Failing to have been able to renew his visa due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Dean van der Westhuizen, South African rugby player from Mazamet (Federal 1) in the Tarn, has been under an obligation to leave the territory since last December 17th.
A situation that his partner, Auréliane Cléostrate, does not understand.
So she created a petition to try to make things happen.
“Dean has a CDI, a rugby convention, is registered for tax purposes in France, lists the young woman.
And we want to get married.
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The appeal filed on December 23 is still in mediation and the decision can take from three months to a year.
"If this is confirmed, he will have to return to his country when it is precisely because he has not been able to return that his visa has not been renewed", she underlines.
A perfectly integrated youngster
First come to spend a vacation in France, Dean meets Auréliane in March and decides to try his luck in France as a rugby player.
Back on August 19 with an employee visa, thanks to a promise of employment and a letter of engagement from the club of Rieumes (Federal 2), in the suburbs of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), he began his life in France.
Today an employee of Cosmer, the company of one of the presidents of Sporting Club Mazamet, Daniel Rouanet, the young man of 24 is perfectly integrated.
“It's very stressful for him on a daily basis.
He doesn't know if he's going to be able to stay when we want to make a living here.
Especially since the situation is tense in South Africa because of interracial tensions.
»Following the petition, elected officials took up the issue.
What to give a little hope to the young couple.