French Court Orders Residency Permit for Moroccan Woman Dependent on Her Children’s Daily Care
Seriously ill and dependent on the daily help of her two French children, a Moroccan woman who has lived in France since 2016 had been denied a residence permit and ordered to leave the country. The Versailles Administrative Court of Appeal has now ordered that she be granted legal status.
Born in 1950, the Moroccan national has lived in France since October 2016, according to her account. On December 22, 2022, the prefect of Hauts-de-Seine denied her a residence permit, ordered her to leave France within thirty days and placed her under house arrest. She then began a battle before the administrative courts.
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In February 2023, the Cergy-Pontoise Administrative Court overturned the order to leave the country and the house arrest. But the refusal of a residence permit was upheld in a ruling issued in April 2024. The Moroccan woman appealed to secure the right to remain with her family.
Her two children, who are French nationals, live in mainland France, as do her grandchildren. Her health has deteriorated considerably. She suffers from an immune deficiency that causes repeated respiratory and digestive infections, along with a significant loss of independence. Her condition requires her children to be present every day to assist her.
Court orders prefecture to issue her a residence permit
Divorced since 1985, the Moroccan woman has also lost her ties to her country of origin. The judges found that her removal would constitute a disproportionate interference with her private and family life, protected under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Her dependence and the presence of her relatives in France weighed in her favor.
In its ruling of November 5, 2026, the Versailles Administrative Court of Appeal overturned the refusal of a residence permit issued four years earlier, as well as the 2024 ruling that had sided with the prefecture. The judges directly ordered the issuance of a temporary residence card marked “private and family life.”
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The Hauts-de-Seine prefecture has fifteen days from notification of the ruling to issue her a provisional residence permit. It must then issue her residence card within two months. The state was also ordered to pay her 1,000 euros toward her legal costs.
