Chapter V: EXCEPTIONAL ADMISSION TO STAY

A foreign national whose application for residence is based on humanitarian considerations or is justified on the basis of the exceptional grounds he or she has put forward may be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the words “employee”, “temporary worker” or “private and family life”, without the condition set out in article L. 412-1 being applicable. When the administrative authority is considering refusing an application for exceptional admission…

The foreign national taken in by the organisations mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 265-1 of the code de l’action sociale et des familles and who can provide proof of three years’ uninterrupted employment with the latter, the real and serious nature of this employment and their prospects of integration, may be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the wording “employee”, “temporary worker” or “private and family…

In exceptional cases, foreign nationals who have been placed in the care of child welfare or a trustworthy third party between the ages of sixteen and eighteen and who can prove that they have been undergoing training for at least six months with a view to obtaining a vocational qualification may, in the year following their eighteenth birthday, be issued with a temporary residence permit marked “employee” or “temporary worker”,…