France citizenship: required documents
The documents you'll gather for France citizenship by descent, by route and by ancestor. Your exact list is generated from your lineage in the wizard.
Certificat de Nationalité Française (CNF)
Assemble the unbroken filiation chain + possession-d'état evidence and apply for a CNF.
You
- •Your birth certificate
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Your ancestor's birth certificate
- •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
- •Marriage / birth records linking each generation
See if you qualify for France citizenship
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