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Family Residence for Refugee, Subsidiary-Protection or Stateless Sponsor

French PolynesiaFamily

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which family relationships qualify?

For a subsidiary-protection beneficiary: the spouse, civil partner or concubin admitted under family reunification (L561-2 to L561-5); a spouse or civil partner aged at least 18 where the marriage or union postdates the asylum application, has lasted at least one year and there is effective shared life; children in the year after their 18th birthday or covered by L421-35; and parents where the protected person is an unmarried minor. For a recognised refugee: children on the same rule, and parents of an unmarried minor refugee, without the regular-stay condition. For a stateless person: first-degree direct ascendants of an unmarried minor.

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Limits of the record
  • The recognised refugee's spouse/partner categories (L424-3 1° and 2°) are not cited in this answer.
  • The stateless person's spouse, partner and children categories (L424-19 1° to 3°) are not cited in this answer.

Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

The sponsor must be the protected person: a recognised refugee, a beneficiary of subsidiary protection, or a person granted stateless (apatride) status.

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What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

Family reunification conditions apply; where the marriage or union took place after the asylum application, it must have lasted at least one year and be accompanied by an effective community of life. The official source does not state the specific documents required to prove relationships.

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Limits of the record
  • No explicit list of required documentary proofs (marriage certificate, birth certificate, custody documents, translations, certified copies) in the supplied captures.
  • No procedural detail on how to demonstrate parentage, custody or dependency (which authorities, forms or attestations are required) in the supplied captures.
  • Article L424-3
    à condition que le mariage ou l'union civile ait été célébré depuis au moins un an et sous réserve d'une communauté de vie effective entre époux ou partenaires

What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

Family reunification for this protected-person route is expressly not subject to prior lawful-residence duration, resources or housing conditions. The official source does not state an insurance requirement.

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Limits of the record
  • The cited clause does not separately address insurance or maintenance responsibilities.

How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

Family members of a subsidiary-protection beneficiary receive a multi-year card marked 'membre de la famille d'un bénéficiaire de la protection subsidiaire', identical to the principal's; family members of a stateless person receive the equivalent card, also identical to the principal's. After four years of regular residence, holders of these cards receive a ten-year resident card subject to lawful stay. A card issued to a post-application spouse or partner (2° of L424-11 or L424-19) cannot be withdrawn when shared life ended because of domestic or family violence.

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Limits of the record
  • The recognised refugee's family members' card (L424-3, ten-year resident card) is not cited in this answer.
  • The duration of the principal's multi-year card is not cited in this answer.

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

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