Living in France since 2009 and holding residence cards renewed for more than ten years, a Moroccan man received an OQTF. The prefecture accused him of rape reported in 2012, which he disputes and for which he says he was never convicted.
A Moroccan man had been waiting nearly three years for an appointment with the prefecture to regularize his status. As his application risked expiring and sending him back to the end of the queue, the courts intervened and forced the administration to summon him.
A Moroccan man wanted to bring his wife and their daughter, both living in Morocco, to France. The prefecture refused family reunification by citing a conviction related to violence committed in 2015. Eleven years after the events, the court has just annulled that decision.
Admitted to an engineering school after a preparatory program, a young Moroccan man saw his education abruptly interrupted. His work-study placement was terminated, his training halted and his housing lost. He was supposed to be able to re-enroll before 31 August 2026.
U.S. authorities granted 90 “paroles” to Moroccan nationals encountered at the border with Mexico between October 2018 and May 2025. This procedure allowed them to enter the United States temporarily without constituting a regular admission to the country.
Having entered France in 2019 with a short-stay Schengen visa, a Moroccan man has worked for the same company since 2020. Despite becoming deputy director, he was met with silence from the prefecture regarding his application for legal status. The courts have now ordered that he be issued a residence permit.
A Moroccan man was refused renewal of his residence permit and issued an OQTF. The prefecture notably considered that his Spanish wife had neither an employment contract nor her own resources. Yet she had been working for several months, with an income of around 2,000 euros.
The special procedure allowing certain undocumented immigrants working in a shortage occupation to obtain a residence permit does not directly apply to Moroccans. Their situation remains governed by the 1987 Franco-Moroccan agreement, the courts have just confirmed.
France refuses to follow 22 European countries after the Ceuta crisis. Paris believes their initiative primarily targets the Spanish government and favors a response developed with Madrid and the Moroccan authorities.
Living in France since 2013, a Moroccan cook had received an OQTF despite several years of employment. The courts have now ordered the prefecture to issue him an employee residence permit .
A Moroccan seasonal worker thought he could directly apply for an “employee” residence permit in France. Lacking a new, appropriate long-stay visa, his application was rejected and he received an obligation to leave French territory.
Thousands of young people crossed or attempted to cross the Ceuta border. Those who succeeded did not discover the Spain of the videos: many slept outside, searched for food or returned to sea towards Morocco. Papers do not come with crossing.