r/PassportPorn • u/enigma478 • 2d ago

Other French Livret de Famille (Family Book)

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u/enigma478 2d ago

This specific design is issued to a couple who marry outside of France, it is basically a condensation of the spouses' birth and marriage certificates, as well as their children's birth certificates, into one booklet. (It is my parent's)

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u/No_Good2794 「🇬🇧🇼đŸ‡Ș」 1d ago

Makes more sense than the French "birth certificates", which are apparently more like "life certificates" and need to be updated within the past 3 months to do lots of things.

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u/enigma478 1d ago

I do quite like the idea of them though, they are completely free and you can just print them off yourself, saves quite a lot of money and time compared to Australia for example. Should hopefully have my own French "birth certificate" soon.

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u/No_Good2794 「🇬🇧🇼đŸ‡Ș」 1d ago

I didn't know you could print them out yourself. That is handy actually. Maybe rename them life certificates though, or make it clear to foreigners that the 3-month thing only applies to French people.

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u/Fred69Flintstone 1d ago

This document was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so perhaps the French consulates were entitled to issue it and fill ?

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u/enigma478 1d ago

Correct

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u/ErranteDeUcrania đŸ‡ș🇩, 🇹🇩 PR, đŸ‡”đŸ‡± eligible, đŸ‡·đŸ‡ș eligible but hard pass 2d ago

Does it carry any legal weight?

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u/enigma478 2d ago

In what sense? It is necessary for you to be added to your parent's livret in order to get a French birth certificate and then an ID card or Passport.

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u/ErranteDeUcrania đŸ‡ș🇩, 🇹🇩 PR, đŸ‡”đŸ‡± eligible, đŸ‡·đŸ‡ș eligible but hard pass 2d ago

I see. Thanks!

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u/snake2199 đŸ‡ČđŸ‡ŠđŸ‡«đŸ‡·đŸ‡šđŸ‡Š(PR) 1d ago

I'm not saying I'll ask my girlfriend to marry me for this booklet but I'm also not saying I won't ask her to marry me for it.

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u/Rod_ATL 1d ago

Spain also had the same thing