French identity card

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I have been informed by DD1's school that she will need une carte nationale d'identité to sit her Brevet next year. Been to the marie and got the forms and picked one up for me too. But not sure if we can have them.

DD1 has a British passport and was not born in France,(or the uk for that matter) but in is a country that is now within the European Union and neither of her parents are French. Looking at the the form it looks like she has to have French nationality to have this identity card which she does not have.

I told them at the mairie it was a first demand but we were not French but she said this was not a problem. But looking at the form we can't tick any boxes as French nationals - except autre motif.

Has anyone got an identity card without a parent or marriage connection to France? Be good to hear before I fill out the forms, collect and photocopy all the paperwork and get photos done etc.
Also there must be loads of children who sit the Brevet and who aren't French national so what does everyone do?

I think she just need an ID.
There must have been a miscommunication/mistranslation somewhere.
Does she have a passport?

If neither of you is french and she wasn't born in france I don't think she can have a carte d'identite. Neither can you, you can have a carte de sejour as an immigrant but it is not applicable to someone from the EU

Yes I, have just checked on the list of what is needed to pass the brevet (or any exam) in France and you need an ID, any ID (carte d'identite, carte de sejour, passport, driving licence...)

If she has already a british passport, you are done, if not, start the procedure to get one (it is longer when you live abroad it is already not that fast in the UK!)

Well thanks for looking. What site by the way? I said she had a British passport but she insisted she needed a French identity card and because she has lived in France for 10 years she has the right to one.

hmm her passport runs out next year too so had better get the ball rolling for a new one.

Could be her Prof principal is not up to date on non french children sitting the Brevet so hence her insistence.
Thanks!

By the way I only thought to get an identity card for me because I am always worried i will loose my passport and it is so expensive and long to replace.

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"Le journal de l'etudian" advise the same, it even says that children who forget their ID on the day, are allowed to be identified by an adult who certify to know them.

I checked the requirement to get one and if you don't have french nationality you really can't unless you asked for a "certificat de nationalite francaise" which means that you have to asked to be french

Does the HT hates you?

Asked to be French?? No chance there. OK will make a note in the cahier to the teacher that according to the references you mention DD1 doesn't need and actually can't have a french id because she isn't French. Many thanks.

After 10 years your DD could apply for French nationality and then get a card, but it doesn't happen automatically - you'd have to go through the whole rigmarole first!

This is a bit late, but although your DD does have the right to apply for French citizenship on residency, from what I understood that citizenship would be granted only once she reaches the age of 18. So not really helpful.

If they are insisting on French ID I think EU citizens can request that they are issued with a carte de séjour, it just isn't obligatory for them as it is for non EU citizens. Still a lot of faff at the Mairie though.

DD used her British passport when she sat her Brevet 3 years ago. The really funny thing was that when the form came home for us to sign, the form was filled in as:

Place of birth - Macclesfield, Cheshire
Nationalité - française

The teachers had commented on the fact that she was the only anglophone not to have an accent in French, but we thought that changing her nationality was just a little OTT