A foreign national applying for the issue of a temporary or multi-annual residence permit on a basis other than that for which he/she was issued with the residence permit or long-stay visa referred to in 2° of article L. 411-1, will be issued with the permit applied for when the conditions for issue, corresponding to the reason for residence invoked, are met, without the condition provided for in article L. 412-1.
When the foreign national applies for the issue of a first multi-annual residence permit under the conditions set out in this article, he/she must also provide proof of compliance with the conditions set out in 1° of article L. 433-4.
This article does not apply to the residence permits set out in articles L. 421-2 and L. 421-6.