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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L423-6 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national who has been married to a French national for at least three years will be issued with a ten-year residence permit provided that he or she has been legally resident in France for three years and that the spouses have not ceased living together since the marriage, that the spouse has retained French nationality and, where the marriage was celebrated abroad, that it was previously transcribed into…

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Article L423-7 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national who is the father or mother of a minor French child residing in France and who proves that he or she has effectively contributed to the child’s upkeep and education under the conditions set out in article 371-2 of the Civil Code, since the child’s birth or for at least two years, shall be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the wording “private and family life”…

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Article L423-8 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

For the issue of the residence permit provided for in article L. 423-7, when parentage is established with regard to a parent pursuant to article 316 of the Civil Code, the applicant, if he or she is not the author of the acknowledgement of paternity or maternity, must prove that the latter actually contributes to the upkeep and education of the child, under the conditions set out in article 371-2…

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Article L423-10 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national who is the father or mother of a French child residing in France and who has held for at least three years the temporary residence permit provided for in article L. 423-7 or a multi-annual residence permit issued to foreign nationals mentioned in articles L. 423-1, L. 423-7 and L. 423-23, provided that they continue to meet the conditions for obtaining this residence permit, will be issued…

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Article L423-12 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

If they are aged between eighteen and twenty-one, or if they come under the provisions of article L. 421-35, or if they are dependent on their parents, the foreign child of a French national will be issued with a ten-year residence permit subject to production of the long-stay visa provided for in 1° of article L. 411-1 and legal residence.For the application of the first paragraph, parentage means legally established…

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Article L423-13 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national born in France who can prove by any means whatsoever that he or she has resided there continuously for at least eight years and, after the age of ten, has attended a French educational establishment for at least five years, will be issued, if he or she applies for it between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one, a temporary residence permit bearing the wording “private and family…

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Article L423-14 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national who has been authorised to reside in France on the basis of family reunification under the conditions laid down in Chapter IV of Title III, who has entered France legally and whose spouse holds a temporary residence permit, a multi-annual residence permit or a resident permit, will be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the words “vie privée et familiale” (private and family life) for a…

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Article L423-15 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national who has been authorised to reside in France for the purposes of family reunification under the conditions laid down in Chapter IV of Title III and at least one of whose parents holds a temporary residence permit, a multi-annual residence permit or a resident permit shall be issued, within one year of his/her eighteenth birthday or between his/her sixteenth and eighteenth birthdays if he/she falls within the…

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