Regulatory part

A police or gendarmerie service that has evidence to suggest that a foreign national who is a victim of one of the offences constituting trafficking in human beings or pimping provided for and punishable under articles 225-4-1 to 225-4-6 and 225-5 to 225-10 of the Criminal Code, is likely to lodge a complaint against the perpetrators of this offence or to give evidence in criminal proceedings against a person prosecuted…

A foreign national to whom a police or gendarmerie service provides the information mentioned in article R. 425-1 and who chooses to benefit from the thirty-day reflection period provided for in the same article will be issued with a receipt of the same duration by the Prefect or, in Paris, by the Police Prefect, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 425-3. This period runs from the date of…

A receipt issued in connection with an application for a residence permit may be given to a foreign national who requests the cooling-off period provided for in article R. 425-1 and who is reported as such by a police or gendarmerie service.This document authorises its holder to work.

During the reflection period provided for in article R. 425-2, foreign nationals are entitled to work and to vocational training. They may also benefit from:1° The asylum seeker’s allowance provided for in Chapter III of Title V of Book V;2° Social support to help them access their rights and regain their independence, provided by one of the organisations mentioned in the last paragraph of article R. 425-1;3° In the event…

A temporary residence permit bearing the words “private and family life” is issued by the territorially competent prefect to a foreign national who meets the conditions defined in article L. 425-1.

The “private and family life” temporary residence permit issued under the conditions provided for in article R. 425-5 may be withdrawn in the following cases: 1° Its holder has, on his or her own initiative, renewed links with the perpetrators of the offences mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 425-1; 2° The foreign national’s complaint or testimony is false or unfounded; 3° The presence of its holder constitutes…

The temporary residence permit bearing the wording “private and family life” issued under the conditions set out in article R. 425-5 entitles the holder to engage in professional activity and vocational training, in application of the provisions of article L. 425-1. The foreign national holding this card may also benefit from: 1° The opening of entitlement to social protection, under the conditions set out in article L. 160-1 of the…

A foreign national holding a temporary residence permit bearing the wording “private and family life” issued under the conditions set out in article R. 425-5 will benefit from access to the reception, accommodation, temporary housing and social monitoring facilities for disadvantaged people mentioned in 8° of I of article L. 312-1 and article L. 345-2 of the Code de l’Action Sociale et des Familles, and in particular the accommodation and…