Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried children under the age of twenty-one living under their roof; 2° Foreigners staying in France for a maximum of three months under cover of their travel document bearing, where applicable, a visa ; 3° Foreign nationals staying in France on a…

The visas mentioned in 6° to 18° of Article R. 431-16 allow their holder to stay in France beyond a period of three months and within the time limits mentioned in the same article, on condition that the person concerned, within three months of the date of entry into France, declares in particular the date of entry and their place of residence there, using a teleservice, under the conditions laid…

Foreign nationals mentioned in 6° to 11° and 13° to 18° of article R. 431-16 who wish to remain in France beyond the time limits mentioned in the same article apply for a temporary residence permit or a multi-annual residence permit under the conditions set out in 1° of article R. 431-5. They must also prove that they have fulfilled the formalities laid down in article R. 431-17 and meet…

The competent authority’s decision on the application for the visa provided for in 5° of article R. 431-16 is notified to the foreign national in writing as soon as possible and at the latest within ninety days of the date on which the complete application was submitted.As an exception to article R. 432-2, silence kept by the administrative authority on this application gives rise to an implicit decision of rejection…