Visa requirements for French citizens

A French passport
A French identity card is valid for travel to most European countries.

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.[1]

Visa requirements map

[edit]
Map of jurisdictions by visa requirement for French citizens holding ordinary passports
  France
  Visa not required / ETA[Note 1][Note 2]
  Visa available both on arrival or online[Note 5]
  Visa or permit[Note 6] required prior to arrival

Visa requirements

[edit]

List of territories, disputed areas or restricted zones

[edit]

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

Vaccination requirements

[edit]

Vaccination requirements map

[edit]

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
  Polio vaccination required
  Vaccination not required

Quadrivalent meningococcal vaccination (ACYW135)

[edit]
Meningococcal vaccination requirements for international travel[241]
Country or territory Details
 Gambia All travellers must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine (ACYW135) upon arrival.[242]
 Indonesia Travellers arriving from or departing to Saudi Arabia must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135.[243]
 Lebanon Proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 is required for travellers departing Lebanon and going to Hajj, Umrah, and to certain African countries.[244]
 Libya All travellers must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 upon arrival.[245]
 Philippines Proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 is required for travellers going to Hajj and Umrah (in Saudi Arabia).[246]
 Saudi Arabia
  • Proof of vaccination is required for travellers 2 years of age and older who are Hajj or Umrah pilgrims and seasonal or pilgrim workers in Hajj and Umrah areas. Vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW135 (either polysaccharide or conjugate) must be issued not less than 10 days before arrival and not more than 3 years (polysaccharide vaccine) or 5 years (conjugate vaccine) before arrival. The immunisation certificate should clearly state if the traveller was vaccinated with the conjugate vaccine for the 5-year validity to apply.[247]
  • Vaccination is also required for domestic pilgrims, residents of Mecca and Medina, and any persons participating in Hajj or Umrah or seasonal or pilgrimage work in Hajj and Umrah zones. At the discretion of the Ministry of Health, travellers may be administered prophylactic antibiotics upon arrival.[247]

Polio vaccination

[edit]

Yellow fever vaccination

[edit]