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What should a foreigner do if his residence permit is lost?
Verified 13 September 2021 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
If you are a foreigner and you have lost your residence card, you must take different steps depending on the location of the loss (in France or abroad). In any case, you must request a duplicate of your residence card. Its cost varies depending on the type and the mention.
What applies to you ?
Attention: if you are a European or a family member of a European, the gait is different.
In France
You must submit your application for a duplicate residence card online.
- Declaration on the honor of the loss of your residence permit
- Photocopy of the lost residence permit (if one has been retained)
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates and entry stamps)
- Birth certificate (full copy or extract with parentage)
- If you are married: your spouse's residence card (or identity card) and marriage certificate
- If you have children: birth certificate extracts with filiation of your children
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months old
- 3 photos
- Proof of payment of the fee and/or stamp duty (requested when the card is handed over)
The issue of the duplicate is subject to payment (payment by tax stamps):
General case
1 year card
You must pay:
- €225
- or €75 if you have any of the following:
- You are a student
- Accident at work You have a pension card
- You have a student card
- You have a job search or company creation card
- You have a young au pair card
- You have a family reunification card
- You have a seasonal worker card
- or €25 if you have any of the following:
- You were taken care of by child welfare
- You have a health card
- You are stateless or a family of stateless persons
- You are a subsidiary protected person or family member
If you have a card as a victim of domestic violence, human trafficking or pimping, the duplicate is free.
Multi-annual map
You must pay:
- €225
- or €75 if you have a multi-year card student or a multiannual card for family reunification.
10-Year Resident Card
You must pay:
- €225
- or €75 if you have a card accident at work pension or occupational disease.
If you have a card as a victim of domestic violence, human trafficking or pimping, the duplicate is free.
Retired card/10-year retired spouse
You have to pay €25.
Algerian
1-year certificate of residence
You must pay:
- €225
- or €75 if you have a student or trainee residency certificate.
10-year residency certificate
You have to pay €25 (stamp duty).
Abroad
You must first declare the loss of your residence card in the foreigner country concerned to the local police authorities, then at the French embassy or consulate in the country concerned.
You must apply for a return visa at the French embassy or consulate in the country where you are, to be able to return to France.
Before issuing this visa, the embassy or consulate shall carry out an investigation at the prefecture where the residence permit is issued. This investigation can take a long time.
Who shall I contact
You must then, as soon as you return to France, request a duplicate of your residence card online.
- Declaration on the honor of the loss of your residence permit to the local authorities and the French Embassy
- Photocopy of the lost residence permit (if one has been retained)
- Passport (pages on civil status, validity dates and entry stamps)
- Birth certificate (full copy or extract with parentage)
- If you are married: your spouse's residence card (or identity card) and marriage certificate
- If you have children: Birth certificates of your children with filiation
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months old
- 3 photos
- Proof of payment of the fee and/or stamp duty (requested when the card is handed over)
The issue of the duplicate is subject to payment (payment by tax stamps):
General case
1 year card
You must pay:
- €225
- or €75
- if you are a student
- accident at work if you have a pension card
- if you have a student card
- if you have a job search or company creation card
- if you have an au pair youth card
- if you have a family reunification card
- if you have a "seasonal worker" card
- or €25
- if you have been in the care of child welfare
- if you have a health card
- if you are stateless or a family of stateless persons
- or if you are a subsidiary or family member.
If you have a card as a victim of domestic violence, human trafficking or pimping, the duplicate is free.
Multi-annual map
You must pay:
- €225
- or €75
- if you have a multi-year card student
- or if you have a multi-year card for family reunification.
10-Year Resident Card
You must pay:
- €225
- or €75 if you have a card accident at work pension or occupational disease.
If you have a card as a victim of domestic violence, human trafficking or pimping, the duplicate is free.
Retired card/10-year retired spouse
You have to pay €25.
Algerian
1-year certificate of residence
You must pay:
- €225
- or €75 if you have a student or trainee residency certificate.
10-year residency certificate
You have to pay €25 (stamp duty).
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
- Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service
For more information on this topic, you can contact Allô Service Public.
Cost: free service
The informants who answer you belong to the Ministry of the Interior.
Attention: the service does not have access to users' personal files and cannot therefore provide information on their status.
The service is available at the following times:
- Monday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Tuesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Wednesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Thursday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Friday: 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m