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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Rights guaranteed to foreign nationals during legal proceedings

Article L342-16

The foreign national may ask the liberties and detention judge to appoint counsel ex officio.The unaccompanied minor is assisted by a lawyer chosen by the ad hoc administrator or, failing that, appoin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Foreign nationals married to French nationals

Article L423-1

…arried to a French national will be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the wording "private and family life" for a period of one year if the following conditions are met: 1° Community of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Termination of detention in the waiting area

Article L342-19

If detention in the waiting area is not extended by the end of the period set by the last detention decision, the foreign national is authorised to enter France on a regularisation visa for a period o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Foreign nationals married to French nationals

Article L423-6

…n-year residence permit provided that he or she has been legally resident in France for three years and that the spouses have not ceased living together since the marriage, that the spouse has retaine…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: STAYING IN A WAITING AREA

Article R342-20

On receipt of the application for extension, the court clerk notifies the foreign national of his or her right to choose a lawyer. If the foreign national so requests, the judge will have one appointe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: STAYING IN A WAITING AREA

Article R342-21

…he public prosecutor decides on the conditions of the holding. He shall inform the foreign national and the administrative authority that ordered the foreign national to be held in the waiting area of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: REPUBLICAN INTEGRATION

Article R413-9

…on et de l'intégration assesses the foreign national's language training needs using a test of oral and written knowledge of the French language. This test is set by an order of the Minister responsib…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: STAYING IN A WAITING AREA

Article R342-22

When an order puts an end to the holding in the waiting zone and the public prosecutor considers that he does not have to ask the first president of the court of appeal to declare the appeal suspensiv…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: REPUBLICAN INTEGRATION

Article R413-8

…erritorial range of services available to facilitate, in particular, their professional integration and their reception and integration conditions pursuant to 3° and 4° of article L. 413-3 and to asse…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: Residence permits for family reasons

Article R423-2

A foreign national holding the resident card provided for in article L. 423-6 may have it withdrawn if he or she has ended his or her relationship with a French national within four years of celebrati…

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