France: Entry Requirements

Passport and Visa Requirements

Passport and Visa Service: French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
French embassies and consulates abroad

Check IATA Travel Website for visa requirements and health advices.

How to Refund Consumption Tax: When you go through Customs, present your VAT refund documents. You should ask the shopkeeper for them directly when you make your purchase. For the most up-to-date information, consult the pages of the European Commission Taxation and Customs Union website.
Other Requirements: At the European level, transporting cash in hand baggage on airplanes is subject to regulations. For further information, click here.

Obligatory Vaccination and Other Recommendations: Travellers can consult the World Health Organization's guidance on COVID-19 vaccination before departure. The updated information on all health entry requirements as well as on routine and recommended vaccines for France are provided on the dedicated pages on TravelHealthPro and CDC websites.
TravelHealthPro advises that all travellers should be up to date with tetanus vaccination, and that vaccination against rabies and against tick-borne encephalitis may be advised for some travellers depending on their activities. Tick-borne encephalitis risk areas include the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin and the area near Nancy, with cases also reported near Faverges and Grenoble and in the department of Gironde.
For further information: Ministry of Solidarity and Health
Travel Health Advice: The Canadian government up-to-date travel health advice, including routine and recommended vaccines while travelling abroad can be verified at Official Global Travel Advisories website (Government of Canada’s official source of destination-specific travel information).

For further information: Travel Advisory of the U.S. State Department
Official Global Travel Advisories (Government of Canada)

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