France: Hardening the Acquisition of French Nationality for Children Born in Mayotte
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The tightening of the acquisition of French nationality for children born in Mayotte to foreign parents, the French archipelago of the Indian Ocean, comes into force on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, according to a decree published this Tuesday in the Official Gazette.
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A decree published this Tuesday in the Official Gazette notes the entry into force of the hardening of the acquisition of French nationality for children born in Mayotte.
The stricter birthright citizenship rules in Mayotte come into effect this Wednesday, May 6. One year after the publication of the law of May 12, 2025, which strengthened the conditions for acquiring French nationality for children born in Mayotte to foreign parents, the measure is now applicable, following the publication on Tuesday in the Official Journal of a decree and an order specifying the details. In practical terms, a child born in Mayo…
Promulgated last April and published this Tuesday, 5 May in the Official Journal, the measure tightening the conditions for the acquisition of French nationality for children born in Mayotte of foreign parents enters into force this Wednesday, with a strengthening of the criteria for the residence of parents. They will have to fulfil stricter conditions. In accordance with a decree published this Tuesday, 5 May in the Official Journal, the acqui…
A new law toughening the acquisition of French nationality for children born in Mayotte of foreign parents comes into force on Wednesday, May 6. Both parents now have to reside regularly in France for a year, compared to three months before for a single parent.
Paris (France), 5 May 2026 (AFP) – The hardening of the acquisition of French nationality for children born in Mayotte of foreign parents enters into force on Wednesday, according to a decree published Tuesday in the Official Journal. Adopted in April 2025, the law provides that from now on the "two parents" and no longer one, resident of [...] The article Hardening of the acquisition of French nationality for children born in Mayotte appeared f…
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