France · Passport Index 2026
France · Passport Index 2026French passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #4 in the world, with 157 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- 30 Freedom of movement
- 96 Visa not required
- 23 Visa on arrival
- 8 eTA required
- 30 eVisa
- 11 Visa required
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Visa-free countries for French passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the French passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the French passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe44 of 45 countries
- Americas34 of 35 countries
- Oceania13 of 14 countries
- Asia38 of 50 countries
- Africa28 of 54 countries
All 198 destinations for French passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia365 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia60 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa14 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa180 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia14 days
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa15 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe1 day
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- VietnamVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia45 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- AustriaFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- BelgiumFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- BulgariaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- CroatiaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- CyprusFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- DenmarkFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- EstoniaFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- FinlandFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- GermanyFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- GreeceFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- HungaryFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- IcelandFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- IrelandFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- ItalyFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- LatviaFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- LiechtensteinFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- LithuaniaFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- MaltaFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- NetherlandsFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- NorwayFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- PolandFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- PortugalFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- RomaniaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- SlovakiaFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- SloveniaFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- SpainFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- SwedenFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa on arrivalMelanesia60 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- AustraliaeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- New ZealandeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- South KoreaeTA requiredEastern Asia90 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- United StateseTA requiredNorth America
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BenineVisaWestern Africa90 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia60 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Questions
How many countries can French passport holders visit without a visa?
126 countries need no visa at all, and 31 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the France passport rank?
#7 of 199 passports, with 155 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can French passport holders visit visa-free?
China, Brazil, Mexico, Japan Philippines, and 121 more.
Where can French passport holders get a visa at the airport?
23 countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia Egypt, and 19 more.
Which countries let French passport holders apply online?
38 countries, including India, United States, Pakistan Nigeria, and 34 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for French passport holders?
11, including Sudan, Algeria, Yemen Niger, and 7 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can French passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: eta needed; United Kingdom: eta needed; Canada: no visa needed; Australia: eta needed; Japan: no visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for French passport holders?
Europe: 98% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can French passport holders visit easily?
Monaco, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein Luxembourg, and 2 more.
Does the France passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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