"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message

> > A friend was refused his naturalization 6 month ago All his living
relatives
> > are now naturalized. In fact, he asked at the same time as his parents,
but
> > they had to make distinct files. (He is native speaker of French,
studied in
> > France from the age of 12 till PhD, worked during years in a cultural
center
> > in France....so you see how they care !)
>
> Yes, see how they care. It is not irrelevant, despite your claims.

It is completely irrelevant here.
His file was rejected because of discontinuity of residency (he went to
Japan in the 5 years before his application was processed , so now they'll
count the years after he's back from Japan!).
Having the right of residency in France is automatic for him because he is
from E.U...not for his Japanese wife. Which is the reason why he wanted
French nationality. He applied the day he decided to get married, but the
file took 3 years to arrive from his ambassy to
the good office at the prefecture. Normally, people don't care. But the day
they called him, he was in Japan. Immediate automatic rejection. Of course,
they said : reapply after 5 years of residency, you're sure to get it. When
they go back, that will be complicated for his wife's visa.

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