What income and housing do I need for family reunification in France?

Two practical conditions sit at the heart of family reunification: resources and accommodation. Your income must be stable and sufficient, assessed over the 12 months before the application and scaled up as family size increases. Family benefits, RSA and certain assistance payments are excluded from the calculation, though recipients of disability allowance (AAH) or supplementary invalidity allowance (ASI) are exempt from the income test.

Your housing must meet minimum size and habitability standards for a comparable family in the same geographic zone, with the required surface area increasing per person. The mayor of your commune can inspect the accommodation. Undersized housing and shortfalls in income are among the most common reasons applications fail.