Citizen Guides for Foreign residents of France

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Citizen Guides for Foreign residents of France

Click on Consulates & Embassies for contact information on Consulates and Embassies from Asia, 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 below.

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.

The UK Consulate-General in Paris has jurisdiction over the Normandy region. 

• UK Consular Services, Paris
  At: 18bis rue d’Anjou, 75008 Paris
  Postal: 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, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:30 to 12:30 and 14:30 to 17:00. 
  On Tuesday the consulate is open from 9:30 to 16:30. 
  e-mail
• Honorary British Consul, Cherbourg (Manche)
  At: P&O European Ferries 
  Gare Maritime Transmanche
  BP 46 
  50652 Cherbourg Cedex
  Tel: 02 33 88 65 60 
  Fax: 02 33 88 67 07 
• Honorary British Consul, Le Havre (Siene Maritime)
  At: c/o P & O European Ferries
  Terminal de la Citadelle
  BP 439
  76057 Le Havre Cedex 
  Tel: 02 35 19 78 88 
  Fax: 02 35 19 78 98 
• 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

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. Information include 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 Consular section of the Embassy can provide detailed information on issues pertaining to US citizens living in France such as: passport renewals; 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 US Consulate-General in Paris has jurisdiction over the Normandy region. There is no regional Presence Post

• US Consular Services, Paris
  At: 2, rue Saint-Florentin, 75001 Paris
  Tel: 01 43 12 22 22
  e-mail
  Open: 9:00 to 12:30, 13:00 to 15:00
• American Embassy
  At: 2 avenue Gabriel, 75382 Paris Cedex 08
  Tel: 01 43 12 22 22
  Fax: 01 42 66 97 83

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

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