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Resident Card for Service in French or Allied Forces

French PolynesiaSpecial cases

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What exactly is the official special programme/status and why does it exist?

A legal provision grants a ten-year resident card to foreigners who served in French combat units, allied armies, the internal resistance, or the Foreign Legion.

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  • Sous-section 2 (heading)
    Sous-section 2 : Etranger ayant combattu dans l'armée française, les rangs des forces françaises de l'intérieur, une armée alliée ou la Légion étrangère
  • Article L426-2
    L'étranger qui a servi dans une unité combattante de l'armée française
  • Article L426-2
    se voit délivrer une carte de résident d'une durée de dix ans

Which specific population, role, circumstance or historical/legal situation does it cover?

Covers foreigners who fought in the French army, the forces françaises de l'intérieur, an allied army, or who serve/served in the French Foreign Legion.

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  • Sous-section 2 (heading)
    Sous-section 2 : Etranger ayant combattu dans l'armée française, les rangs des forces françaises de l'intérieur, une armée alliée ou la Légion étrangère
  • Article L426-2
    Il a effectivement combattu dans les rangs des forces françaises de l'intérieur
  • Article L426-3
    L'étranger qui sert ou a servi dans la Légion étrangère

What circumstance, event, relationship, nomination, invitation or status activates access?

Access is triggered by having served or fought in qualifying combat formations (including specific Foreign Legion service of at least three years).

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What sponsor, authority, nomination, certification, evidence or other step must occur before the status can be obtained?

The applicant must prove regular or regularised stay and hold the specified certificates (certificate of démobilisation or certificate of good conduct) as required by the articles.

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What immigration status and rights result, how long do they last, can family be included, and what happens if the special qualifying circumstance ends?

A ten-year resident card is granted, and a permanent (indeterminate) resident card may be granted later; the resident card can be withdrawn if the required certificate (for example good conduct) is revoked. The official source does not state whether family members can be included or what work or social rights the card gives.

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Limits of the record
  • No evidence in the supplied captures about family reunification or inclusion.
  • No evidence about work rights or specific social rights attached to the ten-year card in the supplied captures.
  • No comprehensive rule in the supplied captures about all consequences when the qualifying circumstance ends beyond the withdrawal example.
  • Article L426-2
    se voit délivrer une carte de résident d'une durée de dix ans
  • Article L426-3
    se voit délivrer une carte de résident d'une durée de dix ans
  • Article L426-4
    une carte de résident permanent, à durée indéterminée, peut être délivrée
  • Article L426-3 (sanction)
    la carte de résident prévue au premier alinéa peut lui être retirée

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

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