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French Phrases for Passport Control & Customs — Passport control

9 phrases to learn2 key words6 useful expressions

Heading to France for passport control & customs? These French phrases for Passport control cover what you are likely to hear or need to say. Each line pairs French with a clear English meaning.

This is a preview of a lesson from the French for Travel course in Vocabilis.

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What you’ll learn

In this lesson you’ll learn how to:

  • provide your passport
  • your passport, please
  • do you have a visa
  • take off your glasses, please
  • look at the camera, please
  • here is my passport

Essential phrases

  • Votre passeport, s'il vous plaît.Your passport, please.
  • Vous avez un visa ?Do you have a visa?
  • Enlevez vos lunettes, s'il vous plaît.Take off your glasses, please.
  • Regardez la caméra, s'il vous plaît.Look at the camera, please.
  • Voici mon passeport.Here is my passport.
  • Voici mon visa.Here is my visa.
  • Je n'ai pas besoin de visa.I don't need a visa.
  • Où est le contrôle des passeports ?Where is passport control?
  • Combien de temps pour le contrôle ?How long does passport control take?

Useful words

  • visa — Visa
  • passeport — Passport

Useful expressions

  • s'il vous plaît — Please
  • combien de temps — How long … ?
  • le contrôle des passeports — Passport control
  • où est — Where is … ?
  • voici mon visa — Here is
  • vous avez — You have

Practice in Vocabilis

Learn these phrases with audio, spaced repetition, and review tracking in Vocabilis.

Practice in Vocabilis