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Australian Embassy Paris

To ensure your passport application is complete prior to lodging it at the Embassy, please visit our website on Australian Passport Information Page: www.france.embassy.gov.au

Please allow one application per 15-minute appointment. We may be unable to accommodate extra applications.

Ordinary Passport (37 pages)
Usual Validity: 10 years 

For Concurrent Passports - Please contact the Embassy on consular.paris@dfat.gov.au to get further information prior to lodging the application.

The service cost is actually the passport fee.

Passport - Adult - First adult passport / First concurrent passport

To ensure your passport application is complete prior to lodging it at the Embassy, please visit our website on Australian Passport Information Page: www.france.embassy.gov.au

Please allow one application per 15-minute appointment. We may be unable to accommodate extra applications.

Ordinary Passport (37 pages)
Usual Validity: 10 years 

The service cost is actually the passport fee.

Passport - Adult - Renewing your passport after a name change

Passport - Renewing your passport after a lost or stolen passport

To ensure the passport application is complete (including original birth certificate, citizenship certificate, parental consent, proof of residential address...) prior to lodging it at the Embassy, please visit our website on Australian Passport Information Page: www.france.embassy.gov.au

Please allow one application per 15-minute appointment. We may be unable to accommodate extra applications.

One parent must attend the interview (either Australian or foreign parent)
The child (under the age of 16) is not required to attend the appointment.

Ordinary Passport (37 pages)
Usual Validity: 5 years 

The service cost is actually the passport fee.

Passport - Child under the age of 16 - Renewal - BY MAIL ONLY

Please note an identity certification and a passport certification are different notarial acts. For passport certification, please send your request by post.

The verification of identity is conducted in accordance with the Department of Foreign 
Affairs and Trade policy for verification of identity and making of endorsed copies of 
documents.

Identity Certification - THIS IS NOT A CERTIFIED COPY SERVICE

Please bring your passport (ID) and the original documents to the appointment. 

For a Driving Licence Kit or an Affidavit, please refer to the specific service information listing. 

The service cost is actually the consular service fee.

Witnessing of Signature inc. Statutory Declaration

This service is provided by mail only. 

Legalisation of signatures and/or seals on Australian public documents. 

An Apostille is an official seal which is fixed to the back of the original document.

The apostille will be issued within 48 hours.

The service cost is actually the consular service fee.

Apostilles and authentication - BY MAIL ONLY

The Australian Embassy can witness signatures and endorse photos for drivers' licence renewal forms for all states and territories (For Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria please refer to the other section). 

The Australian Embassy does NOT renew the licences. 

Please contact the relevant road authority of your state or Territory in Australia to obtain the necessary forms for renewing your licence and determine how you will forward the documentation to Australia while residing overseas. 

The service cost is actually the consular service fee. The fee is per one signature.

This can only be performed on Friday mornings between 10 and 11 am.

Driving Licence Renewal for all states except QLD, VIC & NSW

Passport - Adult - Renewal - BY MAIL ONLY

The Certificate of Non-Impediment to Marriage is a document stating that there are no laws prohibiting an Australian citizen marrying in the country of choice. The certificate does not state whether the applicant is, or has been, previously married. The single status document is another document which must be applied for in Australia. The Certificate of Non-Impediment to Marriage is issued in French. 

To ensure your file is complete prior to lodging it at the Embassy, please seek further information on www.france.embassy.gov.au - English - Australians - Consular services for Australians - Marriage in France -

It takes up to 10 working days to obtain the document once the application has been lodged at the Embassy. It can be collected or be sent to your home address which you would have nominated.

The service cost is actually the consular service fee.

Certificate of Non-Impediment to Marriage

FOR URGENT TRAVEL ONLY, following the loss or the theft of your passport.

Getting an emergency passport can take up to 48 hours.

Please provide your full name, date of birth, lost/stolen passport number (if applicable), address, telephone number and email address in the comments section to consular.paris@dfat.gov.au 

Please refer to our website www.france.embassy.gov.au to download the PC8 application form (otherwise you will do it at the Embassy) and bring: two passport photos (we also have a photomaton availbale), the application form, any other ID documents you may hold and your credit card as payment by cash or cheque is no longer possible. 

This travel document will contain only 8 visa pages and the validity will be limited to a period of  seven months.

If travel is via or to a country other than Australia, please contact the respective embassy of that country for entry and visa requirements. The Australian Embassy cannot provide visa information.

The service cost is actually the passport fee.

Emergency Passport - Please read information carefully and provide the requested information

Witnessing signatures on land transfer and mortgage documents.

 Please bring your passport and the original documents to the appointment.

The service cost is actually the consular service fee which is for one signature for one document.

Land transfer/sale/mortgage documents/bank documents

Passport - Children under the age of 16 - First passport

To ensure the passport application is complete (including original birth certificate, citizenship certificate, parental consent, proof of residential address...) prior to lodging it at the Embassy, please visit our website on Australian Passport Information Page: www.france.embassy.gov.au

Please allow one application per 15-minute appointment. We may be unable to accommodate extra applications.

One parent must attend the interview (either Australian or foreign parent)

The child (over the age of 16) must attend the interview in the company of one parent.

Usual Validity: 10 years 

The service cost is actually the passport fee.

Passport - Children aged 16 to 18

This Service is strictly provided only on Fridays between 10.00Am to 11.00AM.

Please bring your passport and documents.

The service cost is actually the consular service fee which is per signature per  document.

Witnessing and swearing of affidavits, oaths or affirmations

The Australian Embassy can witness signatures and endorse photos for drivers' licence on renewal forms from NSW and Queensland and Victoria.

The Australian Embassy does NOT renew the licences. 

Please contact the relevant road authority of your state or Territory in Australia to obtain the necessary forms for renewing your licence and determine how you will forward the documentation to Australia while residing overseas. 

The service cost is actually the consular service fee. The fee is per one signature.

Driving Licence Renewal for NSW, VIC & QLD

To ensure your passport application is complete prior to lodging it at the Embassy, please visit our website on Australian Passport Information Page: www.france.embassy.gov.au

Please allow one application per 15-minute appointment. We may be unable to accommodate extra applications.

Senior over 75 years 
Ordinary Passport 37 pages
Usual Validity: 5 years

The service cost is actually the passport fee.

Passport - Senior Person - BY MAIL ONLY

This service is provided by mail only. 

Please note we cannot issue a certified copy of a scanned document or a copy of a document. It needs to be an original document. 

The service cost is actually the consular service fee and applies to one document.

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