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    If your parents didn't register your birth to the French civil register, you must petition for a French nationality certificate from the French Nationality Office in Paris if you reside outside of France (which I assume from the wording of your question). Only then are you eligable to recieve a French ID/Passport and to be treated as an EU citizen.
    – Mark Johnson
    Commented Sep 11, 2022 at 12:39
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    Note that you do not need a French passport for this. An ID card would be cheaper and more convenient to carry. It will cover entry and stay anywhere in the EU, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland and for anything else, your US passport should do.
    – Relaxed
    Commented Sep 12, 2022 at 7:33
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    Being entitled to French citizenship, and actually having French citizenship, are not the same thing.
    – Harper - Reinstate Monica
    Commented Sep 13, 2022 at 3:12
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    Yes, are you actually a French citizen or do you just have the right to ask to become one? I was born in Greece to a Greek mother and American father. I was a US citizen all of my childhood which was spent in Greece, and I had to have a residence permit to reside there. In my 20ies I asked for and received my Greek citizenship, but I had to actively do this, despite having both a jus sanguinis and a jus soli right to that citizenship. You don't magically become a citizen just because you have reason to think you would be granted citizenship if you ask for it.
    – terdon
    Commented Sep 13, 2022 at 14:41
  • At least in the US, there is also a distinction between being a citizen and having valid proof of that citizenship. As I understand, a birth certificate is not sufficient proof for the children of a US citizen born outside the US. You need to request a citizenship certificate.
    – chepner
    Commented Sep 14, 2022 at 13:25