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Visa requirements for French citizens in 2026

Where a French passport can take you — 148 of 193 destinations need no visa arranged in advance. Pick a destination for its full entry rules, fees and documents.

Visa Not Required
124
Visa On Arrival
24
Electronic Travel Authorization
0
E-Visa
42
Embassy Visa
16
Fiji — Visa Not RequiredTanzania, United Republic of — Visa On ArrivalWestern SaharaCanada — Visa Not RequiredUnited StatesKazakhstan — Visa Not RequiredUzbekistan — Visa Not RequiredPapua New Guinea — E-VisaIndonesia — Visa On ArrivalArgentina — Visa Not RequiredChile — Visa Not RequiredCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — E-VisaSomalia — Visa On ArrivalKenya — E-VisaSudan — Embassy VisaChad — Embassy VisaHaiti — Visa Not RequiredDominican Republic — Visa Not RequiredRussian Federation — E-VisaBahamas — Visa Not RequiredFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Visa Not RequiredGreenlandFrench Southern TerritoriesTimor-Leste — Visa Not RequiredSouth Africa — Visa Not RequiredLesotho — Visa Not RequiredMexico — Visa Not RequiredUruguay — Visa Not RequiredBrazil — Visa Not RequiredBolivia, Plurinational State of — Visa Not RequiredPeru — Visa Not RequiredColombia — Visa Not RequiredPanama — Visa Not RequiredCosta Rica — Visa Not RequiredNicaragua — Visa Not RequiredHonduras — Visa Not RequiredEl Salvador — Visa Not RequiredGuatemala — Visa Not RequiredBelize — Visa Not RequiredVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Visa Not RequiredGuyana — Visa Not RequiredSuriname — Visa Not RequiredFranceEcuador — Visa Not RequiredPuerto RicoJamaica — Visa Not RequiredCuba — E-VisaZimbabwe — Visa On ArrivalBotswana — Visa Not RequiredNamibia — Visa Not RequiredSenegal — Visa Not RequiredMali — Embassy VisaMauritania — Visa On ArrivalBenin — E-VisaNiger — Embassy VisaNigeria — E-VisaCameroon — E-VisaTogo — E-VisaGhana — Embassy VisaCôte d'Ivoire — E-VisaGuinea — E-VisaGuinea-Bissau — Visa On ArrivalLiberia — Embassy VisaSierra Leone — Visa On ArrivalBurkina Faso — Visa On ArrivalCentral African Republic — Embassy VisaCongo — Embassy VisaGabon — E-VisaEquatorial Guinea — E-VisaZambia — Visa Not RequiredMalawi — Visa Not RequiredMozambique — Visa Not RequiredEswatini — Visa Not RequiredAngola — Visa Not RequiredBurundi — Visa On ArrivalIsrael — Visa Not RequiredLebanon — Visa On ArrivalMadagascar — Visa On ArrivalPalestine, State ofGambia — Visa Not RequiredTunisia — Visa Not RequiredAlgeria — Embassy VisaJordan — Visa On ArrivalUnited Arab Emirates — Visa Not RequiredQatar — Visa Not RequiredKuwait — Visa On ArrivalIraq — Visa On ArrivalOman — Visa Not RequiredVanuatu — Visa Not RequiredCambodia — E-VisaThailand — Visa Not RequiredLao People's Democratic Republic — Visa On ArrivalMyanmar — E-VisaViet Nam — Visa Not RequiredKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — Embassy VisaKorea, Republic of — E-VisaMongolia — Visa Not RequiredIndia — E-VisaBangladesh — Visa On ArrivalBhutan — E-VisaNepal — Visa On ArrivalPakistan — E-VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — Visa Not RequiredKyrgyzstan — Visa Not RequiredTurkmenistan — Embassy VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — E-VisaSyrian Arab Republic — Embassy VisaArmenia — Visa Not RequiredSweden — Visa Not RequiredBelarus — Visa Not RequiredUkraine — Visa Not RequiredPoland — Visa Not RequiredAustria — Visa Not RequiredHungary — Visa Not RequiredMoldova, Republic of — Visa Not RequiredRomania — Visa Not RequiredLithuania — Visa Not RequiredLatvia — Visa Not RequiredEstonia — Visa Not RequiredGermany — Visa Not RequiredBulgaria — Visa Not RequiredGreece — Visa Not RequiredTürkiye — Visa Not RequiredAlbania — Visa Not RequiredCroatia — Visa Not RequiredSwitzerland — Visa Not RequiredLuxembourg — Visa Not RequiredBelgium — Visa Not RequiredNetherlands — Visa Not RequiredPortugal — Visa Not RequiredSpain — Visa Not RequiredIreland — Visa Not RequiredNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Visa Not RequiredNew ZealandAustralia — E-VisaSri Lanka — Visa On ArrivalChina — Visa Not RequiredTaiwan, Province of ChinaItaly — Visa Not RequiredDenmark — Visa Not RequiredUnited Kingdom — Visa Not RequiredIceland — Visa Not RequiredAzerbaijan — E-VisaGeorgia — Visa Not RequiredPhilippines — Visa Not RequiredMalaysia — Visa Not RequiredBrunei Darussalam — Visa Not RequiredSlovenia — Visa Not RequiredFinland — Visa Not RequiredSlovakia — Visa Not RequiredCzechia — Visa Not RequiredEritrea — Embassy VisaJapan — Visa Not RequiredParaguay — Visa Not RequiredYemen — Embassy VisaSaudi Arabia — Visa On ArrivalCyprus — Visa Not RequiredMorocco — Visa Not RequiredEgypt — Visa On ArrivalLibya — E-VisaEthiopia — Visa On ArrivalDjibouti — E-VisaUganda — E-VisaRwanda — Visa Not RequiredBosnia and Herzegovina — Visa Not RequiredNorth Macedonia — Visa Not RequiredSerbia — Visa Not RequiredMontenegro — Visa Not RequiredTrinidad and Tobago — Visa Not RequiredSouth Sudan — E-Visa
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Visa Not Required 124
Albania
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Eswatini
Fiji
Finland
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
Nicaragua
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Palau
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Tuvalu
Türkiye
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Zambia
Visa On Arrival 24
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Comoros
Egypt
Ethiopia
Guinea-Bissau
Indonesia
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Madagascar
Maldives
Mauritania
Nepal
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Tanzania, United Republic of
Zimbabwe
E-Visa 42
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Cuba
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Guinea
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Jordan
Kenya
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Libya
Myanmar
Nepal
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Tanzania, United Republic of
Togo
Uganda
Embassy Visa 16
Afghanistan
Algeria
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Eritrea
Ghana
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Liberia
Mali
Nauru
Niger
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Turkmenistan
Yemen
Passport strength
148 / 193

destinations reachable visa-free, with a visa on arrival, or with an eTA.

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Official
French Republic
Capital
Paris
Currency
Euro
Language
French
Region
Europe
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