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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 parentage, including by virtue of an adoption decision, subject to verification by the public prosecutor’s office of the legality of this decision when it was pronounced abroad.

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Article L423-12


S’il est âgé de dix-huit à vingt et un ans, ou qu’il entre dans les prévisions de l’article L. 421-35, ou qu’il est à la charge de ses parents, l’enfant étranger d’un ressortissant français se voit délivrer une carte de résident d’une durée de dix ans sous réserve de la production du visa de long séjour prévu au 1° de l’article L. 411-1 et de la régularité du séjour.
Pour l’application du premier alinéa, la filiation s’entend de la filiation légalement établie, y compris en vertu d’une décision d’adoption, sous réserve de la vérification par le ministère public de la régularité de cette décision lorsqu’elle a été prononcée à l’étranger.

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