Identity card / Passport: what proof of residence?

Verified 28 April 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of the Interior

The rules vary depending on where you apply for an identity card or passport:

In France

To apply for an identity card or passport, you must provide proof of residence less than one year on the date of submission of the application.

The document to be provided depends on your situation :

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You have proof of residence in your name

One alone proof of domicile is required.

It must include your first and last name.

It must be dated less than one year on the date of submission of the application.

For example, it could be one of the following documents:

  • Phone bill (including mobile phone bill)
  • Electricity or gas bill. Attention: If you have a contract with EDF, Total Direct Énergie, Engie or Gaz Regulated Tariff, you do not have to provide proof provided that you use the address justification device and if the voucher is in your birth name. Justif d'address is a technical device integrated with the identity document request that allows the authorities to carry out an automatic verification of the address you have entered. If you live in overseas communities (COM), you can't use Justif d'address
  • Lease receipt (from a social agency or real estate agency) or title to property
  • Water invoice
  • Tax Notice or No Tax Certificate
  • Housing tax voucher
  • Housing insurance certificate or invoice
  • Statement of the Caf: titleContent mentioning housing-related support.

If it is an electronic invoice, you can print or scan it and attach it to your pre-request file.

FYI  

Secure proof of domicile (including a 2D-Doc barcode) cannot be declined.

You live with a relative (relative, friend...)

We need to introduce the Next 3 documents :

  • Identity document of the person hosting you (photocopy only)
  • Attestation on the honor of the accommodation dated, signed and certifying that you have stably lived at her home or for more than 3 months (original)
  • Proof of residence of less than one year in the name of the host (original).

FYI  

No other documents should be required.

You are homeless or homeless (homeless)

You may, under certain conditions, to elect domicile with one of the following:

  • Organization approved by the prefect. These may be, for example, humanitarian organizations carrying out actions against exclusion or for access to care (French Red Cross, Catholic Relief, Emmaus, etc.). Your City Hall can provide you with a list of these approved structures
  • Communal (or inter-communal) Social Action Center (CCAS or CIAS).

The name of the organization is not on the ID. Only his address will be indicated.

You live in a hotel

We need to introduce the Next 2 documents :

  • Acknowledgement of accommodation from the hotel manager or manager
  • Official document in your name indicating the same address (driving license, tax notice, vital attestation, pension entitlement, family allowance entitlement, document from France Travail).

You live in a trailer

We need to introduce the Next 2 documents :

  • Deed of ownership of the land or lease contract
  • Official document in your name with the same address.

Please note

If you have not had a fixed residence (or residence) for more than 6 months (for example, travelers), you must present a certificate of address for service.

Abroad

To apply for an identity card or passport, you must provide proof of residence less than one year on the date of submission of the application.

The document to be provided depends on your situation :

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You have proof of residence in your name

One alone proof of domicile is required.

It must include your first and last name.

It must be dated less than one year on the date of submission of the application.

For example, it could be one of the following documents:

  • Phone bill (including mobile phone bill)
  • Electricity or gas bill.

If it is an electronic invoice, you can print or scan it and attach it to your pre-request file.

FYI  

Secure proof of domicile (including a 2D-Doc barcode) cannot be declined.

You live with a relative (relative, friend...)

We need to introduce the Next 3 documents :

  • Identity document of the person hosting you (photocopy only)
  • Attestation on the honor of the accommodation dated, signed and certifying that you have stably lived at her home or for more than 3 months (original)
  • Proof of residence of less than one year in the name of the host (original).

FYI  

No other documents should be required.

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