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Take a flight in France and Schengen without ID with France Identité

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Since the summer of 2021, to board a domestic flight in France or certain Schengen area countries, it is no longer necessary to present a physical ID card. It is enough to show the France Identité app. However, for international destinations like New York or London, a physical passport is indispensable. The goal is to group all main documents into a single, secure application to facilitate the digitalization of procedures. To date, the app has attracted more than 3.6 million users. What do you think of this technological advance? Have you ever used it to travel?
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    brupala Posted messages 111170 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 454
     

    Hi,

    I think France Identité is more of a burden than anything: even though my ID card is registered there, every time I want to use the app I have to present my real card to it, so it’s an useless gadget. period.

    And there you go, there you go, there you have it ....

    But misery, how annoying the line spacing is !!

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  2. Imajica25
     

    But... France Identité is not recognized, for example, by car rental companies!!! We ran into this in Réunion, where my driving license on France Identité wasn’t valid in the eyes of all the car rental companies we approached!

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25085 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 172
       

      It’s a nitpick; most car rental companies, including in metropolitan France, require, as stated in their Terms and Conditions, an original paper (or now plastic) driving license of which they keep a copy, not easy with an online application...

      Similarly, in case of identity checks outside DOM-TOM within the Schengen area, I’m not sure an officer, say German, would be satisfied with France Identités.

      Not to mention, of course, phone breakdowns, a fairly common issue that leads to travelers in metropolitan France being ticketed for lack of a travel document.

      It’s clear that while France Identités can be handy for proving one’s identity online, it would not be sufficient, and it’s also hard to understand why one would make a principled decision not to put identity documents where they normally belong (in a wallet).

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