For the purposes of assessing the resources referred to in 1° of article L. 434-7, all the resources of the applicant and his/her spouse are taken into account, independently of family benefits, the retirement equivalent allowance and the allowances provided for in article L. 262-1 of the Social Action and Family Code, article L. These resources must reach an amount, set by decree by the Conseil d’Etat, which takes into account the size of the applicant’s family and must be at least equal to the minimum monthly growth wage and at most equal to this wage plus one fifth.
The provisions of this article do not apply when the person applying for family reunification is in receipt of the disabled adults’ allowance mentioned in articles L. 821-1 or L. 821-2 of the Social Security Code or the supplementary allowance mentioned in article L. 815-24 of the same code or when a person aged over sixty-five who has been legally resident in France for at least twenty-five years applies for family reunification for his or her spouse and provides proof of a duration of marriage of at least ten years.