French Polynesia Private and Family Life Card - Strong Personal and Family Ties
For a person whose stable personal, family, residence and integration ties in French Polynesia justify private-and-family-life residence.
- Route type
- Family
- Can bring
- children, siblings +2 from the official record
- Requirements
- 8 each quoted below
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
8 requirements quoted from the official source.
- Certain And Continuous Relationships Required
The applicant must document certain and continuous relations with family established in French Polynesia.
- Conditions Of Existence Evidence Required
Income, salary or bank evidence must document the applicant's conditions of existence.
- Habitual Continuous Residence Evidence Required
Evidence is required to assess the duration of habitual and continuous residence.
- Local Integration Evidence Required
Friendship, association, volunteering and school-participation evidence may demonstrate integration.
- Local Personal And Family Ties Required
Marriage, children, parents, siblings, PACS, adoption, guardianship or other qualifying personal ties must be documented.
- Post Arrival Residence Application Months Max
The residence-title application must be made within two months after arrival or before the long-stay visa expires.
- Remaining Home Country Ties Considered
The nature of family ties remaining in the country of origin is assessed.
Paperwork you prepare — it does not rule you out.
- Passport or travel document
The passport must remain valid for at least three months after planned departure, contain at least two blank pages and have been issued less than ten years ago.
- Eligibility summary
The January 2026 checklist assesses family and personal ties, continuous residence, conditions of existence, integration and the applicant's remaining family links abroad.
- Official source basis
The January 2026 checklist assesses family and personal ties, continuous residence, conditions of existence, integration and the applicant's remaining family links abroad.
- Report summary
The January 2026 checklist assesses family and personal ties, continuous residence, conditions of existence, integration and the applicant's remaining family links abroad.
- Residence Card Years Max Unless Multi Year
The ordinary temporary residence card is valid for up to one year; a qualifying multi-year card may be valid for up to four years.
- Supporting documents
Depending on the purpose and duration, the visa application requires the relevant accommodation, resources, medical and hospital insurance, repatriation and purpose evidence.
Who you can bring
What the source prices
- French Polynesia Specific Long Stay Visa Required
A non-EU applicant must normally hold a valid long-stay visa or VLS/TS expressly valid for French Polynesia.
From here to a yes
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for this route to French Polynesia?
For a person whose stable personal, family, residence and integration ties in French Polynesia justify private-and-family-life residence.
02Can I bring my family?
Every answer is quoted from the official polynesie-francaise.gouv.fr page for this route, last read 2026-07-26.
We checked 14 points against the official source; 14 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
See the 0 open points
Fees and processing time are not published in the official source for this route. We publish a number only when the official text states that number.
Not stated in the official source — the official source names no exclusion for this route.
Where every quote comes from
Official government source polynesie-francaise.gouv.frLast read 2026-07-26 Every quote on this page is from this French Polynesia government page.Other family routes to French Polynesia
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