France
Rank 14·Mobility score 153
124Visa Free63%
23Visa on Arrival12%
33eVisa17%
6ETA3%
11Visa Required6%
World reach
Africa85%
Asia96%
Europe100%
Americas100%
Oceania93%
94%
Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories
Visa requirements for French passport holders for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognised countries, and restricted zones.
Europe
Abkhazia
Visa required
Mount Athos
Special permit required [ citation needed ]. Special permit required (25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
Brest and Grodno
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
Northern Cyprus
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. - ID card valid
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus
Access Permit required. - Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. [ citation needed ]
Faroe Islands
Visa not required. - ID card valid.
Gibraltar
Visa not required. - ID card valid [ citation needed ]
Guernsey
Visa not required. - ID card valid for a day trip.
Isle of Man
Visa not required
Jan Mayen
Permit required [ citation needed ]. Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
Jersey
Visa not required. - ID card valid for a day trip
Russia
Special authorization required [ citation needed ]. Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.
South Ossetia
Russian multiple entry visa required [ citation needed ]. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
Transnistria
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. Registration required after 24h.
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory
Canary Islands
Freedom of movement. - ID card valid.
Eritrea outside Asmara
Travel permit required [ citation needed ]. To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
Madeira
Freedom of movement. - ID card valid.
Ascension Island
Saint Helena
Visitor's Pass on arrival [ citation needed ]. Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.
Tristan da Cunha
Permission required [ citation needed ]. Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
Somaliland
Visa on arrival [ citation needed ]
Sudan
Travel permit required [ citation needed ]. All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. [ citation needed ]
Darfur
Travel permit required [ citation needed ]. Separate travel permit is required.
Asia
Hainan
Visa not required. Individual tourists need to select a tour agency and inform them their schedule.
India PAP/RAP
PAP/RAP required [ citation needed ]. Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
Iraqi Kurdistan
Kazakhstan
Special permission required [ citation needed ]. Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.
Kish Island
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.
Sabah and Sarawak
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.
Maldives
Permission required [ citation needed ]. With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.
North Korea outside Pyongyang
Special permit required [ citation needed ]. People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving) [ citation needed ]
Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
OVIR permit required [ citation needed ]. OVIR permit required, can be obtained with e-visa application for an additional $20. Locally it may be obtained for 15+5 Tajikistani Somoni. Another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
Tibet Autonomous Region
TTP required [ citation needed ]. Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
Turkmenistan
Special permit required [ citation needed ]. A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.
Korean Demilitarized Zone
Restricted zone [ citation needed ]
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar
Restricted zone [ citation needed ]. Entrance to Ghajar is possible via Israel with the same Israeli visa policy as listed in the chart above.
Phú Quốc
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
Yemen
Special permission required [ citation needed ]. Special permission needed for travel outside Sanaa or Aden.
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Açores
Freedom of movement. - ID card valid.
Anguilla
Aruba
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
BermudaBonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
British Virgin Islands
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
Cayman Islands
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
San Andrés and Leticia
Tourist Card on arrival [ citation needed ]. Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.
Curacao
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
Greenland
Visa not required
Margarita Island
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. All visitors are fingerprinted.
Montserrat
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. - ID card valid
Puerto Rico
Sint Maarten
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
Oceania
American Samoa
Electronic authorization
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Special authorisation required [ citation needed ]. Special authorisation required.
Cook Islands
Visa not required
Lau Province
Special permission required [ citation needed ]. Special permission required.
Guam
Niue
Visa not required
Northern Mariana Islands
ESTA. Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required. [ citation needed ]
Pitcairn Islands
Visa not required. Landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Special permits required [ citation needed ]. Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
South America
Galápagos
Online pre-registration required [ citation needed ]. Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands
Visa not required. A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Permit required [ citation needed ]. Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours / 1 month for 110 / 160 pounds sterling).
British Antarctic Territory
Special permit required
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Special permits required
Argentine Antarctica
Special permit required
Australian Antarctic Territory
Special permit required
Ross Dependency
Special permit required
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Special permit required
Chilean Antarctic Territory
Special permit required [ citation needed ]
Peter I Island
Special permit required
Queen Maud Land
Special permit required
Visa map
Destinations
Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories
Visa requirements for French passport holders for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognised countries, and restricted zones.
