Talk:French nationality law
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The structure and languistic flow of the article makes it hard to read and comprehend it places.
Merge from French citizenship and identity to here (wikipedia standards British nationality law, etc.) Lapaz 17:07, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Should we just let it be and eventually merge it with French people page? I dont think the purpose of this page is simply to describe the legal rights of French citizens. (i mean the identity page)
Question of Accuracy
I wanted to note the information that the residency period for naturalisation as a French citizen is reduced for graduates of a French University course is not cited and I have not been able to find it on any other website (except for a few that were direct copies of wikipedia). I would suggest citing it or removing it.
I just wanted to put a note in here regarding my edits of the "Naturalisation" section. I added some information, and corrected the section titles. "Naturalisation" is the process by which a person becomes a French citizen because of residence, while for married couples citizenship is acquired when the couple's "Declaration of Nationality" is accepted. References here: http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/N111.xhtml?&n=Etrangers%20en%20France&l=N8
I would put some more info about the procedure and docs required, having been through the process of naturalisation last year myself... but maybe I'll do it some other day
- Daniel
[edit] Child born in France to foreign parents.
"- at age 18, if resident in France, with at least 5 years residence since age 11, and if he explicitly requests at adulthood (before the 1992 reform of the Code de la nationalité, it was given automatically without administrative red tape)."
The bold part is not true anymore. There has been a new law in 1998 that abolished this reform. Now a child born in France to foreign parents is automatically given French citizenship once he reaches 18 (if he has lived at least 5 years in France since he is 11). However if he does not want French citizenship, he must explicitly requests it : there is a delay of 6 months before his 18th birthday and a delay of 12 after his 18th birthday.
A child born in France to foreign parents can also be given French citizenship earlier under certain circumstances :
- at 13 if the parents request it (with the child's consent)
- at 16 : the child can request it himself
Source :
Depuis le ler septembre 1998, date d’entrée en vigueur de la loi du 16 mars 1998 relative à la nationalité, qui a supprimé le régime de la manifestation de volonté institué par la loi du 22 juillet 1993, tout enfant né en France de parents étrangers acquiert la nationalité française à sa majorité si, à cette date, il a en France sa résidence et s’il a eu sa résidence habituelle en France pendant une période continue ou discontinue d’au moins cinq ans, depuis l’âge de onze ans. Une faculté de déclination de la nationalité française dans les six mois qui précèdent sa majorité ou dans les douze mois qui la suivent, de même que l’acquisition anticipée par déclaration à partir de l’âge de seize ans, sous certaines conditions, sont également prévues. Enfin, la nationalité française peut être réclamée, sous certaines conditions, au nom de l’enfant mineur né en France de parents étrangers, à partir de l’âge de treize ans et avec son consentement personnel.
195.132.163.44 23:08, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] nationality through marriage
This page popped up on my watchlist with a change to the By marriage section. I noticed that this section begins: "Since 26 November, 2003, a foreigner living in France, married to a French citizen for two years can acquire French citizenship by declaration, so long as they have resided in France for one year uninterrupted. If the couple is living outside of France, a three year waiting period is required. ...". In the References section of the article, I see this link which translated to English by Google says,in part: " (Act No. 2006-911 of 24 July 2006 entered into force on 25 July 2006) [...] Art. 21-2 : An alien or stateless person who contracted marriage with a spouse of French nationality may, after a period of four years after marriage, acquire French nationality by declaration provided that the date of this statement community Life as effective material that has not stopped between the couple since their marriage and the spouse has retained its french nationality.". This appears to contradict the article. I don't know any more about this than I have said here, so I'm just flagging this here for a look by persons more knowledgeable in this area than I. -- Boracay Bill (talk) 04:45, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
