Until Algeria’s declaration of independence on July 5th 1962, all the Algerians were considered to be French citizens. However, their legal status was different from fully French citizens, except for those who became French by court order.<\/p>\n

Following Algerian independence, only French nationals could keep their French citizenship. Civil status citizens in Algeria have lost their French citizenship automatically, unless they signed a declaration of French citizenship prior to 1967.<\/p>\n

Therefore, any Algerian citizen who is interested to obtain the citizenship by descent must prove either:<\/p>\n

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• At least one of his parents was a French citizen at the time of independence.<\/li>\n
• At least one of his parents signed the declaration before 1967.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  In a case where a child is born in France to parents of Algerian nationality, the child is French by \u201cdouble law of the soil\u201d (double droit du sol<\/em>) as long as the child is born in France after 1 January 1963 to a parent born in Algeria before 3 July 1962.<\/p>\n

  However, a child born in France before 1 January 1963 to parents of civil status under local law originating in Algeria lost French nationality on that date, if they or their parents did not subscribe to the declaration of recognition of French nationality.<\/p>\n

  The child can obtain French citizenship on one condition, that they were born prior to 1^{st<\/sup> of January 1963. It is needed to prove on the date of applying for citizenship their primary place of residence is in France.<\/p>\n}

  1) People falling under \u201ccommon law civil status\u201d. They are essentially those or the descendants of those who are considered French based on a judgment or a decree. The descendants of these people sometimes discover the existence of a judgment or a decree by analysing the birth certificate of their parent on which may appear the words \u201cadmitted to the quality of French citizenship by judgment of xxx\u201d. A copy of the judgment must imperatively be produced to prove this common law status.<\/p>\n

  2) Those who signed a declaration of recognition of French nationality before March 22 1967. Not many Algerians have taken this step, unfortunately for their children and grandchildren who would have liked to claim French nationality.<\/p>\n

  Citizenship by naturalisation or marriage<\/h4>\n

  Finally, there is always the possibility of requesting naturalisation by decree or by marriage, but this request will be submitted to the assessment of the administration which has a very broad power to accept or refuse.<\/p>\n

  In conclusion, it is certainly possible for those who originate from Tunisia and Algeria to obtain French citizenship. If you fit one of the criteria outlined above, contact us for legal aid and advice.<\/p>\n

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  As detailed in our article \u2018Who is eligible to obtain French citizenship\u2019, a person may obtain French citizenship either through being born in France (Jus Soli) and descent from French citizens (Jus Sanguinis). But what about the children of French citizens born in the former colonies of Tunisia and Algeria? In this article, Rachel Amasalem…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[534],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-french-citizenship"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n