Renewal of the passport of an adult
Verified 30 May 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister), Ministry of the Interior
You are major and the date of validity of your passport is soon to be outdated or is it already?
We present the steps in the process passport renewal.
In France
Step-by-step approach
The location of the application does not depend on your home. You can go to any town hall, provided that it is equipped with a recording station.
Who shall I contact
Your presence is essential to take fingerprints.
Warning
many city councils require that such a case be filed only by appointment.
L'ANTS: titleContent provides a search engine allowing you to find an appointment in a town hall equipped with:
Search for an appointment to apply for a passport
You can prepare the process by making a online pre-applicationBut it's not an obligation.
Pre-application saves you time when filing the file.
The documents have to be submitted originals.
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General case
Your passport is valid
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Tax stamp of €86 (that you can buy online)
- Proof of domicile
- If you've done the pre-application, number and/or QR code obtained (if you have not made a pre-request, you will have to fill in and sign the cardboard form that will be given to you at the counter)
Your passport's validity date has expired
The expiry date is less than 5 years old
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Tax stamp of €86 (that you can buy online)
- Proof of domicile
- If you've done the pre-application, number and/or QR code obtained (if you have not made a pre-request, you will have to fill in and sign the cardboard form that will be given to you at the counter)
It goes back more than 5 years
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Tax stamp of €86 (that you can buy online)
- Proof of domicile
- If you've done the pre-application, number and/or QR code obtained (if you have not made a pre-request, you will have to fill in and sign the cardboard form that will be given to you at the counter)
- Identity card (valid or expired for less than 5 years)
- If you don't have an ID card or it's older, check if the civil status of your place of birth is dematerialized. If not, you must provide a birth certificate of less than 3 months.
- Proof of French nationality if you are in a particular situation (e.g. foreign birth of parents born abroad)
In Guyana
Your passport is valid
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Number of pre-application or on-site paperboard form
- Tax stamp of €43 (that you can buy online)
- Proof of domicile
Your passport's validity date has expired
The expiry date is less than 5 years old
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Number of pre-application or on-site paperboard form
- Tax stamp of €43 (that you can buy online)
- Proof of domicile
It goes back more than 5 years
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Number of pre-application or on-site paperboard form
- Tax stamp of €43 (that you can buy online)
- Proof of domicile
- Identity card (valid or expired for less than 5 years)
- If you don't have an ID card or it's older, check if the civil status of your place of birth is dematerialized. If not, you must provide a birth certificate of less than 3 months.
- Proof of French nationality if you are in a particular situation (e.g. foreign birth of parents born abroad)
In Mayotte
Your passport is valid
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Number of pre-application or on-site paperboard form
- Tax stamp of €86 or €89 if the photo is taken directly at the counter (the tax stamp can be purchased online)
- Proof of domicile
Your passport's validity date has expired
The expiry date is less than 5 years old
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Number of pre-application or on-site paperboard form
- Tax stamp of €86 or €89 if the photo is taken directly at the counter (the tax stamp can be purchased online)
- Proof of domicile
It goes back more than 5 years
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Number of pre-application or on-site paperboard form
- Tax stamp of €86 or €89 if the photo is taken directly at the counter (the tax stamp can be purchased online)
- Proof of domicile
- Identity card (valid or expired for less than 5 years)
- If you don't have an ID card or it's older, check if the civil status of your place of birth is dematerialized. If not, you must provide a birth certificate of less than 3 months.
- Proof of French nationality if you are in a particular situation (e.g. foreign birth of parents born abroad)
FYI
to use a username that is not already on an identity document, other documents must be provided depending on the nature of the second name: name of the spouse or other parent's name.
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General case
The passport costs €86 (in tax stamp).
You must buy the tax stamp online:
In Guyana
- If you provide the photo: €43 (in tax stamp)
- If the photo is taken at the counter (only in the absence of a professional photographer): €44.50 (in tax stamp)
You must buy the tax stamp online:
In Mayotte
- If you provide the photo: €86 (in tax stamp)
- If the photo is taken at the counter (only in the absence of a professional photographer): €89 (in tax stamp)
You must buy the tax stamp online:
You must go to the place you have chosen with the supporting documents.
The passport is not made on site. It cannot therefore be issued immediately.
Manufacturing lead times depend on the location and time period of the application. For example, when summer holidays approach, the delays may be longer.
If you provided a mobile phone number when you applied, you will receive a text message when the passport is available.
You can also follow the progress of your application on the website of theANTS: titleContent :
The passport issued is a passport biometric.
It should be removed within 3 months. After this period, the passport is destroyed.
You must remove it personally at the place of filing and sign it on the spot.
