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Identity card / Passport: what proof of residence?

Verified 20 March 2023 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of the Interior

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 live in the metropolis and have a contract with Direct Energie, EDF, Engie or Gaz Regulated Rate, you do not have to provide proof provided you use the address justification device. This is a technical device integrated with the identity document request that allows the authorities to perform an automatic verification of the address you have entered. If you live overseas, 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  

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

Other situation

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

You have to present the following 3 documents :

  • Identity document of the person hosting you (photocopy only)
  • Host Letter signed certifying that you have been living at her home stably or for more than 3 months (original)
  • Proof of residence of less than one year in the name of the host (original)
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 (ATD Fourth World, Catholic Relief, 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

You have to present the following 2 documents :

  • Certification by the hotel manager or manager
  • Official document in your name indicating the same address (driving license, tax assessment, vital attestation, pension entitlement, family allowance entitlement, Pôle emploi document)
You live in a trailer

You have to present the following 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 (travelers), you must produce a certificate of address for service.

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