French Passport - Types

Types

  • Regular passport, in electronic version
  • Diplomatic passport, in biometric version
    (passeport diplomatique)
  • Official passport, in electronic version
    (passeport de service)
  • Emergency passport, in optical version
    (passeport d'urgence)

Passports are valid for 10 years for applicants aged 18 or over and 5 years for applicants under the age of 18. Optical passports (older) have no sign under the word "Passeport" on the front page. Electronic passport contains an embedded chip and have the chip logo under the word "Passeport". Biometric passeports are the most recent ones and are decorated as the electronic passports but the word "Passeport" is underligned. The 3 types of passport are shown above.

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