Book III: ENTRY TO FRANCE

A foreign national who applies to enter France on the grounds of asylum may be placed in a waiting area in accordance with the procedures laid down in Title IV, with the exception of article L. 341-1, the time strictly necessary to check : 1° Whether the examination of his/her application falls within the competence of another State pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of…

Unaccompanied minors may only be placed and held in the waiting area for the time strictly necessary to determine whether their asylum application is inadmissible or manifestly unfounded, in exceptional circumstances and only in the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 531-24, at 1° of article L. 531-26 and 5° of article L. 531-27.

When the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, as part of the examination to determine whether the asylum application is not inadmissible or manifestly unfounded, considers that the asylum seeker, in particular because of his/her minority or the fact that he/she has been the victim of torture, rape or another serious form of psychological, physical or sexual violence, requires special procedural guarantees that are not compatible…

A foreign national authorised to enter France on asylum grounds is issued with an eight-day regularisation visa without delay. Within this period, the competent administrative authority will, at his request, issue him with an asylum application certificate enabling him to lodge his application with the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons.