Online procedures

• You can therefore request a copy of birth, marriage or death certificate via the dedicated form : Civil status document section - my online procedures
• You can report a change of address / telephone number / e-mail address via the dedicated form : Civil status document section - my online procedures

In addition, you are invited to save the tracking number that will be assigned to your online request, in order to be able to follow its progress.

• Several forms for protected persons are also available for download from the Civil status document section - my online procedures. They must be printed, completed and sent to the Ofpra only by post, possibly accompanied by the required supporting documents.

... a certificate of celibacy?

The Ofpra does not issue a certificate of celibacy.

... a custom certificate?

The Ofpra does not issue a certificate of custom to protected persons who wish to marry. It is no required to get married. 

... an administrative certificate?

Ofpra no longer issues administrative certificates.

If your children were placed under the protection of Ofpra when they were minors, a letter attesting to their international protection can be requested from Ofpra, only by post to the following address:

OFPRA
Pôle Protection
201 rue Carnot
94 136 Fontenay-sous-Bois Cedex

... an extract from the criminal record?

The Ofpra does not issue an extract from the criminal record, but only a certificate specifying that its holder cannot contact the authorities of his country of origin for facts that occurred prior to the recognition of international protection.

For facts subsequent to recognition, the protected person must contact the national criminal records service in Nantes.

... a certificate of maintaining the status?

The maintenance certificate has been removed since 13 May 2016. You can certify that your protection is up-to-date by producing a copy of your birth certificate issued by the Ofpra, which you can request on our website.

If you have not received your civil status documents established by Ofpra, you can produce the decision of the Ofpra or the National Court of Asylum Right recognizing you as a refugee or the accompanying letter if you have been granted subsidiary protection.

... a refugee certificate?

Since 1 January 2004, Ofpra no longer issues a refugee certificate, the residence permit held by the refugee expressly mentioning the status of its holder. You cannot therefore be asked for such a document.

From then on, requests for refugee certificates, nor requests for duplicates or renewals of this document are no longer followed up.

... a marriage / birth / death certificate?

Once your first acts have been issued by the Ofpra, you can request copies directly on our website.

Tutorials have been made to help you complete the online application forms, if necessary.

A tracking number will be assigned to your online application which will allow you to track its progress.

Civil status certificates have no time limit. However, for a marriage or a PACS you will have to present a birth certificate of less than three months.

Any change of address / mobile phone number / email address must, throughout the asylum procedure and after, be reported to the Ofpra directly on its website.

Please note that this procedure requires you to be in possession of your Ofpra file number, which can be found on each letter sent by Ofpra, and is presented as follows:

Any change of address must be reported to Ofpra directly on its website.

If you do not yet know your Ofpra file number, you must notify your change of address by post, signed by your hand, by imperatively recalling your foreign number at the address below:

Ofpra

201 rue Carnot

94136 Fontenay-sous-Bois Cedex