Section 2: Repeal of expulsion decisions

The expulsion decision may be revoked at any time.

When the application for repeal is submitted after five years have elapsed since the expulsion decision was actually enforced, it may only be rejected after an opinion has been given by the committee referred to in article L. 632-1, before which the person concerned may be represented.

An application for the repeal of an expulsion decision made more than two months after notification of the decision may only be granted if the foreign national resides outside France. This condition does not apply:1° For the implementation of article L. 632-6;2° During the time when the foreign national is serving a fixed prison sentence in France;3° When the foreign national is the subject of a house arrest decision taken…

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 632-3 and L. 632-4, the grounds for the expulsion decision are reviewed every five years from the date of issue. The competent authority will take into account any changes in the threat to public order posed by the presence of the person concerned in France, any changes in his or her personal and family situation and any guarantees of professional or social…

Except in the case of a duly substantiated threat to public order, foreign nationals residing outside France who have obtained the repeal of the expulsion decision against them are granted a visa to return to France, if, on the date of the expulsion decision, they were, subject to the reservations set out in these articles, in the categories mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of article L. 631-3 and…