Memo: European rules on the right to family reunification for immigrants: the deadline for implementation of the Directive expires today

Directive 2003/86/EC, setting out the rules by which third-country nationals legally residing in one of the Member States may apply for their family members to join them in the Member State of their residence, was adopted on 22 September 2003. The deadline for implementation in Member States was 3 October 2005. Memo gives a summary of the Directive and its state of implementation by the time of the deadline.

European Commission: Eur-Lex: Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32003L0086:EN:NOT

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