorisation de l’autre parent de laisser le mineur venir en France.

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