U.S. Embassy & Consulates
in France

If your passport is lost or stolen while in France, you can apply for an emergency passport. No appointment is needed. Please come to the Embassy’s Consular entrance (4 avenue Gabriel) any Embassy business day between 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. An emergency passport is generally available the same day. You will need: • Application Form DS-11 for each applicant (hard copies are available in the waiting room if you can’t access and print the online form) • Report of Lost/Stolen Passport Form DS-64 for each lost/stolen passport (hard copy form available in the waiting room) • Passport photo 5 cm by 5 cm (photo machine available in the waiting room for a fee of 4 euros payable in euro coin or credit card) • Proof of ID, if available (driver’s license, prior passport, foreign passport, student ID, etc.) • Evidence of citizenship, if available (birth certificate, copy of prior passport (but be aware, phones are not allowed in the waiting room) • A police report is not normally required to obtain an emergency passport but can be useful in case immigration has questions when you depart France or another Schengen Zone country. While you can leave France with an emergency passport, France does not allow you to enter France with it. If your travel plans involve travel outside of the Schengen Zone followed by a return to France to depart for the United States, you will need to rearrange your trip or rearrange your travel plans. The United Kingdom is NOT a part of the Schengen Zone. You c&a

If you need a nonimmigrant tourist or business visa, please follow the procedure indicated on our website https://fr.usembassy.gov/visas/nonimmigrant-visas/. Once you have completed the DS-160 form and paid the visa fee (https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-fr/niv), you will need to schedule the first available appointment online. To request an expedited appointment, first schedule a regular appointment on the closest available date here https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-fr/niv. Then, sign-in to your account, click “Continue”, select "Request Expedite" and follow the instructions. Expedited Appointments will only be granted at the Consular Section’s discretion.

The ESTA program (Electronic System for Travel Authorization, also known as the Visa Waiver Program) is not handled by the U.S. Embassy. For questions on ESTA, please visit the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website at https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/.

NO! France requires travelers have at least three (3) months left on their passport from the day they expect to leave France. If your passport expires less than three months from the day you plan to leave France, French immigration police will deny you entry and may hold you in an immigration holding center until the airline can put you on a flight back to the country from which you arrived. If you find yourself in this situation, you must renew your passport before coming to France. See the State Department’s information on passport renewal at travel.state.gov for information on passport renewal in the United States. Note: All other countries in the European Schengen Zone require at least three months validity past the planned departure, but some also require at least six months validity upon entry.

You can check the status of your application at check the status of a filed immigrant petition at the USCIS website. This website and accompanying call center services cannot provide status on the filed petition at USCIS. You can contact the National Visa Center via e-mail at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html. Be sure to include your case number(s) and the applicant’s full given name and surname in your message.