Question 18130 — French people abroad

Summary

Ms. Amélia Lakrafi draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the administrative difficulties that arise for certain French people established outside France, regarding the transcription of a marriage certificate contracted with a foreign national, with the consular services. Completion of such procedures requires the presentation of supporting documents, in the names of each spouse, duly established. form by the competent authorities. In particular, a birth certificate dated less than three months must be presented by each party. However, the issuance of this document is not without problems for people born in a country in which the civil status registers are very recent or do not present all the guarantees of reliability with regard to the criteria adopted by France. For example, it was recently questioned about the situation of a couple who celebrated their marriage in South Africa, whose South African woman is not able to produce her birth certificate, having been born in precarious conditions in the middle of apartheid and having therefore not been the subject of any registration in the registers. Under these conditions, the transcription of the marriage certificate with the consular authorities seems to be blocked. In view of these elements, she would like to be aware of the administrative possibilities available to people finding themselves in similar situations to enable them to fully assert their rights under French law.

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