Chapter I: DECISION REQUIRING LEAVING FRENCH TERRITORY

The administrative authority may require a foreign national to leave French territory when the following cases apply:1° The foreign national, unable to justify having entered French territory legally, has remained there without holding a valid residence permit;2° The foreign national, having entered French territory under cover of a visa that has now expired or, not being subject to the visa requirement, having entered France more than three months previously, has…

Foreign nationals coming directly from the territory of one of the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 may have 1° and 2° of article L. 611-1 applied to them if they cannot prove that they entered or remained in mainland France in compliance with the stipulations of paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 19, paragraph 1 of article 20 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of…

The following may not be subject to a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory: 1° Foreign nationals under the age of eighteen; 2° Foreign nationals who can prove by any means whatsoever that they have been ordinarily resident in France since reaching the age of thirteen; > 3° Foreign nationals who have been legally resident in France for more than ten years, unless they have held a temporary…