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

Verified 14 June 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

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

Abroad

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