✅ Good news: All routes to reconstruct a lost vaccination record in France are free. There is no single official duplicate, but between them, these five sources can recover almost all of your vaccination history.
This is particularly relevant for expatriates and foreigners living in France, who often arrive without a French-format carnet de santé and need to establish a vaccination history for nursery, school, or employment purposes.
The 5 routes, in order
Check Mon espace santé
Since 2022, French healthcare professionals have been recording vaccinations directly on Mon espace santé (monespacesante.fr). If you or your child have been vaccinated by a doctor, pharmacist, nurse or midwife in France in recent years, the records should be there.
Log in with your Ameli credentials (French health insurance). Under "Vaccination record" you can view and export your vaccinations. Limit: pre-2022 history is often incomplete, especially for vaccinations given outside France or more than 20 years ago.
Contact your GP or paediatrician
Your doctor holds a medical file that generally includes vaccination history given at their practice. They can write you an attestation or fill in a new carnet from their records. If you have changed doctor, your previous doctor can transfer your dossier on request.
Ask for: a written, dated, signed vaccination summary — this is accepted at nursery, school, and by employers.
Contact the PMI (mother and child health centre)
The PMI (Protection Maternelle et Infantile) retains children's medical records for at least 20 years. It is often the best source for early childhood vaccinations. Search "PMI + your town or department" to find your local centre.
Bring ID and your livret de famille. A new carnet de santé can be issued by the PMI if the original is lost.
Check school health records
For anyone under 25, school health services often hold copies of vaccination records from when they were pupils. Archives are kept at the académie (regional education authority) level. Contact your former school or the departmental school health service.
Catch-up vaccination
If nothing can be found, your doctor can recommend a catch-up course based on the current HAS schedule. There is no medical risk in receiving a vaccine you have already had — existing antibodies neutralise the antigens without adverse effect.
For some vaccines such as MMR, the protocol in the absence of proof is two doses spaced at least one month apart. Safe, fully reimbursed, and done in a few weeks.
⚠️ For foreign vaccination records: Many countries use different vaccine names and formats. Your French GP can map foreign vaccines to the French schedule and identify any gaps. Bring the original document plus a certified translation if it is not in French or English.
Don't lose your record a second time
Take a photo of your paper record, then enter it in Vaxelia. It's on your iPhone, works offline, and exports to PDF whenever you need proof — for nursery, school, your employer, or travel.
📱 Download Vaxelia — FreeSources: Ameli.fr · Vaccination Info Service · Service-public.fr (verified January 2026). This article is for information only and does not constitute medical advice.