Four Years on a Permanent Contract and Dozens of Payslips: This Moroccan Man Remains Under an OQTF

Born in 1997, the Moroccan national states that he entered France on 16 July 2019. He began working as a dining-room and kitchen assistant on 23 November 2021, initially under a fixed-term contract valid until 31 March 2022.

The very next day, his employer hired him on a permanent contract. To demonstrate the stability of his professional career, the Moroccan man submitted numerous payslips covering several years to the administration and subsequently to the courts.

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On 10 April 2023, he applied for exceptional admission to residence as an employee. However, the prefect of police refused to issue him a residence permit. In an order issued on 4 June 2025, the prefect granted him thirty days to leave France and designated Morocco as the country to which he would be sent.

The Moroccan man challenged this decision before the Paris Administrative Court. His application was rejected on 18 November 2025. He then appealed, asking the courts to annul the OQTF and order the issuance of an “employee” residence permit, subject to a penalty of up to 150 euros per day.

Why his years on a permanent contract were not enough

In its order of 14 August 2026, the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal acknowledged that the person concerned had been working since November 2021, had held a permanent contract since April 2022, and had submitted numerous payslips.

Yet these elements were not enough. For the court, “the duration and nature of his work,” which required “no particular qualifications,” could not be regarded as exceptional grounds justifying his regularization.

The situation contrasts with that of another Moroccan man who rose from a simple employee to deputy director. In that case, the length of his presence in France and the quality of his professional integration had led the courts to order the issuance of a residence permit. A Moroccan cook threatened with deportation had also prevailed after several years of work, but he had been living in France since 2013 and was in a different situation.

The judges also examined the kitchen assistant’s personal ties. He is single, has no children, and did not establish the existence of particularly strong private or family ties in France. His parents, as well as his brothers and sisters, still live in Morocco.

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The court therefore considered that the refusal of residence and the OQTF did not constitute a disproportionate interference with his private and family life. His appeal, deemed manifestly unfounded, was rejected. Despite having completed four years on a permanent contract at the time of this decision, the Moroccan man obtained neither a residence permit nor a new examination of his case.