Where should the application be sent?
Where a person is held in pre-trial detention pending judgment by the Paris Court of Appeal, the visiting permit application is sent to the Public Prosecutor General's office (Parquet général).
The application can be handed in directly at the central criminal registry of the court of appeal (Staircase G - ground floor), or sent by post to the following address:
Cour d'Appel de Paris
Greffe pénal central - Permis de visite
10 boulevard du Palais
75001 - Paris
FRANCE
Which documents should be provided?
Documents to be provided by family members
- Paris Court of Appeal visiting permit form
- Two passport photos taken within the last three months
- A double-sided photocopy of a valid identity card or residence permit
- Any document proving your family relationship with the prisoner (copy of the family record book…)
- Original criminal record extract (bulletin no. 3) less than three months old
Documents to be provided by friends or relatives who are not family members
- CERFA form
- Two passport photos taken within the last three months
- A double-sided photocopy of a valid identity card or residence permit
- A birth certificate extract
- A letter explaining the nature of your relationship with the prisoner
- A stamped envelope addressed to yourself