ID card / Passport: how to fill in the form or pre-application?

Verified 13 March 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The situation varies depending on where you live.

In France

You can prepare the process by doing a pre-application on the websiteANTS: titleContent.

Pre-request allows you to buy time when the file is lodged.

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You're asking for an ID card

You are applying for a passport

This is your first passport application

Pre-application for a 1st passport application

If you do not make the pre-request, you will need to complete the form which will be given to you at the counter. It's a hard-copy form that can't be downloaded. It must be completed in black ink and in capital letters.

The information to be provided on the form is as follows:

  • Surname: This is the name on the birth certificate (also called birth name or surname)
  • Second name: this is the name used in everyday life (common name). This can be a double name (name of his parents or name of the two spouses placed side by side) or a simple name (name of the person you are married to). If you use only your last name, this section should be left blank.
  • First Names
  • Size
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth (municipality + department + country)
  • Address
  • Mobile phone number (if you want to be notified by SMS of the card's manufacture)
  • Last name and first name(s) of the parents
  • Date and place of birth of parents

In Canada or Portugal

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You're asking for an ID card

At the consulate, you don't have to fill out a form, because the information is entered directly at the counter.

  • Surname: This is the name on the birth certificate (also called birth name or surname)
  • Second name: this is the name used in everyday life (common name). This can be a double name (name of his parents or name of the two spouses placed side by side) or a simple name (name of the person you are married to). If you use only your last name, this section should be left blank.
  • First Names
  • Size
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth (municipality + department + country)
  • Address
  • Mobile phone number (if you want to be notified by SMS of the card's manufacture)
  • Last name and first name(s) of the parents
  • Date and place of birth of parents

You are applying for a passport

You are applying for a passport renewal

You can apply to renew your passport without moving at the embassy or consulate if you meet all of the following conditions :

  • You still have your passport (it has not been lost or stolen)
  • You were at least 18 years old on the date of issuance of your current passport
  • Your passport is still valid or has expired for less than 5 years
  • You are not applying for a passport renewal to change your birth name or first name or gender
  • You do not apply for a 2nd passport (for business reasons or incompatible destinations)
  • You are registered to Register of French outside France and have your consular registration number (Numic) and your registered email address
  • You have a La Poste digital identity
You meet all these conditions and you want to do the procedure without going to the consulate

The process is carried out in multiple steps.

You do not meet all of these conditions

At the consulate, you don't have to fill out a form, because the information is entered directly at the counter.

  • Surname: This is the name on the birth certificate (also called birth name or surname)
  • Second name: this is the name used in everyday life (common name). This can be a double name (name of his parents or name of the two spouses placed side by side) or a simple name (name of the person you are married to). If you use only your last name, this section should be left blank.
  • First Names
  • Size
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth (municipality + department + country)
  • Address
  • Mobile phone number (if you want to be notified by SMS of the card's manufacture)
  • Last name and first name(s) of the parents
  • Date and place of birth of parents
You are applying for a passport for the first time

At the consulate, you don't have to fill out a form, because the information is entered directly at the counter.

  • Surname: This is the name on the birth certificate (also called birth name or surname)
  • Second name: this is the name used in everyday life (common name). This can be a double name (name of his parents or name of the two spouses placed side by side) or a simple name (name of the person you are married to). If you use only your last name, this section should be left blank.
  • First Names
  • Size
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth (municipality + department + country)
  • Address
  • Mobile phone number (if you want to be notified by SMS of the card's manufacture)
  • Last name and first name(s) of the parents
  • Date and place of birth of parents

In another country

At the consulate, you don't have to fill out a form, because the information is entered directly at the counter.

  • Surname: This is the name on the birth certificate (also called birth name or surname)
  • Second name: this is the name used in everyday life (common name). This can be a double name (name of his parents or name of the two spouses placed side by side) or a simple name (name of the person you are married to). If you use only your last name, this section should be left blank.
  • First Names
  • Size
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth (municipality + department + country)
  • Address
  • Mobile phone number (if you want to be notified by SMS of the card's manufacture)
  • Last name and first name(s) of the parents
  • Date and place of birth of parents

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