Click on Consulates & Embassies for the contact information of Consulates and Embassies from Mainland Europe, the North American countries, anglophone countries of the Southern Hemisphere, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

• Consulates & Embassies

Citizens of the USA, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia living in France are particularly well catered to by their Consular sections of the Embassies and other organisations. If you are from one of those four countries, you will find a wealth of up-to-date and officially published information from the links below.

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 US Citizens Service is the consular section provides detailed information on all legal details pertaining to US citizens living in France: information on passport details and the registration of intended residence; registration of births, marriages, deaths; employment issues for the employer and employee; housing, vehicle buying, selling and registering; the voting process when out of the country and so on.

The website has comprehensive information relevant to the American living in France. See US Citizens Services 

• US Consular Services, Paris
  At: 2, rue Saint-Florentin, 75001 Paris
  Open: 09:00-12:30 and 13:00-15:00

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:

• Embassy of France in the United States

US citizens living overseas in France are eligible to vote by absentee ballot in the General Presidential Elections. 

• See INFOrmation page: Voting in the US Presidential Elections

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 website of the British Embassy and British Consulate has a "Living in France" section with articles catering specifically to UK residents in France.

• UK Consular Services, Paris
  At: 18bis rue d’Anjou, 75008 Paris
  Postal: British Embassy, BP111-08, 75363 Paris Cedex 08 
  Open to the public: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 09:30-12:30 and 14:30-17:00. 
  On Tuesday the consulate is open from 09:30-16:30. 
  Tel : 01 44 51 31 00 
  Fax: 01 44 51 31 27
  e-mail
• The 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

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. 

• Canadian Embassy Consular services page 

Australian Citizens

The Southern Cross Group is a global organisation that exists 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.

• The Southern Cross Group
• The Southern Cross Group in France

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