I’m hoping to try ~3 months before my card expires first week of January 2026, depending on if the new application website goes live.
You won’t be visiting your prefecture to renew your card, it will be online, just not ANEF, which is madness, however that’s another story. Any changes to your name need to be reported when renewing your CdS but you will need your birth cert and marriage cert. It should say birth name ep. married name (nom d’usage). If you you haven’t changed your licence yet or next renewal you will be asked that both names are on your CdS.
Thank you for your reply.
I will see if I can change my new CdS to state maiden name plus married name. It’s a bit odd about the current one because I’ve been married over 40 years and the CdS application done in 2020 had both my birth certificate and marriage certificate. Odd too, the anomalie never was questioned once during the past 5 years 
You’re not the only one this has happened to, they are supposed to issue it in naissance and nom d’usage but a few prefectures took it upon themselves not to, which caused so many problems when it came time to change their licences, CERT would only process with both names on if you were married ..
There will be a notes section for you to add any requests. There should also be the ability to upload more documents. If you supply birth and marriage they will ask for a translation, but if you do one yourself and submit at the same time this can mostly head off being asked for a certified one which costs.
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Hello Kim, excuse my going off at a tangent, but this discussion has reminded me I have an outstanding issue on my 10 year TdS. I have the wrong birth date - 04, whereas it should be 14. It has only been a problem about 3 times in the last 5 years with labs and hospital staff trying to sort out my details. In the end it is fine when I show my passport (correct date and maiden name).
So far I have let sleeping dogs lie, but wonder if it would be prudent to get it sorted now, or wait until renewal and correct my details then? Do yu have any views? (Quite understand if not.) NB: for the WARP card our department - Lot et Garonne - was unbelievably officious/bureaucratic so I’m expecting them to be the same at renewal.
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Hi Sue, are you on FB if yes then I would join our group as I have written documents for this, creating an ANEF account and then applying for the amended of the error.
Personally I would do it now, it uncomplicates things at renewal time, plus it will stop you getting it challenged, albeit not much.
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Thank you everyone.
Unfortunately my father died, however I still have a 90 year old mother who is now rather unhappy about being on her own.
It’s tough when elderly parents live in a different country.
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I’m sorry for your loss 
and yes so difficult being far away, we are both trying to come to terms with what are our best next steps!
Hi Bettina,
I have looked today and cannot see any progress with regard to this online process for renewing WARP cards, any update as to when we could expect to be able to do the process on line ?
Many thanks
This is all the info I found on the RIFT site
Hello all,
I feel that it may be useful if I share a couple of extracts from comments I have made in another thread today regarding WARP renewals. The “renewal” system is expected to be announced very soon.
“Given that the current official advice is not to apply until 2 months before expiry (“Cette demande doit être effectuée dans les 2 mois précédant la fin de validité de votre titre de séjour de 5 ans.”) I wonder why beneficiaries are battling inconsistencies with préfectures already? The MoI advises that there are 41,150 cards to upgrade to 10 year cards, 95% of which were issued in 2021. Also, see the pinned post here explaining that a standard procedure is imminent that is to be applied across France and it’s expected that all should be able to apply using this - including the 5% issued at the very end of 2020 and the start of 2021. There should be no panic and the Ministry has taken steps to ensure that does not happen.”.. “If someone has applied early it’s not suprising if their préfecture hasn’t handled the application yet as they have all been advised to wait for the system and update their websites and then use the new system.”
“To avoid confusion, countries are required to put clear procedures in place. The Ministry of Interior has confirmed that the procedure for new WARP cards will require applications to be submitted two months before expiry. (It is possible to request an update at the 5-year anniversary, but this is an exception.) RIFT has repeatedly communicated this 2-month rule. We were informed in early 2025 that the system might not be ready in time for the small number of people with 2025 expiries (the 5% I mentioned previously), and we strongly advocated for a proper procedure to be established for all. We were very pleased to report recently (see pinned post) that this system is now expected to be operational by the end of this month, ensuring a standard and compliant process under the Withdrawal Agreement for every 5 year WARP holder.
It seems you may be hoping for an exception to renew earlier than the 2-month timeframe. Unfortunately, individual exceptions are likely to cause frustration, as préfectures are expected to follow the official procedure that has been set.”
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We received information from our prefecture, we had contacted them 6 months in advance asking what they required, we have been given a long list of stuff to send to them by post. Water bills or similar showing average 5 year usage, tax bills for 5 years, etc etc and have been told to send it all 4 months before the expiry date.
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That’s interesting. I have a well for water, so no bills, and my electric bills are essentially the standing charge as I have solar, so now wondering what I could offer to show I was actually living in the house during the five years 
All you need is the annual fisc returns. Whether there was taxe to pay or not, it proves residence.
I’m all ready to visit our Prefecture with a dossier, passport copies, vintage marriage certificate copies, the old 5 yr WA CdS and 3 recent ID approved photo booth snaps.
And a big smile. 
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Many many moons ago all that was needed was x years of tax attentions or for the year 12 pay slips
Wifi bill, telephone bill?
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I’m intrigued. Which Prefecture has given you this information? since the latest bumpf seems to say that folk should not try to renew WARP cards until 2 months before expiry…
Does your Prefecture have “insider information” 
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I won’t say on an open forum, but my friend in another department was also told four months when she enquired in July.
So you reckon that there are 2 Prefectures suggesting applying 4-months before expiration of the WARP card?
ah well, that might have everyone twitching … 
EDIT: (except for those lucky ones with 10-year cards already.. )
In 5 years time I hope it’s all been sorted out 
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It just confirms what I always thought, that Prefectures are a law unto themselves. There was no information at all available from ours online about renewal and we are in an area with few Brits. So I think they are making it up as they go along.