When the foreign national applies in person to the French Office for Immigration and Integration, the police or gendarmerie services or the prison administration, with a view to requesting asylum, he/she is directed to the competent authority.
The same applies when the foreign national has lodged his application directly with the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, without his application having first been registered by the competent prefect.
These authorities provide the foreign national with useful information with a view to registering his application for asylum and provide their staff with appropriate training for this purpose.