France

Passport & Visa Info

The following details relate to holders of adult normal passports (requirements for children may be different), if any other type of passport or travel document is held, entry requirements should be checked with the relevant embassy or consulate

Passports

Required, but NOT by the following:
1) Holders of National Identity Cards or passports issued to nationals of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain & Switzerland

Passport Validity: 1) Where a visa is not required, passport validity varies according to nationality, contact nearest embassy/consulate
2) Where a visa is required, passports must be valid for 3 months

Visas

The following DO NOT require a visa:
1) Nationals of France
2) For stays up to 90 days by:
a) Holders of passports endorsed `British Citizen'
b) Nationals of Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong (Blue passport holders only), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland Rep, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (South), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City & Venezuela

Air Transit

Required by all except:
1) Persons in direct transit by air without leaving the airport & arriving & departing from/to a non-Schengen country (except nationals of Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bangladesh, Congo Dem Rep, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine (holders of travel documents issued by the Egyptian, Lebanese or Syrian authorities), Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan & Syria, unless they are permanent residents of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland Rep, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden or United Kingdom

Notes: Transit without a visa is not available if any of the subsequent destinations or transit locations are a Schengen country requiring a visa. Therefore, as the passenger is entering the Schengen territory, which is a borderless territory, those nationals of countries requiring a visa for any Schengen state, which they are entering, require a visa at all times

Re-entry Permits

Required by returning alien residents who would normally require an entry visa must hold a `visa de retour'