Section 3: Processing the application

On completion of the checks on the family reunification applicant’s resources and accommodation, the mayor of the municipality where the family is to reside will forward the file to the Office français de l’immigration et de l’intégration, together with the results of these checks and his reasoned opinion. If there is no response from the mayor within two months of the dossier being sent, this opinion is deemed to be…

The mayor, if approached for this purpose by the prefect or, in Paris, by the police prefect, has two months in which to forward to the latter his opinion on the applicant for family reunification’s compliance with the fundamental principles recognised by the laws of the Republic. If there is no response from the mayor by the end of this period, the opinion is deemed to have been issued. .