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Article L426-3 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national who is serving or has served in the Foreign Legion, with at least three years’ service in the French army, and who holds a certificate of good conduct, shall be issued with a ten-year resident card.If the certificate of good conduct is withdrawn for desertion or subsequent behaviour unsuited to the requirements of the armed forces, the resident card provided for in the first paragraph may be…

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Article L426-4 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

At the expiry of the resident card provided for in articles L. 423-6, L. 423-10, L. 423-11, L. 423-12, L. 423-16, L. 424-1, L. 424-3, L. 424-13, L. 424-21, L. 425-3, L. 426-1, L. 426-2, L. 426-3, L. 426-6, L. 426-7 or L. 426-10, or the “long-term resident-EU” residence permit provided for under articles L. 421-12, L. 421-25, or L. 426-17, of which he or she is the holder, a…

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Article L426-5 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national who receives a pension for an accident at work or an occupational disease from a French organisation and whose permanent disability rate is equal to or greater than 20% will be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the words “vie privée et familiale” (“private and family life”) for a period of one year. The condition set out in article L. 412-1 does not apply. .

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Article L426-8 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national who is the holder of a contributory old-age pension, under his or her own right or a derived right, paid under a French basic social security scheme and who, after having resided in France under a residence permit, has established or is establishing his or her habitual residence outside France will, at his or her request, be issued with a residence permit bearing the wording “retired person”…

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Article L426-11 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national holding an EU long-term resident card, as defined by the provisions of Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents, granted in another Member State of the European Union, and who has stable resources sufficient to meet his/her needs and, where applicable, those of his/her family, as well as health insurance cover obtained, provided that he/she applies for…

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