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Paul Nicolaÿ has been a member of the Hauts-de-Seine Bar since 2020 and is currently based in Clichy-La-Garenne (92).
He graduated from the University of Paris (Master I in Administrative Law) and the University of Bordeaux (Master II in Administrative Litigation), and obtained his bar admission certificate (CAPA) from the Paris Bar School (EFB) in 2019.
For several years now, Paul Nicolaÿ has been advising and representing foreign clients wishing to settle, stay or work in France, or wishing to obtain French nationality. He also assists French clients wishing to obtain recognition of their French nationality by obtaining a certificate of French nationality (CNF) or a judicial recognition of their French nationality.
As a lawyer established in France, Paul is authorised to represent his clients before French authorities and courts, both in France and abroad.
He speaks French, English and Russian.
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Selon le Conseil d’Etat, un simple retard dans le traitement d’une demande de titre de séjour par une préfecture ne permet pas à lui seul de recourir à la procédure du référé liberté
Pour rappel, la procédure dite du référé « liberté » permet à tout justiciable de saisir le juge administratif et d’obtenir une décision en 48h dans le cas où l’administration a porté à ses droits et libertés une atteinte grave et manifestement illégale. Dans une décision du 28/10/20251, le Conseil d’Etat a rappelé qu’une telle procédure n’est…
According to Conseil d’Etat, a mere delay in processing a residence permit application by a prefecture does not, by itself, justify the use of the « référé liberté » procedure
As a reminder, the so-called référé liberté procedure allows any individual to bring a case before a French administrative Court and obtain a decision within 48 hours when the administration has caused a serious and obviously unlawful infringement of their rights and freedoms. In a decision dated 28/10/20251, the Conseil d’Etat (French highest administrative Court) recalled that…
In what timeframe is it possible to challenge the rejection of a French residence card application
Once an application for a residence permit has been submitted, regardless of the submission method, it may be subject to either an explicit negative decision (in written form) or an implicit rejection (after a certain period, generally four months, the application is deemed rejected). In both cases, the applicant has the right to lodge an…