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Retrieve the documents sent to the OFPRA

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During your asylum application, you must send the Ofpra legible and complete copies of your identity, civil status (birth certificate, marriage certificate) and travel (passport) documents from your country of origin, if you have any.

You cannot retrieve copies of these documents after the Ofpra decision.

If your asylum application is accepted, you will be granted refugee status, stateless status, or subsidiary protection. The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) will then be responsible for your protection and will issue your civil status documents. You will be prohibited from using your passport and returning to your country of origin.

Since March 1, 2026, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) no longer accepts original identity, civil status, and travel documents from your country of origin. You should not send originals to OFPRA, only copies throughout the entire process.

If your documents were kept before March 1, 2026, you can request to retrieve your original documents in two situations:

  • If you obtain French nationality: France becomes responsible for your civil status documents
  • If you renounce the protection of France and your refugee status: your country of origin becomes responsible for your civil status documents.

> Also read: the Refugees.info fact sheets " Applying for French nationality " and " Giving up refugee status "

How to do it?

You need to send an email to comacces@ofpra.gouv.fr to ask the Ofpra to return the documents you gave at the beginning of the asylum application.

You must include your Ofpra file number in your email. It is a 9-digit number, in the format XX-XX-XXXXX, printed in the top left corner of every letter sent by Ofpra.

Here is an example of the text for your email:

Subject: Retrieve [document name] from folder #XX-XX-XXXXX [folder number]

Madam, Sir,
I am requesting you to retrieve [the name of the document] from file no. XX-XX-XXXXX [file number] because [reason for your request].
Awaiting your reply, please accept, Madam/Sir, the expression of my distinguished greetings.

It is advisable to keep a copy of the email.

What happens next?

You can contact Ofpra by phone at 01 58 68 10 10 (Monday to Friday, from 9am to 12:30pm).

Take your Ofpra file number and all the letters you have received to explain your situation.

No information on the progress of an ongoing case is given over the phone.

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