Visa requirements for French citizens



Visa requirements for French citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of France.

As of January 2024, French citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 194 countries and territories, ranking the French passport 1st in terms of travel freedom (tied with the passports of Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and Spain), according to the Henley Passport Index.

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 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.



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 not required
French identity card is valid for these countries :
 * 🇪🇺 EU and Europe (except Belarus, Russia, the United Kingdom [for tourism] and Ukraine)
 * 🇩🇲 Dominica (max. 14 days)
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt
 * Georgia
 * 🇬🇱 Greenland (de facto)
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat
 * 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia (on organized tours)
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (individuals with pre-settled or settled status, a frontier-worker permit or those who are a Swiss service provider can continue using national identity cards to enter the UK until at least 31 December 2025)

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.

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.