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FCDO travel advice for France. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 10 April 2026

• Warnings and insurance

  Before you travel No travel can be guaranteed safe. Read all the advice in…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

• Updated: 18 December 2024

Marking the centenary of the Battle of Amiens and the Subsequent Hundred Days Offensive

• Updated: 16 April 2018

The France-UK school trip travel information form allows you to bring a group of children from a school in France to the UK.

• Updated: 29 January 2025

FCDO travel advice for Guinea-Bissau. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 10 December 2025

Find out about the special tax rules that give extra tax relief for travel by some employees who work abroad, or come from abroad to work in the UK.

• Updated: 30 June 2025

The British Embassy in Paris maintains and develops relations between the UK and France. The UK's network in France and Monaco supports the government's main aims overseas: keeping Britain safe, making Britain prosperous and helping British nationals.

• Updated: 5 January 2026

Information about moving to, living or retiring in France – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 11 December 2025

• Updated: 4 April 2025

Check if you need a visa or permit to work in France and how to get one if you do.

• Updated: 15 April 2024