Planning to invite your dependent family members to France?. This article covers all the essential documents required for the Regroupement familial application to OFII.
Also, here is a complete guide about regroupement familial, Family Reunification: How to bring your family to France?
OFII Checklist
Here is a detailed checklist of documents required for the family reunion “regroupement familial” application in France. All non-French documents must be translated to French. Do not staple any documents. Use paper clips, if required.
- Application form
- Family Reunification Form Cerfa 11436 completed, dated and signed
- Here is a detailed guide to complete the application form
- Complete the form in black ballpoint pen and capital letters.
- Your residence permit
- Copy (front & back) of your resident permit valid for a period of one year or more.
- Civil status documents
- Copy of your apostilled marriage certificate. If the document indicates a judgment, attach a copy of that judgment.
- Copy of your apostilled birth certificate.
- Copy of your spouse’s apostilled birth certificate (husband or wife)
- Copy of your children’s apostilled birth certificate.
- Livret de Famille: This is not applicable for people who were married outside France. So, upload a single PDF of the apostilled & translated Birth certificate (child’s), Marriage certificate and also a note saying that it’s not applicable.
- Proof of financial resources (to be produced for the last 12 months)
- Last Income Tax return (or non-taxation)
- Employment contract or an attestation from employer (less than 3 months). Signed and with the company stamp.
- Work Certificate (if you have multiple employers, one certificate per employer)
- Salary slips
- Proof of payment of daily social security benefits during sick leave, maternity leave, parental leave or an accident at work.
- Bank certificate and statement of account justifying the origin of the income and its periodicity.
- Family support paid or collected under court order.
- If required, the proof of resources of your dependent spouse (husband or wife). Only if the source of income will continue even after reaching France.
- Proof of accommodation
- Attestation with the details of the accommodation
- Rental agreement
- Proof of residence of less than 3 months (electricity, telephone, water bill) or insurance certificate if you have entered the accommodation recently.
- Last rental receipt
- Depending on the area where it is located in France, it must have a total living area of at least 22 to 28m² for a couple.
Accommodation Conditions
You must have an accommodation considered normal for a comparable family living in the same geographical region.The accommodation must meet certain health and equipment requirements.
Depending on the area where it is located in France, it must have a total living area of at least:
|
Location in France |
Size |
|
Zones A and A bis Ex: Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, etc |
22 m² for a couple without children. Then 10 m² per additional person |
|
Zones B1 and B2 Ex: Grenoble, Nantes, Rennes, etc |
24 m² for a couple without children. Then 10 m² per additional person |
|
Zone C Ex: Cahors, etc |
28 m² for a couple without children. Then 10 m² per additional person |
An online simulator shows the type of zone (A, A bis, B1, B2 or C) related to your postal code in France.
Note:
- I couldn’t find any official information about the number of rooms required based on the family size.
- For example: A family of 3 with parents and 1 child might require two bedrooms. But, it is also not practical economically to have one bedroom per person for a larger family.
- So, it really depends on the apartment and the opinion of the person doing the house inspection.
Financial Resources
Your financial resources must reach a certain net amount, which varies according to the size of your family:
|
Total Family Members |
Income |
|
2 or 3 people |
SMIC or average of 1,766.92 €, over the last 12 month |
|
4 or 5 people |
average 1,943.61€ over the last 12 months |
|
6 or more people |
average 2 120,30 € over the last 12 months |
The income can come from salaried or self-employed work, investments, retirement pensions, etc. The dependent spouse’s resources are also taken into account, provided that he or she receives income that will continue to be paid to him or her when he or she leaves his or her country.
All your financial resources and those of your spouse are taken into account, except the following:
- Family benefits:
- Equivalent retirement allowance
- Active Solidarity Income (RSA)
- Solidarity allowance for the elderly (ASPA)
- Specific Solidarity Allowance (ASS)
Additional information
Some additional information to help you in submitting a valid application.
- You should only send photocopies of the requested documents to the OFII.
- Documents written in a foreign language must be translated into French by an official translator known as “traducteur assermenté”.
- The family reunification procedure does not apply to your ascendants such as parents, grandparents, etc
- They may come to live in France on a visitor visa, if they have sufficient resources or if you can sponsor them.
- Usually, a partial family reunification is not allowed. So, all your family members must arrive together in France.
- However, an application for partial family reunification may be exceptionally authorized in the interests of the children. You must submit a request by a motivation letter at the time of submitting your application. The reasons that can be accepted relate to the education of the child, his/her health or even a housing too small to accommodate all the members of your family.
Sources & References
- Regroupement familial service-public.fr
- Le regroupement familial : faire venir sa famille en France ofii.fr/procedure/regroupement-familial
