Passport of a minor: first application - In France

Verified 23 novembre 2022 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of the Interior

Your situation

  • Application in France
  • In the metropolis
  • He has an expired ID card
  • The expiry date is less than 5 years old
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Step-by-step approach

The minor and his/her supervisor must report set at the counter. Their presence is indispensable.

The person responsible must exercise parental authority. It can be the father, the mother or the guardian. He has to show his own ID.

The location of the application does not depend on the domicile. You can surrender in any town hall, provided that it is equipped with a recording station.

The list of equipped town halls is available online:

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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:

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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.

Pre-application for a 1st passport application

The documents have to be submitted originals.

  • Photo ID less than 6 months old and conforms to standards
  • Identity card
  • Proof of domicile
  • Identity document of the requesting parent
  • 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)

FYI  

if you want the child to use a common name (double name), other documents are required to justify it using the other parent's name.

  • Up to 14 years old: €17
  • Between the ages of 15 and 17: €42

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You must then go to the place you have chosen with the supporting documents.

The minor and his/her supervisor must report set at the counter. Their presence is indispensable.

The person responsible must exercise parental authority. It can be the father, the mother or the guardian. He has to show his own ID.

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 on your application, you will receive a text message when the passport is available.

You can also follow your request on the website of theANTS: titleContent :

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The situation differs according to the age of the minor.

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Before age 12

The person in charge has to go to the counter to pick up the passport.

He shall sign the passport on the spot together with the endorsement the father, the mother or the guardian.

The passport that is issued is a biometric passport.

It should be removed within 3 months of its availability. After this period, the passport is destroyed.

A minor's passport is valid for 5 years.

Between 12 and 13 years

The manager has to go to the counter with her child to retrieve the passport.

The person in charge signs the passport on the spot accompanied by the endorsement the father, the mother or the guardian.

The passport that is issued is a biometric passport.

It should be removed within 3 months of its availability. After this period, the passport is destroyed.

A minor's passport is valid for 5 years.

If he becomes an adult before his expiry date, he can continue to use it and does not need to apply for a new passport.

From the age of 13

The manager has to go to the counter with her child to retrieve the passport.

If the person in charge agrees, the child can sign the passport.

If not, the person responsible shall sign it together with the endorsement the father, the mother or the guardian.

The passport that is issued is a biometric passport.

It should be removed within 3 months of its availability. After this period, the passport is destroyed.

A minor's passport is valid for 5 years.

If he becomes an adult before his expiry date, he can continue to use it and does not need to apply for a new passport.

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