Naturalisation: divorce or bereavement documents (naturalisation française)

If you are divorced or widowed, you must provide supporting documents for your French naturalisation application. You can use an online tool to get a personalised list of documents to prepare. Depending on your situation, you may also be asked for other documents.

Steps

1. Use the online tool to get your personalised document list.
2. Provide civil-status records as original, full copies in the language of your country of origin.
3. For other documents, you can provide copies, but you must be able to show the originals if needed.
4. Include the original French translation of each foreign-language document, made by an approved translator or one authorised to work with judicial or administrative authorities in another European country. If you are abroad, ask the French embassy or consulate for the list of approved translators.
5. If you are an adult, you do not need a translation of a multilingual birth certificate (acte de naissance) extract or marriage certificate extract that includes French. For certain documents issued by an EU country, you can attach a multilingual form to avoid translation; consult e-justice for details.
6. Some foreign documents need legalisation or an apostille. Ask the French embassy or consulate in the country concerned about legalisation, and that country’s embassy or consulate about an apostille.

Documents to bring

You are divorced

You have ended your Pacs

You are widowed

Key facts

• Your French civil-status records must have been issued less than 3 months ago.
• If necessary, your copy of a foreign record must include a copy of the decision under which it was drawn up, corrected or amended.