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Spanish TIE holder to get residence card in France

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Be aware that you will both need private health insurance, usually for the first year, even though your husband is French, and even though you can both apply to join the French health system once you have been in France for 3 months. It usually takes a while for applications to join the French health system.
 
I think whether or not the OP wishes to take French nationality and any implications that might or might not have on her current nationality is entirely a private decision for her to make at some future time. France recognizes dual nationality but in any case applying for French nationality will make no difference to her ability to move to France in September, nor any time this year.
 
The Surinder Singh ruling is case law for all of the EU:


It´s just not used very much in most EU countries, since spouse visas are not very hard to get. That´s why it was mostly used by Brits who could not meet the relatively high financial requirements for a UK spouse visa or to bring dependent parents.
That's the point, at least for spouses of French nationals, and frankly who would want to get tied up with a Préfecture that might have a very different view about Surrender Singh.