Family benefits: what residency conditions are required to receive them in 2025?

A decree of 19 April 2024, published in Official Journal of 21 April 2024, amended the conditions of residence for family benefits.

The new condition entered into force on 1^er january 2025.

We must now reside 9 months per year in France, instead of 6 months until then, to collect family benefits.

There is no nationality requirement to receive family benefits in France; moreover, you can prove your residence in France by any means.

What benefits are involved?

The decree concerns family benefits and minimum old age.

Family benefits provide financial assistance to families for the care and maintenance of children. Examples include:

• the family allowances ;
• the birth premium ;
• theback-to-school allowance ;
• the family supplement ;
• thedaily parental attendance allowance (DPA) ;
• etc.

The Social Security Code lays down the list of family benefits covered by these new provisions.