Lost titre de sejour - travel?

Travel to or from the EU
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Hi everyone,
I’m a British resident in France with a Withdrawal Agreement card. I’ve lost my card, but ANEF won’t let me file the declaration of loss or request a duplicata, because it still shows a card “ready for collection” from an address change 2 years ago (I never got the convocation).

The prefecture doesn’t reply to emails and hangs up when I call, so I currently have no way to get a récépissé or replacement.

I need to travel to the UK and return via the St Malo ferry.
I do have my passport and a photocopy of the old card.

Has anyone re-entered France by ferry in a similar situation?
Were the border police able to check your status in their system?
Were you allowed in?

Any recent experiences would really help — thank you!

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Go to the prefecture in person. Have you got a photograph or photocopy of your card? That might help.

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If you have your valid passport then the worst that will happen is that it is stamped, which doesn’t matter if you have a valid TdS. If the border guard is kindly they might even accept the photocopy of the card and not even stamp your passport. Take other ID that shows your French address, a recent bill and anything else you can think of that proves you are a French resident.

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Yes I do have a photocopy that I’m planning to take along!

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Both OH and I have been through Bordeaux airport recently. They have no interest in the CdS (10 years in our case) and stamp our passports. Given up worrying.

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Ok no risk of being sent back?
Thing is I reckon I lost it last time when I was back in the UK and at Nantes airport they stamped my passport. It doesn’t matter that this stamp was more than 90 days ago?

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If you have documents that show you are resident here then it should be ok.

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You might want to get it sorted eventually, as in the long term, when you come to renew your CDS you are likely to have a problem.

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I presume they did not however send you off to the electronic entry / exit system! Which might become a problem if no CdS to present?

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I presented my CdS, which is why I said “they had no interest in it”

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I was thinking if it was a ‘lost’ CDS, it could not be presented :slight_smile: Sorry, my post not phrased vey well!

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Well both Béziers and Perpignan were more interested in my CDS than passport both on exit and entry and because I showed it, did not get stamped!

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Just realised, you may have to do the new entry procedures tho’!!

https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/actualites/actualites-du-ministere/tout-savoir-sur-systeme-dentree-sortie-ees-de-lespace-schengen