36 Således fandt udlændingemyndighederne, at opnåelse af en opholdsret på grundlag af disse bestemmelser dels er betinget af, at det familiemedlem, der giver ret til en familiesammenføring, allerede har en tilknytning til det lovlige arbejdsmarked på det tidspunkt, hvor den første opholdstilladelse på baggrund af familiesammenføring meddeles, dels, at den hovedberettigede arbejdstagers tilknytning opretholdes i de tre år, der ligger i umiddelbar forlængelse af den omhandlede tilladelse.
36 According to the Authority with responsibility for foreign nationals, for the purpose of acquiring a right of residence on the basis of those provisions, it is necessary, first, for the family member who gives entitlement to the right to family reunification to be duly registered as belonging to the labour force in Germany at the time the residence permit for the purposes of family reunification was first issued, and, second, that the status as belonging to the labour force must be maintained for the first three years following the issue of that permit.EurLex-2 EurLex-2