1. To apply for a replacement card, visit your local town hall. If you live in Paris you may go to a police branch of your choice. To those who are living abroad, apply for a National Identity Card at the Embassy or Consulate. Applications must be submitted in person.
2. The application form is available at the counter. Make sure to fill in the form correctly and do not forget to sign the form.
3. Submit the completed form along with all other required documents. Note: You may need to set up an appointment in order to submit your application.
4. Pay the replacement fee.
5. The identity card is not manufactured on site and therefore it can not be issued immediately. The amount of time for an identity card to be issued depends on where and when was the application submitted.

Monitoring your application:

If you have provided your mobile number on the form, you will receive notification via SMS informing you that you may now collect your identity card. Note: This service is not available for applications submitted in Paris or overseas.

Collecting the Identity Card

The card must be collected 3 months after its availability. After this time, the new card will be destroyed.

If you have a passport:

• If it is still valid:
  • The passport: original and photocopy
  • Two (2) identical passport photographs (must meet standards)
  • Proof of address: original and photocopy
  • Declaration of loss: to be completed on or using the form cerfa No. 14011 * 01
• Have a passport but its validity already expired:
  • Your secure passport (electronic or biometric) expired less than 5 years or your Delphine passport expired less than 2 years: original and photocopy
  • If the passport is older: birth certificate issued less than 3 months ago (extract or affiliation with full copy): Original
  • If the birth certificate does not prove the applicant's nationality: an original and photocopy of proof of French nationality
  • Two (2) identical passport photographs (must meet standards)
  • Proof of address: original and photocopy
  • Declaration of loss: to be completed on or using the form cerfa No. 14011 * 01

Do not have a passport:

• Birth certificate obtained not more than 3 months ago (extract or affiliation with full copy): Original
• If the birth certificate does not prove the applicant's nationality: an original and photocopy of proof of French nationality
• Two (2) identical passport photographs (must meet standards)
• Proof of address: original and photocopy
• Declaration of loss: to be completed on or using the form cerfa No. 14011 * 01

Supporting documents must be submitted if you have changed your name and it is not yet reflected on any of your identification documents.

Note: Documents to be submitted will be according to the nature of this second name: name of spouse or name of the other parent.

Prefecture of Guadeloupe
Physical address:
rue Lacav
97100 Basse Terre
Telephone +33 5 90 99 39 00
Website

Mairie de Basse-Terre
Physical address:
Rue Cours-Nolivos
97100 Basse-terre
Telephone: +590 5 90 80 56 56
Fax: +590 5 90 81 78 57
Email: ville.basse-terre[@]wanadoo.fr
Website

Office hours:

• Monday and Tuesday - from 07:30 to 12:00 and from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Wednesday - from 7:30 to 12:30
• Thursday - from 7:30 to 12:00 and 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Friday - from 7:30 to 12:30

If you live abroad: link

• French nationals

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The identity card is not manufactured on site and therefore it can not be issued immediately. The amount of time for an identity card to be issued depends on where and when was the application submitted. For example, processing time for requests submitted before summer vacation may be longer.

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Lost Identity Card: If you have lost your national identity card, you should make a declaration of loss. If you need a new identity card immediately, the declaration can be done simultaneously when you submit your application for replacement.

If you do not need a new ID card immediately:

• The declaration of loss can be made to the police authorities.
• If the card was lost in France: from a police or gendarmerie,
• If the card was lost abroad to the local police authorities and to the consulate of France.

• Applicant's name
• Date and place of birth
• Address
• Mobile phone number (if you want to receive notification via SMS informing you that you may now collect your identity card)
• Full name of parents
• Date and place of birth of parents

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