Your travel documents

For trouble free and safe travel in France or in the rest of the world, you will need to comply with certain formalities. Now for a look at ID and travel documents.

Depending on your destination, you will require one or more essential documents so as to make the most of your flight in the best possible conditions.

Without these documents, you may be refused permission to embark or not be allowed to disembark at your final destination.


Your ID papers

You are a French citizen
A valid identity card
is enough :
- when traveling within the European Union and to Switzerland,
- for some travel destinations: Senegal, Tunisia, Turkey.

A valid passport is required for other destinations.
For travel to some countries, your passport must still be valid at least six months after entering or leaving the country:

Brazil Kenya
China Mauritius
Egypt Philippines
India Thailand
Indonesia Vietnam
Japan  


You are a non-French citizen minor child resident in France

On returning to France, you will need to show your own Passport together with your travel document
These documents will :
- Allow you to re-enter France or cross the external border into the Schengen area,
- Prove your legal right to stay in France.


Your travel documents

A visa may also be required, in addition to your passport.
Ask for information from the Embassy or Consulate representing your destination country, or from your travel agent or airline.

A vaccination book is required for certain destinations :

Vaccination Destination area
Yellow fever Inter-tropical Africa and Amazonia
Hepatitis A and Typhoid fever Areas where elementary hygiene is deficient
Hepatitis B Sub-tropical areas
Meningitis Sub-Saharan Africa
Rabies Certain countries
Meningitis and meningitides A & C or Cholera Certain countries, especially during epidemics


The required vaccinations must be received ten days to two months before your departure.
Ask for information from your doctor or one of our medical and vaccinations centers :

Paris-CDG - Terminal 2
01 48 62 53 33

Paris-Orly Sud Fièvre jaune
01 49 75 45 14



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