Family Reunification
| Alternative title: | Familienzusammenführung |
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| Year of publication: |
2008
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| Institutions: | European Migration Network |
| Publisher: |
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Justiz und Inneres |
| Subject: | Europäisches Recht | European Law | Familienzusammenführung | family reunion | Migration | migration |
- Disclaimer and Explanatory Note
- Executive Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Context
- 2. METHODOLOGY
- 2.1 Definitions
- 3. DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY REUNIFICATION POLICY SINCE 2002, INCLUDING TRANSPOSITION OF DIRECTIVE 2003/86/EC
- 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF FAMILY REUNIFICATION POLICY, INCLUDING DIRECTIVE 2003/86/EC
- 4.1 Sponsor's Spouse (Article 4(1a))
- 4.1.1 Reunification of third country national with their married third country spouse
- 4.1.1.1 Polygamous Marriages (Article 4(4))
- 4.1.1.2 Entry of sponsor and spouse at same time (Article 5(3))
- 4.1.1.3 Documentary evidence of marriage (Article 5(2))
- 4.1.1.4 Prevention of marriages of convenience (Article 16(4))
- 4.1.1.5 Prevention of forced marriages (Article 4(5))
- 4.1.1.6 Material support requirement (Article 7(1))
- 4.1.1.7 Integration measures (Article 7(2))
- 4.1.1.8 Employment (Article 14(2))
- 4.1.1.9 Autonomous residence permit (Article 15)
- 4.1.2 Reunification of third country national with their unmarried (including same-sex) third country partner (Article 4(3))
- 4.1.3 Reunification of EU Member State national with their third country spouse
- 4.2 Sponsor's Child (Articles 4(1b-d))
- 4.2.1 Procedural Approach
- 4.2.2 DNA Testing
- 4.2.3 Integration Measures (Article 4(1) last paragraph)
- 4.2.4 Granting of autonomous right of residence (Article 15)
- 4.3 Other Dependants (Article 4(2a and b))
- 4.4 Refugees (Articles 9 to 12 inclusive)
- 4.4.1 Requirement for family relationship to predate entry (Article 9(2))
- 4.4.2 Permitted dependants (Article 10)
- 4.4.3 Derogation of material support requirement (Article 12)
- 4.5 Inter-Member State experiences with implementation of EU legislation
- 5. SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF FAMILY REUNIFICATION
- 5.1 Family reunification statistics in the Member States
- 5.2 Comparative overview of family reunification
- Table 1: Overview of family reunification statistics for the reference year 2006
- 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS
- Table 2: Indicative o
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