Residence permit & French citizenship
Residence in France for foreigners – Foreigners’ Rights: residence in France
Experienced, the law firm defends foreigners throughout the French territory.
Indeed, the firm intervenes during the applicant’s stay in France :
to obtain ( apply for) the residence permit: in procedures related to administrative legalization of undocumented foreign workers or immigrants, litigating residence permit refusals, ( of renewal ) naturalization, and foreigner’s work rights.
Likewise, the firm mediates in litigation related to political asylum for political refugee applicants before the OFPRA (French Office for Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) and the CNDA (National Court of Rights of Asylum).
At this stage in the process for the foreigners in France, the firm mediates in the following procedures :
Application for legalization and status adjustment
Applications for :
“Student” Residence permits, “skills and talents”, “Employee”, “private and family life”, “Resident”, etc..
Application for residence permit renewal
The firm mediates and litigates in procedures related to :
Citizenship law
Naturalization and Reinstatement…
Foreign student’s rights in France
Foreign Traders rights in France
French citizenship
Losing the French citizenship
French citizens living abroad do not lose their French citizenship when they acquire a foreign nationality from their country of residency.
In effect, under current legislation, “any adult of French nationality, regularly residing abroad, who voluntarily acquires a foreign nationality, does not lose his/her French citizenship unless it is specifically declared (…).”
There is no real procedure or rules, in practice, to establish French citizenship, the Certificate of French citizenship, being a stronger form of evidence – than the French national identification card and the French citizenship civil registry card- is often required.
Application for the French citizenship certificate
Issuing the French citizenship certificate
In this regard, the competent authority to issue the French citizenship certificate is the clerk of the “Court of First Instance” in matters of citizenship, that holds jurisdiction in the area where the interested party resides (a decree defines the seat and the jurisdiction of the French “Court of First Instance” qualified in matters of citizenship).
In cases of citizenship refusals, a disciplinary complaint may, if the party concerned deems it necessary, be exercised with the Ministry of Justice. In respect to appeals, the Superior Court has jurisdiction to hear appeals related to nationality of individuals, with a possibility of appearing before the Court of Appeals, and consecutively, to the final court of appeals.( The French Supreme Court of Judicature).
To introduce appeals, an attorney is necessary
The firm will advise and represent you, if given the opportunity, in your administrative procedures (Application for the French citizenship certificate, naturalization, reinstatement of French nationality, etc.) and appeals (before the courts: the Superior Court, the court of appeals, etc…) all related to citizenship.
A lawyer will listen to you and defend you.