The Laissez-passer

The laissez-passer is an official document issued by the French consulate to French travellers when their ID card or passport has been stolen or lost and who have to go back to France soon after.
This document can only be used once to go back to France. This is a temporary document.

The document can only be delivered the day before the applicant will be travelling (or during the last day of the week if before a week-end or a bank holiday).