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Article L424-3 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The resident permit provided for in article L. 424-1, issued to a foreign national who has been recognised as a refugee, is also issued to:
1° His or her spouse, partner with whom he or she is in a civil union or cohabiting partner, if he or she has been authorised to reside in France for the purposes of family reunification under the conditions provided for in articles L. 561-2 to L. 561-5;
2° His or her spouse or partner with whom he or she is in a civil union, aged at least eighteen, if the marriage or civil union took place after the date on which the resident permit was issued. 561-5;
2° His or her spouse or partner with whom he or she is in a civil union, aged at least eighteen, if the marriage or civil union took place after the date on which the asylum application was submitted, provided that the marriage or civil union was celebrated at least one year previously and subject to the spouses or partners actually living together, without the condition of legal residence being required;
3° His/her children in the year following their eighteenth birthday or who come under the provisions of article L. 4° His/her parents if the foreign national who has obtained the benefit of protection is an unmarried minor, without the condition of lawful residence being required;
The child referred to in this article means a child with legally established filiation, including an adopted child, by virtue of an adoption decision, subject to verification by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the lawfulness of this decision when it was pronounced abroad.

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Article L424-3


La carte de résident prévue à l’article L. 424-1, délivrée à l’étranger reconnu réfugié, est également délivrée à :
1° Son conjoint, son partenaire avec lequel il est lié par une union civile ou son concubin, s’il a été autorisé à séjourner en France au titre de la réunification familiale dans les conditions prévues aux articles L. 561-2 à L. 561-5 ;
2° Son conjoint ou son partenaire avec lequel il est lié par une union civile, âgé d’au moins dix-huit ans, si le mariage ou l’union civile est postérieur à la date d’introduction de sa demande d’asile, à condition que le mariage ou l’union civile ait été célébré depuis au moins un an et sous réserve d’une communauté de vie effective entre époux ou partenaires, sans que la condition de régularité du séjour ne soit exigée ;
3° Ses enfants dans l’année qui suit leur dix-huitième anniversaire ou qui entrent dans les prévisions de l’article L. 421-35 ;
4° Ses parents si l’étranger qui a obtenu le bénéfice de la protection est un mineur non marié, sans que la condition de régularité du séjour ne soit exigée.
L’enfant visé au présent article s’entend de l’enfant ayant une filiation légalement établie, y compris l’enfant adopté, 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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