You need these documents to make your request:

• your valid residence permit
• proof of address less than 6 months old (telephone, internet or electricity bills, rent receipt) OR a declaration of domicile
• passport photo compliant with standards , with e-photo code
  > Read the Réfugiés.info fact sheet : "Taking and using an e-photo"

If the travel document concerns a minor child, other documents are requested, for example:

• A document certifying the minor's parentage
• A document proving parental authority (extract from marriage certificate, or divorce judgment, or court decision ruling on parental authority, or separation order, or copy of the court decision delegating parental authority, etc.)
• Identity photo compliant with standards with e-photo code
• Proof of address or a declaration of domicile less than 6 months old in the name of the minor
• Any document or element proving that the minor is placed under the protection of OFPRA (if applicable)

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

On the day you collect your travel document from the prefecture, you must prove that you have paid a tax stamp (with proof of payment of the stamp duty):

• €40 if you have a multi-year residence permit (4 years)
• €45 if you have a resident card (10 years)
• €15 if you are a foreigner not benefiting from international protection

You can buy it on the website timbres.impots.gouv.fr or at a tobacconist's.

> Read: the Réfugiés.info fact sheet "Buy a tax stamp"

Requests by mail, email or directly to the prefecture are no longer accepted. You must apply for or renew the travel document on the Étrangers en France (ANEF) website:

http://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/

• Click on “I request a travel document”
• Check the box “A travel document for foreigners benefiting from international protection (TVE)” and click on “I continue”
• Check the “Myself” box and click “I continue”.

You must then log in to your Étrangers en France (ANEF) account .

If you've never done so, create your account.
> See the Réfugiés.info file “ Create a personal account on Étrangers en France (ANEF) ”.

At the end of the request, a deposit confirmation will be sent by email and available on your personal account.

After making the request on the site, you can connect to your Foreigners in France (ANEF) account to find out how your file is progressing.

You will receive a text message and an email when your travel document is ready at the prefecture. You must come with the tax stamp.

The foreign travel document (TVE) allows you to travel outside France and indicates the country or countries from which you are prohibited.

• The first page of the travel document states "document issued for all countries except"; this means that it is prohibited to travel to that country with this travel document. Generally, this is only the country of origin, but in some cases, other countries may be included.
• You can travel to Schengen countries without a visa.
• You can travel to most other foreign countries with a visa. To find out if you need a visa, check the country information sheet in the "Travel Advice" section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

You can renew your travel document by making a new application (step 3).

You will receive a text message and an email when your travel document is ready at the prefecture. You must bring your tax stamp and your old expired travel document (you must return your old document to receive the new one) .

To travel with a child under 18, you must apply for an identity and travel document (TIV) on the Foreigners in France (ANEF) website :

• Click on "I request a travel document"
• Check the box "A travel document for a foreign national benefiting from international protection (TVE)" and click on "I continue"
• Check the box "A minor child", then your situation and click on "I continue".

You will receive a text message and an email when your child's travel document is ready at the prefecture. You must bring the tax stamp and be accompanied by the child in question.

If you move, you do not have to change the address on your travel document.

But you must update your address on your Foreigners in France (ANEF) account .

You can then request a travel document with the new address.

> Read: the Réfugiés.info sheet: “ Declare a change of situation on Foreigners in France (ANEF) ”