Selecting a language will automatically trigger the translation of the page content.

Register to vote: with what proof of identity?

Verified 17 January 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

List of electors of a municipality

You're French
You have an identity card or passport

You must provide one of the following:

  • French identity card valid or expired less than 5 years ago (on the day of filing your application)
  • Valid or expired French passport for less than 5 years (on the day of filing your application)

You can register:

You don't have one

You must present a proof document your French nationality and another supporting document your identity.

Document proving your nationality

You must provide a birth certificate (full copy or extract with filiation) less than 3 months.

If you don't have one, you can provide:

  • Either a declaration of acquisition of French nationality in your name registered by the administration, or, if you do not have one, a certificate of this declaration issued by the Minister of the Interior at your request, at the request of your legal representative or at the request of a French public administration
  • Let's say one magnification the decree on naturalization or reintegration into French nationality or, failing that, a certificate stating that the decree exists
  • Either a certificate of nationality issued by the court registry or a copy of the naturalization decree (which takes effect on the date of its notification)
Document proving your identity

You must provide one of the following:

  • Member's identity card (valid) with photo, issued by the president of a parliamentary assembly
  • Local elected official identity card (valid) with photo, issued by the State representative
  • Vital Card with Photo
  • Combatant's card (valid) with photo, issued by the National Office of Veterans and War Victims
  • Disability card (valid) with photo or mobility card inclusion (valid) with photo
  • State official identity card (valid) with photo
  • Identity card (valid) with photo or circulation card (valid) with photo, issued by the military authorities
  • Driving license
  • Hunting permit (valid) with photo, issued by the National Office of Hunting and Wildlife (Office National de la Chasse et de la Fauna Wilde (ONCFS))
  • Receipt proving identity (valid), issued in exchange for identity documents in case of judicial control

You can register:

You're European

You must provide one of the following:

  • National identity card (valid)
  • Passport (valid)
  • Residence permit (valid)

You must also provide a written attestation. You can write it using this document template:

Declaration on honor for a European voter

FYI  

you can register online or with a form.

Consular List of Electors

If you are a French citizen living abroad, you can register on a consular voters list. To do this, you must provide proof of identity. Only certain documents are accepted.

You have an identity card or passport

You must provide one of the following:

  • French identity card valid or expired less than one year ago, on the day of filing your registration request
  • Valid or expired French passport for less than one year, on the day of filing your application

FYI  

you can register online or with a form.

You don't have one

You must provide a certificate of french nationality or a naturalization decree.

You must also provide one of the following documents :

  • Either an official (valid) document issued by a French public administration.
    This document must contain your name, first name, date and place of birth, your photo.
    This document must indicate the administrative authority that issued it to you, the date and the place where it was issued to you.
  • Or a card (valid) issued when you register with the foreigner and a consular registration card (valid)
  • Either a document (valid) issued by a Member State of the European Union or the European Economic Area.
    This document must contain your name, first name, date and place of birth, your photo (in portrait format).
    This document must indicate the administrative authority that issued it to you, the date and the place where it was issued to you.

FYI  

you can register online or with a form.