Définition
Foreign young people born in France become French citizens by right at 18 years of age, if they are resident in France and have been resident for five years consecutively or non-consecutively since the age of 11. Moreover, young people born and resident in France can acquire French nationality at the age of 16 by making a declaration to the court. Likewise, the parents of a foreign youth born in France can request French nationality on his behalf once the child reaches 13 years of age, with the child's agreement and provided the child has been resident in France for a consecutive or non-consecutive five-year period from the age of 8 years old.