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Ten-Year Resident Card — Family Reunification with Resident-Card Holder

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

A 10-year resident card (carte de résident), which is renewable.

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

The family member must have resided regularly and continuously in France for at least three years. The official source does not state when the period begins.

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

Regular residence counts, evidenced by residence cards and renewal receipts, school certificates or tax notices.

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  • No rule on partial counting is stated.

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

Residence must be regular and uninterrupted for at least 3 years in France. The official source does not state a maximum tolerated absence.

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  • No specific tolerated-absence threshold is stated.

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

For the spouse or child under 19 of a foreign resident-card holder who entered through family reunification, the rules require at least three years of regular uninterrupted residence in France and republican integration. The resulting resident card authorises residence and work without an employer work-authorisation application and is renewable. The official source does not state how the card is applied for or the retention or loss rules.

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  • The complete integration criteria, document duration, renewal and retention rules remain unestablished by this excerpt.
  • Recorded source · www.service-public.gouv.fr
    devant le tribunal administratif. Étranger entré par regroupement familial La carte de résident vous autorise à séjourner en France. Elle vous autorise à travailler. Votre employeur n'a pas à demander une autorisation de travail. 1Vérifier si l'on remplit les conditions La carte de résident vous est délivrée si les conditions suivantes sont remplies : Être l'époux(se) ou l'enfant de moins de 19 ans d'un étranger qui a une carte de résident, entré en France par regroupement familial Résider de façon régulière et ininterrompue depuis au moins 3 ans en France. Vous devez, par ailleurs, remplir une condition d'intégration républicaine. Cette condition est examinée en particulier au regard des critères suivants : Engagement à respecter les principes qui régissent la République française Respect de ces principes Connaissance de la lang
  • Recorded source · www.service-public.gouv.fr
    La carte de résident est valable 10 ans et est renouvelable.

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

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