Section 3: Residence permit commission

The Prefect or, in Paris, the Police Prefect shall set up the residence permit commission provided for in article L. 432-14 by an order:1° Recording the appointment of the local elected representatives mentioned in 1° of the same article;2° Appointing the qualified persons mentioned in 2° of the same article;3° Appointing the chairman of the commission.

The administrative authority competent to refer the matter to the residence permit commission pursuant to article L. 432-13 is the Prefect or, in Paris, the Prefect of Police.The request for an opinion is accompanied by the documents required to examine the case, including in particular the reasons which lead the Prefect to consider a decision to refuse to issue or renew a residence permit or a decision to withdraw a…

If the residence permit commission to which the application has been duly submitted has not issued its opinion within three months of the date on which the application was registered with the prefect’s secretariat, its opinion is deemed to have been issued and the prefect may take a decision. .

When the Prefect, who is considering refusing to issue or renew a residence permit, refers the matter to the Commission mentioned in article L. 432-14 for an opinion, he will make available to the foreign national, as soon as the matter is referred to the Commission, the certificate of extension of the examination of his application mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 431-15-1 if the residence permit applied…

The chairman sets the date of meetings of the residence permit commission. Its members are notified of this date and the agenda at least fifteen days in advance by letter to which the documents mentioned in article R. 432-7 are attached.

The foreign national is summoned to appear before the residence permit commission within the time limits laid down in the first paragraph of article L. 432-15 by a letter specifying the date, time and place of the commission meeting and mentioning the rights resulting for the person concerned from the provisions of the same paragraph.At his/her request, the mayor of the commune in which the foreign national concerned resides, or…

The head of the Prefecture’s Aliens Department, or his representative, acts as rapporteur for the Residence Permit Commission. He/she does not take part in its deliberations. The aforementioned department provides the commission’s secretariat.

Sessions of the Residence Permit Commission are not open to the public.

In front of the residence permit commission, the foreign national submits the grounds on which he is basing his application for the granting or renewal of a residence permit. A record of the foreign national’s explanations is sent to the Prefect, together with the committee’s reasoned opinion. The person concerned is also notified of the committee’s opinion. .