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Get your Culture pass

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The Culture Pass is a service and financial aid from the State which allows young people to discover culture.

Each young person receives up to €200 between the ages of 17 and 18 to:

  • go to the cinema, to the museum,
  • buy books, subscribe to a magazine,
  • do internships or workshops (theater, dance, music, drawing, etc.)
  • download music or movies...

There are also free activities to book directly.

To use the Culture Pass, you must have lived in France for more than a year.
It is not mandatory to have French nationality, nor to be enrolled in an educational establishment (high school, training center, etc.).

The money offered on the Culture Pass increases according to age and is cumulative:

  • €50 per year for 17-year-olds
  • €150 per year for 18-year-olds.
- You can apply for the Culture Pass up until the day before your 19th birthday
- And you can use it until the day before your 21st birthday.

How to do it?

On Google Play or the App Store

You can also use a computer or tablet to go to the Culture Pass website .

You must first create your account on the mobile app or on the website here.

All steps are explained here.

If you are enrolled in a public institution that depends on the Ministry of National Education, you can use your ÉduConnect credentials (an online space with your grades and information for your education).
If you don't have your ÉduConnect credentials, your middle school or high school can give them to you.
You can still register without ÉduConnect.

If you do not have French nationality, you must:
1) first create an account on the Culture Pass app or website
2) then make your request on Démarches simplifiées.

You can log in to Simplified Procedures with FranceConnect and use an account you already have (tax or health insurance, for example).
Otherwise, you must also create an account on Démarches Simplifiées, with the same email address as on your Pass Culture account.
Everything is explained here

> Read: the Réfugiés.info fact sheet “ Using FranceConnect to connect to a website ”

Then, depending on your situation, you must scan and send these documents:

  • an identity document: passport, residence permit, etc.
  • a selfie (a photo of you taken with a smartphone or camera) with your identity document in your hand
  • A proof of address in your name.
The DCEM , the receipt for the application for a residence permit or the certificate of extension of instruction, the student visa, travel documents for refugees, copies of birth certificates are not accepted.
The full list of accepted documents is here.

If you are hosted, you must also send:

> Read: the Réfugiés.info sheet " Scan a document "

When your registration is confirmed, the money arrives into your Pass Culture account, and you can:

Book activities

  • cinema tickets
  • tickets for concerts, plays, operas, dance performances
  • entrances to museums and exhibitions
  • places for workshops or training courses...

Buy products

You can only purchase activities and products available on the Culture Pass app or website.
Sports activities, school books, cell phones, computers, speakers, and headphones are not covered by the pass. Conditions are here.
If you're 15 or 16, you can sign up to take advantage of free offers and learn how to use the app, but you have to wait until you're 17 to receive the money.

The main questions about the Culture Pass are here , with general answers.

What happens next?

You can use your Culture Pass for 4 years from the age of 17 (until the day before your 21st birthday).

All the information is here.

An 18-year- old can receive an additional €50 if:
- is a beneficiary of the disabled child education allowance (AEEH)
- is a beneficiary of the allowance for disabled adults (AAH)

Go to this page and follow the steps to see if you find a solution.

You can also contact the Culture Pass customer service by sending an email to support@passculture.app
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