Subject to the provisions of article L. 434-7, the benefit of family reunification may be granted to the foreign national’s spouse and, where applicable, children under the age of eighteen, who are residing in France, without recourse to the introduction procedure.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, a spouse is taken to mean a foreign national residing legally in France under cover of a temporary residence permit valid for at least one year or a multi-annual residence permit who enters into a marriage with the applicant residing legally in France under the conditions laid down in articles R. 434-1 and R. 434-2.