Can you get a passport for free?

Verified 15 October 2021 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of the Interior

In some cases, you can establish or replace a passport without having to provide a tax stamp. The passport you will be issued will be a biometric passport.

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Modification of passport

Name change

If you have changed your surname, usage name or first name, you can apply for a new passport.

The formalities are the same as for a renewal of passport for a minor or passport for an adultBut you don't have to attach a tax stamp.

Proof of a change of surname, first name or last name must be provided.

Warning  

the validity limit of the new passport will be the same as the old one.

Change of address

If you change your address, you can apply for a new passport, but this is entirely optional.

The formalities are the same as for a renewal of passport for a minor or passport for an adultBut you don't have to attach a tax stamp.

Warning  

the validity limit of the new passport will be the same as the old one.

Hardware error

If the administration has made a mistake in the production of the passport, you can apply for a new passport.

The formalities are the same as for a renewal of passport for a minor or passport for an adultBut you don't have to attach a tax stamp.

Warning  

the validity limit of the new passport will be the same as the old one.

Fully filled passport

If your passport no longer contains blank pages for visas, you can apply for a new passport.

The formalities are the same as for a renewal of passport for a minor or passport for an adultBut you don't have to attach a tax stamp.

Warning  

the validity limit of the new passport will be the same as the old one.

Indigent applicant

An indigent person can ask for a free first passport or the renewal of an old passport.

The notion of indigence is done on a case-by-case basis by the prefectural services. These may be, for example, the poverty lines for theInsee: titleContent or the collection of social minima.