How to get a "frequent flyer" passport?
Verified 25 August 2022 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of the Interior
In France
If you travel frequently abroad, you can request the issuance of a passport frequent traveler 48 pages, 16 pages more than the standard passport.
The passport frequent traveler is intended for people who travel very often abroad, particularly outside the Schengen area, for professional reasons for example.
For such persons, the 32 pages of the standard passport may be insufficient to affix visas, entry stamps or exit stamps.
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.
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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 formalities are the same as for a renewal.
In addition to the documents required for a standard application, you must provide a reasoned passport application frequent traveler, written on free paper.
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)
The passport is out of date
Expiry date less 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)
Expiry date greater than 5 years
- 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
The passport is out of date
Expiry date less 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
Expiry date greater than 5 years
- 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
The passport is out of date
Expiry date less 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
Expiry date greater than 5 years
- 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)
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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:
No, no, no. The decision to issue a passport frequent traveler is taken by the prefecture. The application may be refused if it does not appear to be justified.
For example, if you apply for a free passport renewal because all pages are used, but there are only 10 months left, the application may be rejected.
On the other hand, the request is justified if you are applying for a new 10-year passport and, in the previous period, you had already benefited from an early renewal (due to the absence of available pages).
Abroad
If you travel frequently abroad, you can request the issuance of a passport frequent traveler 48 pages, 16 pages more than the standard passport.
The passport frequent traveler is intended for people who travel very often, particularly outside the Schengen area, for professional reasons for example.
For such persons, the 32 pages of the standard passport may be insufficient to affix visas, entry stamps or exit stamps.
Who shall I contact
The formalities are the same as for a renewal.
In addition to the documents required for a standard application, you must provide a reasoned passport application frequent traveler, written on free paper.
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
- Amount of €96 (or €99 if the photo is taken directly at the counter: only in a few countries)
- Proof of domicile
The passport is out of date
Expiry date: less than 5 years
- 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.
Expiry date: 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.
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.
The decision to issue a passport frequent traveler is taken by the consulate. The application may be refused if it does not appear to be justified.
For example, if you apply for a free passport renewal because all pages are used, but there are only 10 months left, the application may be rejected.
On the other hand, the request is justified if you are applying for a new 10-year passport and, in the previous period, you had already benefited from an early renewal (due to the absence of available pages).
- 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