Question 3052 — marital status

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Mr. Jean-Christophe Lagarde questions the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, on the a posteriori recognition of children of people of foreign origin who have been naturalized. Indeed, several French civil status officers have noted an increase in recognitions issued by recently naturalized people with the sole proof of birth certificates from the country of origin, the authenticity of which they cannot verify. But in some cases, more than ten people are recognized a posteriori, this number can rise up to forty in the most extreme cases. We can see how much the law is circumvented here to allow the granting of French nationality or access to a residence permit. Because this situation raises two questions. On the one hand, the deliberate non-declaration of children already born, often a very long time ago, when submitting the application for naturalization. This lack of declaration could be likely to call into question naturalization. On the other hand, we must look into the authenticity of birth certificates communicated retrospectively. For example, he could be the subject of requests for paternity tests from the State before these recognitions are recorded. Consequently, he wishes to know the tools he intends to make available to the administration to verify the authenticity of birth certificates and therefore of parentage in order to avoid any attempts at fraud. He would also like to know whether the Government is considering necessary legislative changes relating to fraudulent or defective declarations discovered after the fact of a naturalization application.

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