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France · National (France)

Family

Family Reunification Visa (Minor Child, Regroupement Familial)

For the non-EU minor child of a sponsor with at least 18 months of legal residence in France to join them.

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Pathway overview

For the non-EU minor child of a sponsor with at least 18 months of legal residence in France to join them.

Verified via WebSearch, cross-referenced against Légifrance (France's official legal-code publisher) and service-public.fr: your child must be under 18 with legally established filiation (or, for children from a previous union, the other parent must be deceased, stripped of parental rights, or parental authority otherwise legally assigned). Your sponsor must have resided legally in France for at least 18 months, and your household must meet the real income and housing-size requirement — the same real conditions as the Regroupement Familial route for a spouse.

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Application process

Your sponsor applies through OFII while your child remains outside France

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Last published
2026-09-05
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