The old passport must be returned. If it included a visa, it may be kept for the period of validity of that visa.
The passport is valid 10 years.
Abroad
Step-by-step approach
You have to move consulate or embassy.
Your presence is essential to take fingerprints.
Who shall I contact
Warning
the service may require that the file be filed only by appointment.
Documents to be provided
The documents have to be submitted originals.
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Your passport is valid
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Proof of domicile
FYI
to use a username that is not already on an identity document, other documents must be provided depending on the nature of the second name: name of the spouse or other parent's name.
Your passport's validity date has expired
The expiry date is less than 5 years old
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Proof of domicile
FYI
to use a username that is not already on an identity document, other documents must be provided depending on the nature of the second name: name of the spouse or other parent's name.
It goes back more than 5 years
- Your passport
- Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
- Proof of domicile
- Identity card (valid or expired for less than 5 years)
- If you don't have an ID card or it's older, check if the civil status of your place of birth is dematerialized. If not, you must provide a birth certificate of less than 3 months.
- Proof of French nationality if you are in a particular situation (e.g. foreign birth of parents born abroad)
FYI
to use a username that is not already on an identity document, other documents must be provided depending on the nature of the second name: name of the spouse or other parent's name.
Deciding how to withdraw the passport
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In Europe
In the majority of countries, you can request that the passport be sent to you by mail. But you have to be registered in the French foreigner register of the same country, have an email address and be able to transmit files via the Internet.
If you request the mail, you must provide at the time of filing, in addition to the necessary supporting documents, a postage-paid envelope purchased from the authorized service provider in the country. Inquiries should be made with the consulate to determine the authorized service provider, the size of the envelope to be provided and the postage required.
If you do not indicate anything at the time of filing, you will have to withdraw the passport instead of filing the file.
If you prefer to pick it up from a authorized honorary consulHowever, this must be indicated at the counter when the file is submitted.
Elsewhere
If you do not indicate anything at the time of filing, you will have to withdraw the passport instead of filing the file.
If you prefer to pick it up from a authorized honorary consulHowever, this must be indicated at the counter when the file is submitted.
In some countries, you can request that the passport be sent to you by mail. But you have to be registered in the French foreigner register of the same country, have an email address and be able to transmit files via the Internet.
In this case, at the time of submission of the file, in addition to the necessary supporting documents, a postage-paid envelope purchased from the authorized service provider in the country must be provided. Inquiries should be made with the consulate to determine the authorized service provider, the size of the envelope to be provided and the postage required.
The passport costs €96.
You can pay in cash. Some consulates also accept payment by credit card, check or wire transfer. Consult the consulate's website to find out how to pay.
FYI
In Equatorial Guinea (Malabo post) and Mauritania (Nouakchott post), the photo is taken at the counter. The passport costs €99.
You must go to the consulate or embassy with the necessary documents.
The passport is not made on site. It cannot therefore be issued immediately.
Manufacturing lead times depend on the location and time period of the application.
If you provided a mobile phone number on the application form, you will receive a text message when the passport is available.
You can follow the status of your application online:
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If, at the time of filing, you requested to receive the passport by mail
At the time of filing, if you have requested to receive the passport by mail, you will receive a notification email with a secret code.
As soon as you receive your passport, you must acknowledge its receipt using this online service:
Acknowledge receipt of passport
The old passport must be returned to the consulate by secure mail of the same type as the one used for sending the new passport.
If it included a visa, it may be kept for the period of validity of that visa.
The passport is valid 10 years.
Other case
You must withdraw it personally at the place of filing or at a authorized honorary consul and sign it on the spot.
It should be removed within 3 months after it has been made available. After this period, the passport is destroyed.
The old passport must be returned. If it included a visa, it may be kept for the period of validity of that visa.
The passport is valid 10 years.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
If you have trouble doing the procedure on the internet
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Digital Welcome Point
- Decree No. 2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 on the passport: Article 5-1 - Documents to be provided for renewal
- Decree n°2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 on the passport: article 6-1 - Prints and photo
- General Tax Code: Articles 953 to 955Passport price
- General Tax Code: Article 1043 A - Amount in GuyanaPrices in Guyana
- Decree No. 81-778 of 13 August 1981 fixing the tariff of fees to be collected in diplomatic and consular chancelleries and, in France, by the Ministry of Foreign AffairsPrices abroad
- Order of 5 February 2009 on identity photos produced for a passport application
- Decree No. 2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 on the passport: Article 10 - Withdrawal of the passport
- Decree No. 2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 on the passport: Article 4 - Period of validity
- Order of 27 April 2017 on the conditions for sending a passport abroad
- Decree No. 2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 on the passport: Article 11 - Restitution of the old passport
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