The deadlines for obtaining passports and identity cards have exploded since the health crisis.
But normally, the procedure should not take more than three to four weeks.
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Renew your identity card
To renew your identity card, it is strongly recommended to complete an online pre-application on the website of the National Agency for Secure Documents (ANTS).
You will then have to enter several pieces of information, namely the reason for renewal (loss, theft, expiry date of the card, etc.), your marital status, information on your filiation, your nationality and your address.
Then, to finalize the request, you will have to make an appointment at the town hall.
The average waiting time for this appointment is ten days.
Except since last August, where it is now necessary to count
“24 days because of the traffic jams created by the Covid-19 pandemic”
, reveals Anne-Gaëlle Baudouin, director of the National Agency for Secure Titles (ANTS).
Before going there, you will need to bring a certain number of documents:
your pre-request number and/or the QR Code obtained at the end of your process (to save time, we advise you to print the pre-request summary)
a photo ID less than 6 months old
proof of address less than 6 months old
your current identity card
in the event of theft: the declaration of theft (made at the gendarmerie or at the police station)
in the event of loss: the declaration of loss (can be made when submitting your file)
a tax stamp in the amount of 25 euros (only in the event of loss or theft)
if the identity card has been expired for more than 5 years, lost or stolen: a valid passport or expired for less than 5 years and if you do not have one, a birth certificate of less than 3 months
If you are in possession of all these supporting documents, the meeting should last about fifteen minutes.
At the end of which you will still have to wait on average 15 days before being able to withdraw the title in town hall, the time that the part is manufactured.
Except since last August, where this
"average has also increased to 24 days"
, according to the ANTS.
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Redo your passport
What about the passport?
To renew your passport, same process.
With the difference that before completing your pre-application online on the ANTS website, you will have to buy a tax stamp of 86 euros online or at a tobacconist.
After having filled in the reason for renewal (loss, theft, expiry date of the card, etc.), your marital status, information on your filiation, your nationality and your address, you will add the tax stamp number in order to pay your title.
Then, as for the identity document, you will have to make an appointment at the town hall.
The deadlines are the same and the delays linked to the Covid-19 pandemic as well.
Namely, 10 days in normal times, 24 since last August.
Another element to remember: on site, you will be asked for the same documents.
Normally, after this appointment, you will have to wait an average of 15 days to collect your identity document, while it is produced.
In times of Covid, as for the identity card, you will have to take your troubles patiently on average
"24 days"
according to the ex-prefect.
Note that there are many disparities between prefectures.
Thus, in certain large cities, it will be necessary to wait even longer before obtaining the precious sesame.
Read alsoPassport application or renewal, what you need to know to travel
