Originally Posted by
Alsacienne
In France it is a legal requirement that you can prove your identity if asked to do so by the police or similar authority. Useful documents are a passport, resident's card or passport, that contain your photograph and preferably your home address.
US Passports don't have a home address as an "official" part of the document. There is a space (which the passport agency suggests you
pencil in) where you can list your address.