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Consular Services for Foreign Residents in France

Consular offices provide services for their expatriate citizens living in France. Services include replacement of lost or stolen passports and help and advice in difficult situations.

A foreign citizen living in France can contact the Consular section of their Embassy for help with a number of services. Consular offices manage the renewal and replacement of passports, registration of births and deaths, information and documentation relevant to marriage and other services. Citizens of the USA, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia living in France are particularly well catered to by the Consular sections of their Embassies.

For contact information of the France-based Consulates and Embassies from Mainland Europe, North American countries, anglophone countries of the Southern Hemisphere, the United Kingdom and Ireland see The AngloFILE Consulates & Embassies

UK Citizens

The British Embassy of France has up-to-date news on matters relating to French-British relations, as well as issues of politics, health and safety and immigration.

The British Consulate provides services for Britons in France. The consular section of the British Embassy website publishes information on "Living in France" with articles catering specifically to UK residents in France. The Consulate also has a Twitter channel which puts out regular feeds relevant to British nationals living in and visiting France.

For the UKinFrance Twitter channel: Click here

Passport application and renewal

Passports applications for British nationals resident in France are managed by the Passport Processing Centre in Paris. A passport may be renewed up to nine months before it expires. There is a fee due for the application process and for the return of the passport by courier. Renewal can be expected to take up to four weeks, while the issue of a "first-time" passport may take up to six weeks.

Application forms can be downloaded from the website; the correct form depends on the passport being applied for.

For all the details on which passport to request and how to proceed when a passport is needed urgently: Click here
To find the correct application form: Click here and select the relevant title
For the complete instructions on making an application in France: Click here
In case of difficulties, Tel: +44 208 082 4729

Britons in Lyon

The British Consulate in Marseille has jurisdiction over the French départements in the Rhône-Alpes region.

The services include:

Registration of births
Information on transferring money between the UK and France
Providing help in the event of accident, hospitalisation or violent assault
Providing details of local lawyers, interpreters, doctors and funeral directors;
Offering support and contacting friends in a variety of other extreme or distressing situations

Offices

British Consulate, Marseille
At: 24 Avenue du Prado, 13006 Marseille
Tel: 04 91 15 72 10 (after hours emergency number available by calling this number)
Fax: 04 91 37 47 06
e-mail
Open to the public: Monday to Friday 09:30-12:00 and 14:00-16:30
British Consulate-General, Paris
At: 16 rue d’Anjou, 75008 Paris
Metro: Madeleine (line 8), Concorde (line 1) or Saint Augustin (line 9)
Postal address: British Embassy, BP111-08, 75363 Paris Cedex 08
Tel : 01 44 51 31 00
Fax: 01 44 51 31 27
Open to the public: Monday to Friday 09:30-12:30 and 14:30-16:30
e-mail
British Embassy
At: 35 rue du Faubourg St Honoré, 75383 Paris Cedex 08
Tel: 01 44 51 31 00
Fax: 01 44 51 41 27
Open: 09:30-13:00 and 14:30-18:00
e-mail

Britons in France

The British Government website has a section for Britons living abroad. The information is not specific to France but provides useful facts relevant to moving, relocating with a family or retiring abroad. It includes information on tax and pensions, education, employment, insurance, as well as having information on everything to be considered when returning to the UK after a period of time overseas.

US Citizens

The Embassy of the United States in Paris has a website with up-to-date news on matters of relevance to American citizens in France.

The services include

Passport renewals and replacement
Registration of intended residence
Registration of births, marriages, deaths
Employment issues for the employer and employee
Housing, vehicle buying, selling and registering
How to vote in American elections and so on

The American Presence Post in Lyon has jurisdiction over the French départements in the Rhône-Alpes region: Ain (01), Ardèche (07), Isère (38), Drôme (26), Loire (42) and Rhône (69). They can provide limited consular services to American citizens. The office does not accept visa applications or respond to enquiries about visas.

Lyon (American Presence Post)
At: 1 Quai Jules Courmont, 69002 Lyon
Postal address: 1 Quai Jules Courmont, 69289 Lyon Cedex 02
Tel: 04 78 38 36 88 / 04 78 38 33 03
Fax: 04 72 41 71 81
Open to the public: Monday to Friday 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00
e-mail
Embassy of the United States of America, Paris
At: 4 avenue Gabriel, 75382 Paris Cedex 08
Metro: Concorde
Tel: 01 43 12 22 22
Fax: 01 42 61 61 40
e-mail

The website for the Embassy of France in the United States is a rich resource of relevant information for Americans planning a visit or move to France. It includes information and guidelines on living, working and driving in France, the metric system, marriage in France and more:

For the Embassy of France in the United States website: Click here

U.S. citizens living overseas are eligible to vote by absentee ballot in Federal Elections.

For further information, see the INFOrmation Page: Voting in the US Presidential Elections

Canadian Citizens

The Canadian Embassy in France website has some very useful checklists and notes for Canadian citizens planning a move to, or living in France. The information includes notes, checklists and tips on all aspects of the move, from planning the departure, the time spent in France and the return. It also gives access to tax information and instructions on tax returns.

Embassy of Canada
At: 35 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris
Metro: Franklin D. Roosevelt or Alma-Marceau
Tel: 01 44 43 29 00
Fax: 01 44 43 29 99
Open to the public: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00
Embassy of Canada, Paris Consular Services
Tel: 01 44 43 29 02
Fax: 01 44 43 29 86
Tel (after-hours Emergency Service only): 01 44 43 29 00
Open to the public: Monday to Friday 09:00-12:00

The Canadian Honorary Consulate in Lyon can provide help and advice to Canadian citizens in Lyon and the surrounding areas.

Canadian Honorary Consulate Lyon
At: 17 rue Bourgelat, 69002 Lyon
Tel: 04 72 77 64 07
Fax: 04 72 77 65 09
Open: Monday to Friday 09:30-12:30
e-mail

Australian Citizens

The Australian Embassy website has information for Australian citizens on driving in France, getting married in France and has a list of Australian associations in France.

Australian Embassy
At: 4 rue Jean Rey, 75724 Paris Cedex 15
Metro: Bir-Hakeim (Line 6)
Tel: 01 40 59 33 00
Fax: 01 40 59 33 10
Tel (after-hours Emergency Service only): +61 2 6261 3305
Open to the public: Monday to Friday 09:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00
e-mail

The Southern Cross Group is a global organisation that works to "Promote Mobility in the Global Community", and communicate with expatriated Australians throughout the world. Their work includes lobbying for changes in laws that improve or simplify the life of Australians abroad. The website has detailed information on the legal and practical aspects of: citizenship, voting, visas, health insurance, taxation and more.