The average time to obtain an identity document had reached 90 days in the spring. It fell back to 50 days in October, but remains far from the government’s target of 30 days.
It is a tool to know for castaways of identity documents. A new platform was launched at the end of November by the government to facilitate appointment scheduling for passport and/or identity card applications.
Accessible from the rendezvouspasseport.ants.gouv.fr website, this platform was developed by the National Agency for Secure Documents (ANTS). To find a slot near you, you must enter your search period (until the next three months), your reason for meeting, the number of people concerned and its location, as well as the search radius around your location. her (20, 40 or 60 km).
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After clicking the button “Research», the platform displays all the appointments available according to the specified conditions. Once the slot has been chosen, it refers to the website of the town hall of the town of the appointment, on which the appointment must be finalized.
Explosion of renewals in 2023
Note that it is possible to apply for a passport or CNI in any town hall, not necessarily in that of your place of residence. The administration strongly recommends making your pre-application online, as this allows “considerably speed up the time it takes to collect your file at the town hall“.
Faced with greatly lengthening deadlines, a private platform, Quickly my passport, had already been launched last May to more easily find a slot for a passport or identity card application. In the spring, the average time to obtain an identity document had reached 90 days – against a target of 30 days. It fell to 50 days in October, after the government launched an “emergency plan” in May.
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One “new contingency plan“, endowed with an envelope of 20 million euros for 2023, was announced last month by the Minister Delegate for Local Authorities, Caroline Cayeux, before her departure from the government. A plan intended to reduce the time required for obtaining them to 30 days on average, even though renewal requests are expected to explode in 2023. According to figures from the ministry, 14 million French people are expected to redo their identity papers next year, against 9 million in 2022.