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Ten-Year Resident Card — Spouse of French Citizen

FranceLong-term residence

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

For the spouse of a French citizen, the route leads to a resident card authorising residence and work. It requires marriage for at least three years (one year for Tunisian applicants), an effective shared life, continued French nationality of the spouse and prior French civil-register transcription if the marriage took place abroad.

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  • The card's duration and any additional conditions beyond the captured passage remain unestablished.
  • https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2208 content_text.txt:95
    liquent si vous êtes Européen, Algérien ou originaire d'un pays ayant conclu avec la France un accord sur les flux migratoires. Tout déplier Époux de Français 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 : Vous êtes marié(e) avec un(e) Français(e) depuis au moins 3 ans (ou au moins 1 an si vous êtes tunisien) Votre communauté de vie : titleContentest effective Votre époux(se) a conservé la nationalité française Si votre mariage a été célébré à l'étranger, il doit avoir été transcrit auparavant sur les registres de l'état civil français. Vous devez, par a

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

Proof of 3 years of regular residence (residence cards, renewal certificates) is required. The official source does not state when the period begins.

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  • The page does not state from which date the 3 years of regular residence are counted.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which types of residence count towards the qualifying period.

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  • Searched the spouse-of-French section of F2208 for rules on which residence types count; only the '3 ans de séjour régulier' proof item (residence cards, renewal certificates) exists, which states the period and its evidence and is used under R2.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the absence and continuity rules for the qualifying period.

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

For a first resident card the applicant must show French at level B1 and pass the civic exam (not required over age 65). The application is filed online between 4 and 2 months before the current document expires. The card is valid for 10 years and renewable, but it ceases to be valid after more than 3 consecutive years outside France; renewal may be refused if habitual residence in France cannot be proved.

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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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