Having a baby in France when neither of you is French
3 things no French guide covers, because they only exist for a family from somewhere else: the social security number everything else hangs off, the baby's passport from your own consulate, and the document that lets a non-EU child leave France and come back. Checked 23 September 2026.
Register with the Assurance Maladie, and get your number
Send the Cerfa S1106 and a temporary social security number, the NIA, comes back to you by post — and your care is reimbursed on it while you wait. The 9 months the permanent number takes is a waiting time, then, rather than a gap in your cover. Checked against ameli.fr on 23 September 2026.
Applies to people who moved to France from another country. Paperbump schedules this usually between week 7 and week 12 of the pregnancy. What this step involves · ameli.fr
Get the baby a passport from your own country
A baby born in France to two foreign parents is not automatically French. The child needs a passport from your own country's consulate, and some consulates also want the birth registered with them, which is a separate application. No French government page covers another country's passport; your own consulate is the only authority on it. Checked 22 September 2026.
Applies to people who moved to France from another country. Paperbump schedules this between 7 days and 3 months after the birth. What this step involves
Check what the baby needs to stay legally (titre de séjour, DCEM)
The rules depend on your own nationality. EU, EEA and Swiss families have nothing to do. Checked against service-public.gouv.fr on 22 September 2026.
Applies to people who moved to France from another country. Paperbump schedules this between 4 weeks and 6 months after the birth. What this step involves · service-public.gouv.fr
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