The Minister for Immigration is authorised to implement, on the basis of 2° of Article L. 142-1, automated processing of personal data called “Application de gestion des dossiers des ressortissants étrangers en France” (AGDREF2), the purpose of which is to guarantee the right to residence of legally resident foreign nationals and to combat illegal entry and residence of foreign nationals in France and, to this end:
1° To enable the central and local departments of the Ministry responsible for processing to examine applications and produce residence permits for foreign nationals, their travel documents and travel documents issued to foreign nationals, as well as managing their respective files;
To better coordinate the processing of applications for residence permits and travel documents issued to foreign nationals, as well as managing their respective files;
To better coordinate the processing of applications for residence permits and travel documents issued to foreign nationals, as well as managing their respective files
2° To better coordinate the action of the departments responsible for implementing procedures concerning foreign nationals;
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3° To improve the conditions for checking the authenticity of residence permits and the identity of foreign nationals in an irregular situation;
4° To enable management of the various stages of the procedure applicable to removal measures;
5° To compile statistics on the residence and expulsion of foreign nationals;
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6° To help determine and enable the identity of a foreign national who applies for asylum in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia to be verified;
> 7° To help determine and enable the identity of a foreign national who applies for asylum in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia to be verified;
7° To help determine and verify the identity of foreign nationals who declare themselves to be minors and who are temporarily or permanently deprived of the protection of their family;
> To enable foreign nationals who declare themselves to be minors and who are temporarily or permanently deprived of the protection of their family to have their identity verified
8° To enable foreign nationals to carry out by electronic means the formalities provided for by this code for the issue of residence permits or travel documents or, when they are holders of a long-stay visa mentioned in 6° to 13° and 15°, 16° and 17° of Article R. 431-16, the formalities provided for in the same article and enabling the holder of this visa to be granted the rights attached to a residence permit.