The prefecture forces him to report to the police station every day, but this Moroccan man gets the entire procedure annulled

Born in 1992, the Moroccan national arrived in France on February 15, 2025, במסגרת family reunification. His wife holds a resident card.

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He obtained a temporary residence card marked “private and family life,” valid from May 12, 2025, to May 11, 2026, and then applied to renew it.

But on June 4, 2026, the prefect of Yvelines refused. The Moroccan man also received an order to leave France immediately, accompanied by a ban on returning to the country.

The situation became even tougher on July 16. The prefecture placed him under house arrest at his home for 45 days. He had to report at 10 a.m. to the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines police station every day, except weekends and public holidays, and could not leave the department without authorization.

A mandatory step had been overlooked

The Moroccan man challenged both orders. At the hearing, he explained that he wanted to remain with his wife and children. The prefecture had notably considered that his presence constituted a threat to public order.

But in its ruling of August 4, 2026, the Versailles Administrative Court identified a decisive irregularity.

Because he had entered France legally through family reunification and his wife held a resident card, the Moroccan man met the conditions requiring the prefecture to refer the matter to the residence permit commission before refusing to renew his permit.

This consultation constituted a safeguard. And even if the prefecture considered that the individual represented a threat to public order, it could not dispense with it.

The refusal to renew the permit was therefore annulled for a procedural defect. The OQTF, the decision designating the country of destination and the ban on returning were consequently also annulled. The house arrest, which was based on this removal measure that had become unlawful, was also annulled.

However, the court did not order the immediate issuance of a new permit. The prefecture must review the case within three months, after obtaining the opinion of the residence permit commission. In the meantime, it must immediately issue the Moroccan man a temporary residence authorization allowing him to work.

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The state must also pay him 1,000 euros for his legal costs.