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French Residence Permit Language Test

July 29, 2022, 8:52 a.m.

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29th July 2022

The French government has announced mandatory language competence for a residence permit, despite it already being a legal requirement!

Earlier this month Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior announced to the French parliament that: “At the request of the prime minister, we are going to double the funds linked to integration and we will condition the titre de séjour pluriannuel – for a foreigner spending several years in the country – on their knowledge of the French language.” The Minister gave no details of the proposal.

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