France Identity: everything you need to know about the application that revolutionizes your identity papers

We have been waiting for her for years, she’s there. Discreetly but surely, The France Identity Application Settles in the digital daily life of the French.

Thought to support the new electronic identity card, it transforms a traditional plastic document into a real digital passport. More than just an administrative app, it is a small silent revolution, a trousseau of ultra-secure digital keys, at hand. And if you haven’t tried it yet, here is everything it allows to do today.

An increased identity card

It all starts with the new electronic identity card (CNIE), in a bank card format. This piece of plastic now contains an NFC chip, readable by your smartphone. France Identity, the official application developed under the aegis of the French State, makes it possible to associate it with your mobile to multiply the uses. The objective? Offer citizens a simple, secure and controlled way to prove their identity in the digital age. All, without creating a centralized file. Everything is stored locally, on your phone. You are the only master on board.

Concretely, after activating your digital identity via the application (by scanning the NFC chip of your CNI), you get secure access, protected by a 6 -digit personal code and the biometric of your device. Once this link has been established, your identity card becomes usable in a thousand ways, whether to authenticate you online, generate supporting documents or even … present your driving license.

Connect without password, with a reinforced level of security

One of the first uses of France Identity, It is the connection to FranceConnect And FranceConnect+. If you are tired of juggling your tax, Ameli, CAF or ANTS identifiers, this application is your best ally. In two gestures – Biometric validation and personal code – You connect to more than 1,800 public online services without typing a single line of password.

And better still, France Identity allows access to the most sensitive services thanks to FranceConnect+, a level of reinforced authentication essential for certain steps such as Maprimerénov ‘or my training account. You prove that it is you, irrefutably, without having to scan your card again or to move to the town hall.

Single-use proofs: finished photocopying to all-VA

One of the real strokes of the application is the generation of single -use identity documents, also available on the state website. Do you need to provide an identity document to your real estate agency, a bank or to register for a sports competition? Instead of sending a copy of your card, potentially reusable, you generate a PDF file signed electronically by the State, valid for a single recipient, for a fixed period.

You indicate the name of the organism, possibly a pattern, validate by code and biometrics, and voila. The document contains only the necessary data (name, first name, date of birth, nationality, etc.), and a code that the recipient can scan to check its authenticity. Needless to say, it changes the situation: no more stress of seeing your papers circulate without your consent. Here, it is you who frame the use, duration, scope. And no one else.

Driving license: digital version, validated by the marshal

Since the beginning of 2024, it is also possible to import his driving license in France Identity. Whether you still have the old pink model or the plastic card, you can generate a certificate of rights to drive on the telepoints site, scan it with the app, and presto: your license appears in your digital space.

This dematerialized permit is today recognized by the police during a road check. The policeman or the gendarme can read it via a simple NFC scan, once you have given your agreement. Practical, fast, legal. And, above all, it avoids many unnecessary verbalizations for “forgetting paper”.

In the trains, at the SNCF, and soon elsewhere

France Identity also begins to prove its usefulness in very concrete situations. At SNCF for example, travelers can display a QR code from the application to justify their identity during a ticket check. The controller scans the code, sees only the useful information (name, first name, date of birth) and validates your e-bellet. Less intrusive, faster, and without the need to show your papers to the whole wagon.

This type of use case, limited today to certain main lines, is led to become widespread. Tomorrow, we can completely imagine the same logic in airports, hotels, banking agencies or your insurer. The idea is simple: make the identity verifiable in mobility situations, without exposing your entire privacy.

An application thought for real life (even offline)

Another force of France Identity: its offline operation. You don’t have a network? Don’t panic. The application can generate verifiable QR codes without internet connection. This is particularly useful during a control in a train or in a poorly covered area. Even without 4G, you can prove who you are.

And because security is at the heart of the system, France Identity was designed to do nothing without your consent. You validate each action, each information transmission. No data is shared without your knowledge. No profiling, no tracking, no resale of data – here, we are talking about a sovereign tool, audited by the ANSSI, controlled, transparent. The NFC communication between the identity card and the telephone is encrypted and in accordance with ICAO standards (the same which govern the reading of biometric passports).

The PDF supporting documents generated are signed with an official and horoded certificate, which makes them infalssifiable. In addition, coupling the use to a unique secure smartphone (via imprint or unlock code known to the user) adds a protective layer: if someone steals your phone, it will be very difficult to use your digital identity without this double lock. In the event of loss or flight, you can also revoke your digital identity (for example via the FranceConnect portal or by reactivating it on a new phone, which invalidates the old).

And tomorrow?

What France identity allows today is only the beginning. In the coming months, new bricks will be added to the application. First, the integration of other documents: passport, vital card (already Available via a dedicated application), residence permit … The goal is clear: centralize, in your pocket, all the essential documents to justify your identity, your rights, your procedures.

Then the electronic signature. Being able to sign a contract, a lease, an administrative document with legal value directly from the app. It’s on the way, and it promises to be formidably practical for everything related to relations between citizens, businesses and administrations.

Finally, European interoperability. France actively participates European digital identity portfolio site. Ultimately, your application may allow you to prove your identity or age in any union country. Rent a car in Spain, register in a college in Germany, or access a public service in Belgium, all this could be done with your France Identity. The phone would then become your only digital “passport”, valid from Lisbon to Helsinki.

France Identity

France Identity is the new digital identity service developed by the French government which takes one more step towards digital security and makes it possible to prove your identity without disclosing our private data.

• Downloads:
  556
• Release date:
  04/28/2025
• Author :
  French government
• License:
  Free license
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  Android, iOS iPhone
  

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