Article 21-25 of the French Civil Code
November 8, 2023
The conditions under which the assimilation and state of health of foreign nationals awaiting naturalisation will be checked will be laid down by decree.
The conditions under which the assimilation and state of health of foreign nationals awaiting naturalisation will be checked will be laid down by decree.
The public authority’s response to an application to acquire French nationality by naturalisation must be made no later than eighteen months from the submission of all the documents required to constitute a complete file, against which a receipt is issued immediately. The time limit referred to in the first paragraph is reduced to twelve months when the foreigner awaiting naturalisation can prove that he or she has been habitually resident…
Is assimilated to residence in France when such residence constitutes a condition for the acquisition of French nationality: 1° The residence outside France of a foreigner who carries out a public or private professional activity on behalf of the French State or an organisation whose activity is of particular interest to the French economy or culture; 2° Residence in countries in a customs union with France that are designated by…
No one may acquire French nationality or be reinstated in this nationality if they have been convicted of crimes or offences constituting an attack on the fundamental interests of the Nation or an act of terrorism, or, whatever the offence in question, if they have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment equal to or greater than six months, without a suspended sentence. The same applies to anyone who has…
When acquiring French nationality by decision of the public authority or by declaration, the person concerned shall indicate to the competent authority the nationality or nationalities he or she already holds, the nationality or nationalities he or she retains in addition to French nationality and the nationality or nationalities he or she intends to renounce.
The representative of the State in the department or, in Paris, the police prefect organises, within six months of acquiring French nationality, a ceremony to welcome into French citizenship for the persons residing in the department referred to in articles 21-2, 21-11, 21-12, 21-13-1, 21-13-2, 21-14, 21-14-1, 21-15, 24-1, 24-2 and 32-4 of this code as well as to Article 2 of Act no. 64-1328 of 26 December 1964 authorising…
The representative of the State in the department or, in Paris, the police prefect notifies the mayor, in his capacity as civil registrar, of the identity and address of persons residing in the commune likely to benefit from the ceremony welcoming them into French citizenship. When the mayor so requests, he may authorise him to organise, in his capacity as civil registrar, the ceremony welcoming them into French citizenship.
A person who has acquired French nationality shall enjoy all the rights and be bound by all the obligations attached to French nationality, from the day of such acquisition.
A minor child, one of whose parents acquires French nationality, becomes French ipso jure if he or she has the same habitual residence as that parent or if he or she resides alternately with that parent in the case of separation or divorce. The provisions of this article apply to the child of a person who acquires French nationality by decision of the public authority or by declaration of nationality…
The provisions of the preceding article shall not apply to a married child.
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