Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Subject to the exception provided for in article R. 426-3, the residence permit is issued by the prefect of the département in which the foreign national resides and, in Paris, by the prefect of the police. For the application of article L. 433-1, foreign nationals applying for the issue of a residence permit receive information relating to the conditions to which this issue is subject and their obligations to comply…

When the application for a residence permit is made pursuant to article L. 431-2, the residence permit is issued by the prefect of the département in which the foreign national is domiciled within the meaning of article L. 551-7 or, in Paris, by the police prefect. Failing this, the permit is issued by the prefect of the department in which the foreign national resides or, in Paris, by the police…

As an exception to article R. 431-20, when the application for a residence permit is lodged with the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, the prefect of this department is competent to issue a residence permit to foreign nationals, and members of their families, working within the framework of the Agreement on the Establishment of the ITER International Fusion Energy Organization for the Joint Implementation of the ITER Project, signed in…

Any foreign national residing in France and holding a residence permit for more than one year is required, when transferring the place of their actual and permanent residence, to make a declaration to this effect to the territorially competent administrative authority within three months of their arrival. .

In cases where the law does not provide for exemption, the applicant referred to in article R. 431-12 pays the special tax relating to the issue of the residence permit.