Minors

Stateless person status is recognised on a strictly personal basis and cannot be passed on. Parents who believe that their children are deprived of any nationality must send a letter requesting a statelessness application form from Ofpra, which they must then returned duly completed. Please note that, in a bid to prevent the occurrence of cases of statelessness, French legislation provides in Article 19-1 of the French Civil Code for the attribution of French nationality to a child born in France for whom the foreign legislation would not enable the nationality of his/her parent(s) to be passed on.