Paragraph 1: Referral to the liberty and custody judge

For the application of articles L. 733-7 and L. 733-8, the competent liberties and detention judge is that of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the foreign national is assigned to residence.

On pain of inadmissibility, the request must be reasoned, dated, signed and accompanied by any useful supporting documents.

The application is sent by any means to the court registry.The registrar registers it and stamps it and any attachments with the date and time of receipt.