Section 4: Access to rights and obligations

For the application of article L. 561-16, the refugee or beneficiary of subsidiary protection may apply to the French Office for Immigration and Integration or the manager of the place of accommodation for a provisional certificate relating to family composition.The certificate is issued to the interested party, by extraction from the automated processing governed by articles R. 142-51 to R. 142-58, on presentation of the decision recognising him/her as a…

The resettled person may also request the issue of the certificate referred to in article D. 561-12 from the operator responsible for assisting him/her, who will draw it up and have it validated by the French Office for Immigration and Integration. .

The certificate mentioned in Article D. 561-12 is valid from the date of issue until the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons issues civil status documents attesting to the family composition.

Aforeign nationals who have been granted refugee status or subsidiary protection shall inform the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons of their address and inform the Office of any change of address, within three months of the change. If he/she has changed address without informing the Office, any notification made by the Office to the last known address is deemed to be in order.