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EU Long-Term Resident Status after Five Years in France

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

The resulting status is the EU long-term-resident residence card.

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What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

At least 5 years of residence in France holding one or more of the listed residence permits, and the stay must have been uninterrupted. For refugees and subsidiary-protection beneficiaries, the 5 years are counted from the date the asylum application was filed. Outside the refugee and subsidiary-protection case, the official source does not state from which date the 5-year period starts.

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  • Outside the refugee/subsidiary-protection case, the page does not state from which date the 5-year period starts.

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

A long-stay visa serving as a residence permit is one of the residence titles the source counts toward the five-year period.

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What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

Some absences are permitted: at most six consecutive months, up to ten months total, count towards the five-year period.

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What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

The EU long-term-resident card is valid for ten years and is renewable. The official source does not state the other conditions, the application procedure or the loss rules.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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