How do you apply for family reunification (regroupement familial) in France when you are a non-European foreigner with a residence permit (titre de séjour)?

You can apply for family reunification for your spouse and your minor children if you are a non-European foreign national residing in France with a residence permit. You send your family reunification file to the OFII online or by post. You must have lived in France for at least 18 months with one of the residence permits listed for family reunification. You must also meet the resource conditions for family reunification. You must also meet the housing conditions for family reunification.

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Regroupement familial (cas général): what steps do you take as a non-European foreigner with a residence permit (titre de séjour)?

You fill in the cerfa application form for family reunification (regroupement familial).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You attach to your family reunification file the copies of the supporting documents that match your situation.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You send your complete family reunification file to the OFII, the immigration and integration office, online or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
The OFII entrusts the examination of your family reunification file to the mayor of your home commune or of the commune where you plan to settle. The mayor checks the resource and housing conditions for family reunification. The mayor gives an opinion on all family reunification conditions within 2 months of receiving your family reunification file or of the prefect's request.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
The préfet of the department of your residence, or the préfet de police in Paris, accepts or refuses your family reunification request. The préfet must notify you of the decision on your family reunification request within 6 months of the complete family reunification file being filed with the OFII.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
As soon as the attestation de dépôt is issued, you send the attestation de dépôt and the civil-status documents to your family abroad.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
Your spouse must then apply without delay for a long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (visa de long séjour valant titre de séjour, VLS-TS) at the French consular authority.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

Regroupement familial for an Algerian national (famille algérienne): what steps do you take?

If you are an Algerian national, you must hold a residence certificate (certificat de résidence) with a validity period of at least 1 year to file a family reunification request. If you are an Algerian national, you must have lived in France for at least 1 year before you file a family reunification request.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You attach to your family reunification file the copies of the supporting documents that match your situation.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
You send your complete family reunification file to the OFII, the immigration and integration office, online or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If your family reunification file is complete, the OFII sends you an attestation de dépôt stating the date the file was filed.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
The OFII entrusts the examination of your family reunification file to the mayor of your home commune or of the commune where you plan to settle. The mayor checks the resource and housing conditions for family reunification. The mayor gives an opinion on all family reunification conditions within 2 months of receiving your family reunification file or of the prefect's request.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
The préfet of the department of your residence, or the préfet de police in Paris, accepts or refuses your family reunification request. The préfet must notify you of the decision on your family reunification request within 6 months of the complete family reunification file being filed with the OFII.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
Your spouse applies for a long-stay visa (visa de long séjour) at the French consulate in Algeria.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

Regroupement familial (cas général): which residence, civil-status and explanation documents do you provide as a non-European foreigner?

Regroupement familial (cas général): which documents prove your resources if you are an employee (salarié)?

If you are an employee, you provide your last tax notice (avis d'imposition) or, failing that, the one for the previous year, or your last income declaration stamped by the tax services.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you are an employee, you provide a work contract or an employer's work attestation of less than 3 months, signed and bearing the company stamp. For temporary work assignments, you provide only the employer's work attestation.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you are an employee with several employers, you provide the work certificate (certificat de travail) of each of them.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you are an employee, you provide your payslips (bulletins de salaire). For temporary work assignments, you provide only the employer's work attestation.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you are a BTP employee, you provide proof of the payment of your paid holidays by the Caisse des congés payés du BTP.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you are an employee, you provide proof of the daily social security benefit payments for a sick leave, maternity leave, parental leave or work accident.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

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Regroupement familial (cas général): which documents prove your housing?

If you rent your home, you provide a justificatif de domicile (proof of address) of less than 3 months, or a home insurance certificate if you moved in recently.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you rent your home, you provide the lease (bail).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you rent your home, you provide your last rent receipt (quittance de loyer).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you own your home, you provide a justificatif de domicile (proof of address) of less than 3 months, or a home insurance certificate if you moved in recently.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you own your home, you provide the property deed or a notarial attestation.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you are hosted free of charge, you provide an attestation de domicile from the host granting housing to you and to your family to come and stating the authorised duration of the housing.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you are hosted free of charge, you provide the host's identity document, namely a copy of both sides of the host's valid residence permit (titre de séjour) or the host's French national identity card.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If you do not yet have the housing intended for your family's accommodation, you provide the attestation de mise à disposition d'un logement dans le cadre d'un regroupement familial (cerfa n°11437).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04

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Regroupement familial: what applies to your family and to the decision on your request?

Your family must live abroad for family reunification. Your family already present in France can exceptionally benefit from family reunification (regroupement familial) sur place.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
If the préfet does not reply within 6 months, your family reunification request is refused (implicit refusal).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
Your family must enter France within 3 months of the visas being issued.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
Your spouse must validate the long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (visa de long séjour valant titre de séjour, VLS-TS) online within 3 months of arrival in France.Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04
Your spouse and your children over 16 who benefit from family reunification must sign a Republican integration contract (CIR).Service-Public · Checked 2026-11-04