Residence permits: thousands of foreigners plunged into precariousness in France

Obtaining or renewing a residence permit has become a real obstacle course. A large collective of support professionals denounces a forced digitalization, carried out without any consultation. The online service is pointed out as being "notoriously deficient", making appointment booking almost illusory. The computer backup solution also proves to be just as ineffective, succeeding in only 1 to 2% of attempts by professionals.

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Delivery times are exploding and, since November 2025, the extension of provisional documents is no longer guaranteed. This paralysis causes immediate disruption of rights: loss of employment, suspension of unemployment benefits and interruption of health coverage. Students and entire families find themselves without resources, exposed to the dangerous risk of falling under the control of slumlords or exploitation networks.

Faced with this chaos, the administration turns a deaf ear. Requests for interviews remain unanswered and the recommendations of the Defender of Rights, who suggested automating the renewal of residence permits, are royally ignored. Direct consequence: administrative courts are overwhelmed with appeals. This saturation raises the threshold of judicial requirements, preventing many users from defending themselves effectively.

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Finally, the associative actors are alarmed by a multiplication of control operations based on "racial and discriminatory profiling", sometimes leading perfectly law-abiding individuals to detention centers. To get out of this impasse, the signatories demand the cancellation of removal measures resulting from these computer bugs. Above all, they demand the urgent reopening of a daily physical reception desk, free from any obligation of virtual appointment.