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Resident Card for Person Eligible to Acquire French Nationality

French PolynesiaLong-term residence

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

Under CESEDA Article L426-1, a foreign national who meets the French-nationality acquisition conditions of Civil Code Article 21-7 is issued a ten-year resident card (carte de résident d'une durée de dix ans).

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  • The High Commission's captured material does not explain when this card is issued in relation to automatic acquisition of French nationality under Article 21-7 -- see r5 for the operational nuance.
  • CESEDA Article L426-1
    L'étranger qui remplit les conditions d'acquisition de la nationalité française prévues à l'article 21-7 du code civil se
  • CESEDA Article L426-1
    voit délivrer une carte de résident d'une durée de dix ans.

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

The Article 21-7 test counts habitual residence in France for at least five years, continuously or discontinuously, from age 11, with residence in France at age 18.

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  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.

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

The official guidance summarising Article 21-7 counts habitual residence in France for at least five years, continuously or discontinuously, from age 11, with residence in France at age 18. The official material does not define which individual stays count as habitual residence or how the card authority assesses them.

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  • The reviewed sources do not define the evidence or legal test used to classify a particular stay as habitual residence for this resident-card route.

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

The Article 21-7 test allows the required five years of habitual residence to be continuous or discontinuous, while requiring residence in France at age 18. The official source states no separate annual absence cap and does not explain how specific absences affect habitual residence for this card.

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  • No route-specific source defines how particular absences affect habitual residence or sets an absence allowance for this card.

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

CESEDA Article L426-1 grants a ten-year resident card to a foreign national meeting the Civil Code Article 21-7 conditions; the official source gives no application steps, document list or renewal rules for that card. Separately, French government guidance states that Article 21-7 nationality is acquired automatically at 18 with no procedure required.

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  • Route-specific filing steps, required documents, and renewal rules for the resident card itself remain unconfirmed.

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

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