Elvis’s family was under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) since the end of 2020. High school student at Castel College in Dijon, Elvis and his parents obtained an answer on Monday January 26th positive state services.
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“We were heard !!!” It is with this exclamation that the young man announces the news on social networks this Tuesday, January 26. Student at the Lycée du Castel in Dijon (Côte d’Or), Elvis Bajrami and his family should be able to submit a file to be able to stay in France. The culmination of 2 months of mobilization and the refusal on the part of the State services.
“I don’t think I’ve been happier in my whole life”
Moments after welcoming the news, Elvis confides in us his joy: “I am very happy, very moved, I believe that I have never been so happy in all my life”.
Then he specifies: “We went to the Prefecture of Côte-d’Or this morning and we were told that my mother would receive a residence permit within three weeks. In the meantime, she has a receipt which will allow her to be able to work. . That’s it, I’ll be able to stay, it’s beautiful. “
“Ms. Bajrami, my mother can finally submit the” private and family life “file in accordance with the Valls circular of November 28, 2012 and stay alongside her 17-year-old son”, the first year student had explained on Instagram a few minutes earlier. She received today in the prefecture a receipt, prelude to the effective residence permit “ .
In fact, this administrative process allows Elvis and his mother to be able to stay on the national territory, despite an OQTF received several weeks previously.
The young man, who is in final year, will therefore be able to continue his studies in France and try to realize his dream: to become a chartered accountant.
“I will be able to take my baccalaureate with confidence, I will work even more than before. I want to show all the people who supported me that they were right to do so. I want to thank everyone who gave me maintained, the fact of having mediatized my story allowed me to have a lot of support and in particular on behalf of deputies or political personalities “.
A strong mobilization for 3 weeks
Since the start of the January school year, it is first his comrades and teachers from the Lycée du Castel who have mobilized behind a slogan “Elvis remains!”. On January 7, then on January 11, they were a few hundred to have gathered in front of the establishment.
A petition has also been uploaded. First signed by a few hundred people, it accumulated this Tuesday, January 26, more than 56,000 signatures. Meanwhile, the young man was received on the set of a national television program. It also received the support of MEP Raphaël Glucksmann.
In recent years, several similar mobilizations have taken place in Côte d’Or around threats of expulsion of students attending school at the Lycée du Castel.
For 2 months, several other similar cases concerning in particular young apprentice bakers have been talked about. In Besançon (Doubs), a baker went on strike at the end of the day to allow his apprentice to obtain a residence permit. In Dijon, another apprentice baker, Ibrahima Barry is currently in a similar situation.
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