Algerian Woman Battles French Bureaucracy: Court Orders Prefecture to Process Stalled Residence Permit

While trying to submit her "visitor" residence permit application in February on the ANEF platform, the Algerian national received the following message: "Forgotten password. A message has been sent to the email address corresponding to the identifier entered". This unreliable online procedure complicates the lives of applicants, explains the lawyer of the applicant.

Not knowing where to turn to get justice, she finally went to court on July 8 to demand that the prefect of Hauts-de-Seine schedule an appointment for her to submit her residence permit application within 48 hours of the notification of the order, under penalty of 50 euros per day of delay, relays TSA Algérie.

The 66-year-old applicant says she has found herself in a "precarious situation" since filing her residence permit application last February. She fears being the subject of a removal measure. In her emergency request, she claims that the failure to obtain an appointment at the prefecture violates her right to apply for residence in France and to lead a normal private and family life, and infringes on her freedom of movement.

After ruling on the case, the emergency judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff and ordered the prefect of Hauts-de-Seine to "schedule an appointment for Ms. K. L. for the submission of her residence permit application, within one month" of the notification of the order.