The diplomatic or consular authorities, the departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the departments of the Ministry of the Interior shall provide the Commission and the Deputy Director of Visas with the information they need to examine the appeals referred to them.
The commission’s operating procedures are defined by a joint order of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Immigration. The commission’s operating procedures are defined by a joint order of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Immigration.
The person whose appeal has been rejected by the deputy director of visas, the commission mentioned in article D. 312-3 or, when the latter has issued a recommendation pursuant to article D. 312-5-1, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Minister of the Interior, may apply to the administrative court to have this decision annulled within the time limits provided for in articles R. 421-1 and R. 421-2 of…
Within the General Directorate for Foreigners in France of the Ministry of the Interior, the Deputy Director of Visas is responsible for examining appeals against decisions to refuse travel authorisation taken by the ETIAS national unit. The referral to this authority is a compulsory prerequisite for lodging an appeal, failing which the appeal will be inadmissible. Referral to this authority is a mandatory prerequisite for lodging an appeal, failing which…
The national travel authorisation investigation service provides the deputy director of visas with information useful for examining appeals referred to it.
The Deputy Director of Visas may either reject the appeal or instruct the national ETIAS unit to issue the requested travel authorisation. He may delegate his signature to officials under his authority.
A person whose appeal has been rejected by the Deputy Director of Visas may apply to the Administrative Court to have this decision annulled within the time limits laid down in Articles R. 421-1 and R. 421-2 of the Code of Administrative Justice. The provisions of Article R. 421-7 of the Code of Administrative Justice are not applicable.
Administrative appeals must be reasoned and written in French. They are the only means of preserving the time limit for appeals until the decisions provided for in articles D. 312-5-1, D. 312-5-2 and D. 312-7-2 have been taken. The Deputy Director of Visas or the Commission, as the case may be, may only be duly notified by the person who is the subject of the decision. The Deputy Director of…
In the absence of an explicit decision taken within two months, the administrative appeal lodged with the authorities mentioned in articles D. 312-3 and D. 312-7 is deemed to have been rejected on the same grounds as those of the contested decision. The administration will inform the applicant of this in the acknowledgement of receipt of the appeal. .
When a foreign national is authorised to reside in France under cover of a travel document bearing a visa required for stays not exceeding three months, this visa may be revoked by the prefectoral authority in the following cases:1° The foreigner who holds it carries out a gainful activity in France without having been duly authorised to do so;2° There is corroborating evidence leading to the presumption that the foreigner…
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