Visa-Free Countries for French citizens (2026)
A French passport enters 125 countries visa-free, gets a visa on arrival in 21 more, and an eTA in 7 — 153 of 198 destinations you can reach without arranging a visa before you go. That ranks the French passport 36 of 199 worldwide. 33 need an e-visa applied for online, and 12 need a consular visa. As of 20 July 2026.
- 125
- VISA-FREE
- 7
- ETA
- 21
- VISA ON ARRIVAL
- 33
- E-VISA
- 12
- VISA REQUIRED
#36of 199 passports by no-prior-visa access — see the full ranking →
Counts are for a standard tourist passport, from our open visa-matrix dataset, which cross-checks Wikipedia against a second source and records every disagreement rather than picking one silently. This is a starting point, not legal advice — a rule can change between snapshots, so confirm the current requirement with the destination's official source before you book. Rows marked ⚑ disputed are corridors where our two sources disagree; treat those as "verify first".
Visa-free 125
Walk up to the border with just your passport. No form, no fee, no advance step.
- Albania90d
- Andorra90d
- Angola30d
- Antigua and Barbuda180d
- Argentina90d
- Armenia180d
- Austria
- Bahamas90d
- Barbados90d
- Belarus10d
- Belgium
- Belize30d
- Bolivia90d
- Bosnia and Herzegovina90d
- Botswana90d
- Brazil90d
- Brunei90d
- Bulgaria
- Chile90d
- China30d
- Colombia90d
- Costa Rica90d
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominica180d
- Dominican Republic30d
- East Timor90d
- Ecuador90d
- El Salvador180d
- Estonia
- Eswatini30d
- Fiji120d
- Finland
- Gambia90d
- Georgia365d
- Germany
- Greece
- Grenada90d
- Guatemala90d
- Guyana90d
- Haiti90d
- Honduras90d
- Hong Kong90d
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iran⚑
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica30d
- Japan90d
- Kazakhstan30d
- Kiribati90d
- Kosovo90d
- Kyrgyzstan60d
- Latvia
- Lesotho14d
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao90d
- Macedonia90d
- Malaysia90d
- Malta
- Marshall Islands90d
- Mauritius180d
- Mexico180d
- Micronesia90d
- Moldova90d
- Monaco90d
- Mongolia30d
- Montenegro90d
- Morocco90d
- Mozambique30d
- Netherlands90d
- Nicaragua90d
- Norway
- Oman14d⚑
- Palau90d
- Palestine
- Panama90d
- Paraguay90d
- Peru90d
- Philippines30d
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar90d⚑
- Romania
- Rwanda30d
- Saint Lucia90d
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90d
- Samoa90d
- San Marino90d
- Sao Tome and Principe15d
- Senegal90d
- Serbia90d
- Seychelles90d
- Singapore90d
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands90d
- South Africa90d
- Spain
- Sri Lanka30d⚑
- Suriname90d
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan90d
- Tajikistan30d
- Thailand60d
- Tonga90d
- Trinidad and Tobago90d
- Tunisia90d
- Turkey90d
- Tuvalu90d
- Ukraine90d
- United Arab Emirates90d
- Uruguay90d
- Uzbekistan30d
- Vanuatu90d
- Vatican1d
- Venezuela90d
- Vietnam30d
- Zambia90d
Electronic authorisation (eTA) 7
Visa-free in practice, but you must register an eTA online before you fly. Minutes, not weeks.
- Canada180d
- Israel90d
- Kenya90d
- Papua New Guinea
- Saint Kitts and Nevis90d
- South Korea90d
- United Kingdom180d
Visa on arrival 21
Nothing to arrange in advance — the visa is issued at the border, usually for a fee.
- Bahrain14d
- Bangladesh30d
- Burundi30d
- Comoros45d
- Egypt30d
- Ethiopia90d
- Guinea-Bissau90d
- Indonesia30d
- Jordan30d
- Kuwait90d
- Laos30d
- Lebanon30d
- Madagascar60d
- Malawi30d⚑
- Maldives30d
- Namibia90d
- Nepal90d
- Saudi Arabia90d
- Sierra Leone30d
- Tanzania90d
- Zimbabwe30d
E-visa (apply online first) 33
You must apply and be approved online before departure. Not a border formality.
- Afghanistan⚑
- Australia90d⚑
- Azerbaijan30d
- Benin90d
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso30d
- Burma28d
- Cabo Verde30d⚑
- Cambodia30d⚑
- Cameroon
- Chad90d
- Cuba90d
- Djibouti90d⚑
- DR Congo7d
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon90d
- Ghana⚑
- Guinea90d
- India30d
- Iraq60d
- Ivory Coast90d⚑
- Libya
- Mauritania30d
- New Zealand90d⚑
- Nigeria90d
- Pakistan90d
- Russia30d
- Somalia30d
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Togo15d
- Uganda90d
- United States90d⚑
Visa required 12
A consular visa is needed before travel — start early.
- Algeria
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Eritrea
- Liberia
- Mali
- Nauru
- Niger
- North Korea
- Sudan
- Turkmenistan
- Yemen
People also ask
How many countries can French citizens visit visa-free?
125 destinations, with no form and no fee — you arrive and the passport is stamped at the border. Add the 21 that issue a visa on arrival and the 7 that need only an eTA registered online, and 153 of 198 destinations need no visa arranged before you fly. As of 20 July 2026.
How strong is the French passport?
It ranks 36 of 199 passports by no-prior-visa access, reaching 153 of 198 destinations without arranging a visa first. That figure counts visa-free and freedom-of-movement entry plus eTA and visa on arrival. As of 20 July 2026.
Which countries require a visa for French citizens?
12 destinations need a consular visa applied for before travel, and 33 more need an e-visa approved online first. Both groups are listed in full above. The dataset records the requirement itself, not the fee or the processing time — confirm those with the destination's own authority. As of 20 July 2026.
What is the difference between an eTA and an e-visa for French citizens?
An eTA is a registration; an e-visa is an application. A French passport needs an eTA for 7 destinations — minutes online, then you fly — and a full e-visa for 33, which must be approved before departure. Neither one is issued at the border, so both have to be done before you travel.
How current is this visa-free list for French citizens?
It is a dated snapshot, checked 20 July 2026, built by cross-checking two sources and recording every disagreement rather than picking one silently. 14 of this passport's 198 corridors are marked disputed. Entry rules change between snapshots, so confirm with the destination's official source before booking.