French citizenship

Parisian legal status

French citizenship is the legal status of belonging to the French Republic, carrying rights to vote, work, and reside in France and the European Union.

It can be acquired by birth to French parents, by birth on French soil under certain conditions, through naturalization, or by marriage.

France permits dual citizenship.

She applied for French citizenship after living in Paris for five years.

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nationality/national belonging

French citizenshipGerman citizenship

Legal belonging to Germany

British citizenship · Italian citizenship · Spanish citizenship · dual citizenship

legal status in france

French citizenshipundocumented status

Lacking official authorization to reside

non-citizen · statelessness · refugee status · temporary resident · expulsion

statelessness/belonging

French citizenshipstatelessness

Having no recognized citizenship

stateless person · denaturalization · denationalization · loss of citizenship · exile

Family

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