How to apply for an Indian Passport or Renewal in France?: Embassy of India in Paris

Checklist of Documents for Indian Passport Application

General Documents

1. Online form duly filled and signed. Ensure you select the correct mission (Paris) and passport service type, fill in all details without errors, and print and sign the form.
2. One Photograph as per Indian standards.  If required, there is a photobooth at VFS Paris  and it will cost €10.
3. Original Indian passport along with self-attested copies of first and last pages (in case of lost passport the copy or at least the passport number should be provided). Original Passport will be retained by VFS and returned along with the new Passport.
4. Self-attested photocopy of your valid French Visa / Titre de Séjour/ Récépissé. Original must be presented for verification.
5. Photocopy of one of the following to prove your address in France in the name of applicant or his/her spouse: Electricity bill/ Gas bill / Landline / Mobile/ Water bill, Rent receipt (Printed version only) or Bank statement (Relevé de compte). Please note that the document should not be more than 6 months old.
6. Annexure ‘A’ (For those applicants who have criminal proceedings pending against them and whose applications would attract the provisions of clause (f) of sub-section (2) of Section 6 of the Passports Act, 1967.
7. Undertaking to be filled by all applicants when submitting any application.
8. VFS Declaration form to be printed and signed.

Additional Documents for Minors

1. Photocopies of parent(s) Passport(s).
2. Photocopy of DCEM (child’s resident permit) attested by Parent(s). Some additional information is available at Childbirth: Personal Experience of having a baby in France.
3. Copy of the marriage certificate of the parents (or Annexure C if child is born out of wedlock or other parent’s whereabouts is unknown).
4. Declaration Minor form.
5. At time of submission of application if:
   • Both parents are in France and one parent is present to deposit the application: Annexure ‘H’.
   • Single parent with no authorization from other parent: Annexure ‘G’.
   • One parent is in France and the other parent is in India or another country abroad: Annexure ‘H’ filled by the parent residing abroad and attested by the Indian Mission abroad/RPO in India and then signed by the parent in France.

Additional Documents for specific situations

• For addition of spouse name in passport: Marriage Certificate. If married outside India (and to a foreign national), the certificate must be apostilled.
• For deletion of spouse name: Divorce order / decree
• For change of spouse name:
  1. Divorce order/ decree or death certificate of first spouse and
  2. Re-marriage certificate or Joint Photo Declaration by both husband & wife
• For change of surname by women applicant following marriage/ divorce:
  1. Marriage certificate or Joint Photo Declaration by both husband & wife.
  2. Divorce order/ decree (if name/ surname change is based on divorce)

Some Important Notes

• VFS does not accept an Attestation d’hébergement as address proof for adults.
• In case of irregular immigration status in France, documents related to the status will be required too. Please consult the VFS website for more information.
• Foreign divorce judgements are not accepted. In case of mutually agreed or mutually properly contested divorce cases also, an application must be submitted by the parties at the competent Indian civil court and a declaratory order authenticating and confirming that the foreign divorce decree is in accordance with Indian law must be obtained by the concerned parties.