An alien or stateless person who marries and whose spouse is of French nationality may, after a period of two years
from the marriage, acquire French nationality by way of declaration provided that, at the time of the declaration, the
community of living both affective and physical has not come to an end and the French spouse has kept his or her
nationality. The foreign spouse must also prove a sufficient knowledge of the French language, according to his or her
condition.
The duration of the community of living shall be raised to three years where the alien, at the time of the declaration,
does not prove that he has resided in France uninterruptedly for at least one year from the marriage.
The declaration shall be made as provided for in Articles 26 and following. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article
26-1, it shall be registered by the Minister in charge of naturalisations.