Visa requirements for French citizens

[1] Visa requirements for French citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

[278] Countries requiring passports to be validity at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra – 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah – on arrival), Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen.

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Honduras, Moldova, Nauru, North Macedonia, Panama, Qatar and Senegal Countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macao, Maldives, New Zealand, South Africa.

[281] Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[282] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.

[283] Kuwait,[284] Lebanon,[285] Libya,[286] and Yemen[287] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

[288] Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[289][290] Argentina,[291] Brunei, Cambodia,[292] China,[293] Ethiopia,[294] Ghana, Guinea,[295] India, Japan,[296][297] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[298] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[299] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[300] Singapore, South Korea,[301] Taiwan, Thailand,[302] Uganda,[303] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

[309][310] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.

2 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.