A foreign national holding a residence document must, in the absence of an application for the issue of a new residence document six months after its expiry date, provide proof once again, in order to obtain a residence document, of the conditions required for entry into national territory when possession of a visa is required for the first issue of a residence document.
The provisions of this article do not apply to foreign nationals holding long-term resident-EU status granted by France pursuant to articles L. 421-12, L. 421-25, L. 424-5, L. 424-14 or L. 426-17.