Visa requirements for French citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of France. As of November 2024, French citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 192 countries and territories, ranking the French passport 2nd in terms of travel freedom (tied with the passports of Germany, Finland, Italy, Japan and Spain), according to the Henley Passport Index.

Visa requirements map

[Map of jurisdictions by visa requirement for French citizens holding ordinary passports

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Visa requirements

List of territories, disputed areas or restricted zones

Visa requirements for French citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Vaccination requirements

Vaccination requirements map

Certain countries and territories require travellers arriving from France to be vaccinated against specific diseases. This is a map of vaccination requirements for French citizens and residents arriving directly from the Schengen area, excluding those arriving from third countries.

[Vaccination requirements for travellers arriving from France

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Quadrivalent meningococcal vaccination (ACYW135)

Polio vaccination

Yellow fever vaccination

COVID-19 vaccination

Many countries increasingly consider the vaccination status of travellers with regard to quarantine requirements or when deciding to allow them entry at all. This is justified by research that shows that the Pfizer vaccine effect lasts for six months or so.

Passport requirements

Passport not required

French identity card is valid for these countries :

Blank passport pages

Passport validity length

Many countries require passports to be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival and one or two blank pages. Countries requiring passports to be validity at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra – 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah – on arrival), Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen. Turkey usually requires passports to be valid for at least 5 months (150 days) upon entry, but for French citizens Turkish authorities allow to enter even with passport expired within last 5 years. Countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Azerbaijan, Micronesia, Zambia. Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Honduras, Moldova, Nauru, North Macedonia, Panama, Qatar and Senegal Countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macao, Maldives, New Zealand, South Africa. Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.

Medical passport

Many African countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Togo, require incoming passengers older than nine months to one year to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.

Visa requirements for French citizens traveling by land or sea

Visa requirements depend on the mean of transportation. Jurisdictions that do not require a visa for French citizens traveling by air may require a visa if traveling by land or sea.

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Entry bans

Criminal record

Persona non grata

Israeli stamps

Biometrics

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

In a non-EU country where there is no French embassy, French citizens, like all other EU citizens, have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country. See also List of diplomatic missions of France.