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Everyday formalities such as domiciliation (administrative address)
Domiciliation is an administrative address. It is given to people who cannot receive their mail in a constant and confidential way at a stable address.
Key points of the sheet
- People with no fixed home, or living in mobile or precarious housing, are concerned.
- It is essential to have an address to receive your mail. Domiciliation lets you benefit from civil, civic and social rights, under conditions.
- It gives access to professional and tax procedures (for example taxes), and to prefecture procedures. For example: applying for and renewing a residence permit (titre de séjour).
- It also gives access to essential services, such as a bank account or compulsory insurance. It also gives access to schooling.
- When you move home, change your address as quickly as possible. The limit is 3 months maximum after the move.
- Changing your address on service-public.fr informs public services, such as the CAF, the tax office or social security (sécurité sociale). You also inform your bank, insurer or employer, and you update your papers.
Words to know
- domiciliation (administrative address)
- It is an administrative address for people who cannot receive their mail in a constant and confidential way at a stable address.
- homeless (no fixed home) (sans domicile fixe)
- These people are concerned by domiciliation.
- residence permit (titre de séjour)
- Domiciliation makes it possible to apply for and renew a residence permit.
- change of address (changement d'adresse)
- It must be done at the latest 3 months after the move, for example on service-public.fr.
- electoral register (liste électorale)
- It is an example of a document to update after moving.
Test yourself: 3 questions
After moving, what is the maximum time limit to change your address?
In French, the language of the exam: Après un déménagement, quel est le délai maximum pour changer d'adresse ?
The change of address must be done at the latest 3 months after the move.
What is domiciliation?
In French, the language of the exam: Qu'est-ce que la domiciliation ?
Domiciliation is an administrative address for receiving your mail.
What does changing your address on service-public.fr do?
In French, the language of the exam: Que fait le changement d'adresse sur service-public.fr ?
This site informs public services, such as the CAF or the tax office. You inform your employer yourself.
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Source
Sheet “Les démarches du quotidien comme la domiciliation” of the French Ministry of the Interior: formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr. Content published under the Etalab Open Licence 2.0. This page is a plain-language adaptation made by Hexaciv, which is not an official site: if in doubt, the ministry's text is the one that counts.
Ministry sheet read on 23 October 2026, still identical on 25 October 2026.