Employed on a permanent contract as a heavy-goods vehicle driver, a Moroccan man wanted to change from the status of spouse of a French woman to that of an employee after his divorce. His employer submitted four work permit applications. All of them were closed. The prefecture ultimately refused him residence and issued him an OQTF.
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.
A Moroccan woman wanted to join her French son in France. Despite documents showing, in particular, that he had provided her with financial support for years, her long-stay visa was refused. The courts have just annulled that decision and ordered a new review of her application.
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 woman, married to a French citizen and the mother of two French children, found herself caught between the Digital Administration for Foreigners in France (ANEF) and the prefecture while trying to renew her residence permit. The courts have just suspended the refusal and ordered the administration to register her application, subject to a €100-per-day penalty.
Faten wanted to reach Europe. On July 30, this 26-year-old Moroccan woman died while attempting to swim to Ceuta. That same morning, her mother learned that her visa for Spain had been approved.
After arriving in France to join her French husband, a Moroccan woman left the marital home five weeks later. The prefecture revoked her right to stay and issued an OQTF with a two-year ban on returning. The courts have just annulled the entire set of measures.
A Moroccan student obtained the suspension of the implicit refusal to renew her residence permit. The court has now ordered the prefecture to reconsider her case and issue her a receipt authorizing her to work , subject to a €100 penalty for each day of delay.
A non-exempt Moroccan student will have to pay up to 5,369 euros in tuition fees to study in French-speaking Belgium in 2026-2027. This amount does not include housing, food or the financial resources required to obtain the visa.
This summer, Moroccans’ holiday choices are becoming polarized. Destinations accessible without a visa are attracting most of the demand, while a second market continues to favor Southern Europe despite the Schengen constraints.
Moroccans who applied for a D visa for Belgium several years ago may still recover all or part of a former administrative fee. The Immigration Office is still maintaining the reimbursement procedure and making the necessary forms available.
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.