Embassy of the United States

Passports

Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Passports

The American Citizen Services Unit in Paris can replace lost, stolen or mutilated passports upon verification of your identity, and your citizenship, with a valid passport. An emergency, limited validity passport may be issued for immediate travel the day you apply (please bring proof of travel: airline ticket or electronic ticket if your departure is imminent); or if you will not be traveling within two weeks you will be issued a full-validity passport (processing period approximately 2 weeks).

Form DS-11 and form DS-0064. Please type or print legibly in black ink when completing all sections of this application. Please print out and submit only one-sided pages of the application.

Note that the online version of the application form includes instructions on the backside written for use in the U.S., which do not apply to your application in France.

Please follow specific instructions provided below:

In order to obtain a replacement passport, ALL applicants, including children, MUST appear in person at the Passport Office located at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy with the following items:

• A police report substantiating loss or theft;
• All available identification such as: birth certificate, driver's license, photocopy of the missing passport, or expired U.S. passport;
• If you have no current identification with you, you should bring along an American friend or relative with his or her passport to vouch for you.
• Two (2) identical, recent color photographs taken full face, with a white background, measuring 5 cm by 5 cm (2 in x 2 in). All French photo booth photographs are not acceptable. Please ask the photographer for photos for a U.S. passport otherwise you may be given the wrong format. There are photographers located close to the Embassy.
• If your departure is not imminent, all new full validity passport(s) will be returned by mail using a Chronopost envelope tracking system. For imminent departures, limited-validity passports will be issued immediately.
  
  When submitting your application with your color photos, payment and, if applicable, other required documents, please include a self-addressed Chronopost envelope available at all French post offices (one Chronopost envelope may contain several passports – maximum 8).

The Chronopost envelope tracking system guarantees a faster and more secure service for the return of your passport(s).

Once we have received the complete passport application, it takes approximately two weeks for you to receive your new passport.

All applications for children under 16 require both parents' or legal guardians' consent. When applying for a child under age 16, the parent (or legal guardian) who is not accompanying the child must sign the application form DS-11 and submit a legible photocopy of his/her signed passport whether he/she is a U.S. citizen or not. Non-U.S. citizens may submit a legible photocopy of a signed passport or a signed national photo identification card.

Important note: As of Feb. 1, 2008, the two-parent signature requirement will be extended to all children under the age of 16.

If the non-applying parent is unable to sign the application form DS 11, he/she MUST submit a notarized statement of consent authorizing the parent accompanying the child to make the passport renewal application for his/her child on his/her behalf. Please click here to download this Statement of Consent: Issuance of a Passport to a Minors under 16. See information concerning notarial services for this document. No fee will be charged if the statement of consent is notarized at a U.S. Consulate or American Presence Post in France. You must also submit an original or legible photocopy of the child's birth certificate.

• Please remember to bring your, or your child's, social security number.

The fees for a replacement passport for an adult (over 16) are $100, or the euro equivalent for adults, and $85, or the euro equivalent for children, payable by credit card, travelers checks or cash in U.S. dollars and euros only. Personal checks are not accepted. Exact change is preferable if paying in cash.

If you live or are traveling in the south of France you may apply for this service at the U.S. Consulate General in Marseille. Please contact this office for further information.

Marseille (U.S. Consulate General)
Place Varian Fry
13086 Marseille
Tel: 04 91 54 92 00
Fax: 04 91 55 09 47
Email: citizeninfomarseille@state.gov

When traveling, please remember to carry a photocopy of your passport separately from your passport. In the event of loss or theft, the copy will facilitate issuance of an emergency passport.

Security at Embassy

For security reasons, do not bring luggage--including large backpacks--laptop computers, or large cameras.   Security guards will hold small tourist cameras and cell phones until your departure, but there is no storage available for luggage, large backpacks, laptop computers, or large cameras—please do not bring them to the Embassy.

U.S. Embassy
Consular Section
American Citizen Services
Passport Unit
4, avenue Gabriel
75382 Paris Cedex 08