Europe
Abkhazia
Visa required
Mount Athos
Special permit required [ citation needed ]. Special permit required (25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
Brest and Grodno
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
Northern Cyprus
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. - ID card valid
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus
Access Permit required. - Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. [ citation needed ]
Faroe Islands
Visa not required. - ID card valid.
Gibraltar
Visa not required. - ID card valid [ citation needed ]
Guernsey
Visa not required. - ID card valid for a day trip.
Isle of Man
Visa not required
Jan Mayen
Permit required [ citation needed ]. Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
Jersey
Visa not required. - ID card valid for a day trip
Russia
Special authorization required [ citation needed ]. Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.
South Ossetia
Russian multiple entry visa required [ citation needed ]. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
Transnistria
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. Registration required after 24h.
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory
Canary Islands
Freedom of movement. - ID card valid.
Eritrea outside Asmara
Travel permit required [ citation needed ]. To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
Madeira
Freedom of movement. - ID card valid.
Ascension Island
Saint Helena
Visitor's Pass on arrival [ citation needed ]. Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.
Tristan da Cunha
Permission required [ citation needed ]. Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
Somaliland
Visa on arrival [ citation needed ]
Sudan
Travel permit required [ citation needed ]. All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. [ citation needed ]
Darfur
Travel permit required [ citation needed ]. Separate travel permit is required.
Asia
Hainan
Visa not required. Individual tourists need to select a tour agency and inform them their schedule.
India PAP/RAP
PAP/RAP required [ citation needed ]. Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
Iraqi Kurdistan
Kazakhstan
Special permission required [ citation needed ]. Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.
Kish Island
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.
Sabah and Sarawak
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.
Maldives
Permission required [ citation needed ]. With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.
North Korea outside Pyongyang
Special permit required [ citation needed ]. People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving) [ citation needed ]
Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
OVIR permit required [ citation needed ]. OVIR permit required, can be obtained with e-visa application for an additional $20. Locally it may be obtained for 15+5 Tajikistani Somoni. Another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
Tibet Autonomous Region
TTP required [ citation needed ]. Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
Turkmenistan
Special permit required [ citation needed ]. A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.
Korean Demilitarized Zone
Restricted zone [ citation needed ]
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar
Restricted zone [ citation needed ]. Entrance to Ghajar is possible via Israel with the same Israeli visa policy as listed in the chart above.
Phú Quốc
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
Yemen
Special permission required [ citation needed ]. Special permission needed for travel outside Sanaa or Aden.
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Açores
Freedom of movement. - ID card valid.
Anguilla
Aruba
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
British Virgin Islands
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
Cayman Islands
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
San Andrés and Leticia
Tourist Card on arrival [ citation needed ]. Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.
Curacao
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
Greenland
Visa not required
Margarita Island
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. All visitors are fingerprinted.
Montserrat
Visa not required [ citation needed ]. - ID card valid
Puerto Rico
Sint Maarten
Visa not required [ citation needed ]
U.S. Virgin Islands
Oceania
American Samoa
Electronic authorization
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Special authorisation required [ citation needed ]. Special authorisation required.
Cook Islands
Visa not required
Lau Province
Special permission required [ citation needed ]. Special permission required.
Guam
Niue
Visa not required
Northern Mariana Islands
ESTA. Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required. [ citation needed ]
Pitcairn Islands
Visa not required. Landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Special permits required [ citation needed ]. Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
South America
Galápagos
Online pre-registration required [ citation needed ]. Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands
Visa not required. A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Permit required [ citation needed ]. Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours / 1 month for 110 / 160 pounds sterling).
British Antarctic Territory
Special permit required
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Special permits required
Argentine Antarctica
Special permit required
Australian Antarctic Territory
Special permit required
Ross Dependency
Special permit required
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Special permit required
Chilean Antarctic Territory
Special permit required [ citation needed ]
Peter I Island
Special permit required
Queen Maud Land
Special permit required
