Section 1: Refusal to issue residence permits

Silence kept by the administrative authority on applications for residence permits constitutes an implicit decision to reject.

The implicit rejection decision referred to in article R.* 432-1 arises at the end of a four-month period.As an exception to the first paragraph, this period is ninety days when the foreign national applies for the issue of a residence permit referred to in articles R. 421-23, R. 421-43, R. 421-47, R. 421-54, R. 421-54, R. 421-60, R. 422-5, R. 422-12, R. 426-14 and R. 426-17.By way of derogation from…