Who signs it
Every guest of foreign nationality, any nationality other than French, fills in and signs the form on arrival. It applies to hotels, holiday villages and residences, furnished tourist rentals, guest houses and campsites, and to private owners who rent furnished accommodation to holidaymakers.
A child under 15 can appear on the form of the adult travelling with them. A foreign guest who refuses to fill in or sign the form gives the hotel a legitimate reason to refuse the stay.
What it records
Among other details, the guest's surname and first names, date and place of birth, nationality and usual address. The Ministry of the Interior publishes a model form.
How long it is kept, and when it is shown
The hotel keeps each form for six months. The police or gendarmerie can ask for it for three reasons only: preventing public disorder, a judicial investigation, or a search in the interest of a person. The form can then be sent electronically, by email for example.
Until October 2015 hotels handed the forms over every day. Since then, the handover happens only on request.
What Vesia does
- The guest fills in the online check-in from their phone, with the fields their hotel's authority asks for.
- Vesia keeps the record for the six months the law sets and deletes it when that time is up.
- When the police ask, the hotel's administrator exports a period of up to one year, with foreign guests only, and the export stays in the activity log.
- Vesia keeps the fields of the identity document, as the form asks, and leaves the image of the document out.
Frequently asked questions
Who must fill in the fiche individuelle de police? Every foreign guest, on arrival. A child under 15 can appear on the form of the adult travelling with them.
How long does the hotel keep the form? Six months.
Do hotels hand the forms to the police every day? Since October 2015, the handover happens only when the police or gendarmerie ask.