Spouse of a French citizen or resident foreigner applies for a long-stay visa valant titre de séjour, validated at OFII on arrival, then converted to a multi-year carte de séjour.

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Family sponsorship

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Netherlands — Spouse / partner joining HSM (Highly Skilled Migrant), IND family reunification

Partner of a kennismigrant or Dutch resident applies for MVV + verblijfsvergunning via the IND sponsor track. Recognised employer often acts as sponsor.

Spain — Spouse Reagrupación Familiar (sponsor needs 1 year prior residence)

Spouse of a third-country resident in Spain applies via the sponsor-led reagrupación familiar track. Sponsor needs ≥1 year legal residence + renewed permit + housing + income.

Portugal — Family Reunification under D7 / Golden Visa holder

Family of a D7 passive-income or ARI/Golden Visa investor applies via reagrupamento familiar at AIMA. Family permits track the sponsor and qualify for citizenship at year 5.

Italy — Ricongiungimento Familiare — nulla osta from Sportello Unico per l'Immigrazione

Sponsor-led family reunification under D.Lgs. 286/1998. Sponsor obtains nulla osta from Sportello Unico, family receives visto + permesso di soggiorno.

EU Family Reunification Directive 2003/86/EC — cross-MS application strategy

When a family has options across multiple Member States (Blue Card holder, ICT, long-term EU resident), compares the national implementations and selects optimal MS for filing.

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