Passport, Visa, Embassy
Passport & Visa Info
The following details relate to holders of adult normal passports (requirements for children may be different), if any other type of passport or travel document is held, entry requirements should be checked with the relevant embassy or consulate.
Passports
Required, but NOT by the following:
1) Holders of National Identity Cards or passports issued to nationals of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain & Switzerland
Passport Validity: 1) Where a visa is not required, passport validity varies according to nationality, contact nearest embassy/consulate.
2) Where a visa is required, passports must be valid for 3 months.
Visas
The following DO NOT require a visa:
1) Nationals of France
2) For stays up to 90 days by:
a) Holders of passports endorsed `British Citizen'
b) Nationals of Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong (Blue passport holders only), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland Rep, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (South), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City & Venezuela.
Air Transit
Required by all except:
1) Persons in direct transit by air without leaving the airport & arriving & departing from/to a non-Schengen country (except nationals of Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bangladesh, Congo Dem Rep, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine (holders of travel documents issued by the Egyptian, Lebanese or Syrian authorities), Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan & Syria, unless they are permanent residents of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland Rep, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden or United Kingdom.
Notes: Transit without a visa is not available if any of the subsequent destinations or transit locations are a Schengen country requiring a visa. Therefore, as the passenger is entering the Schengen territory, which is a borderless territory, those nationals of countries requiring a visa for any Schengen state, which they are entering, require a visa at all times.
Re-entry Permits
Required by returning alien residents who would normally require an entry visa must hold a `visa DE detour'.
U.S. Embassy or Consulate in France
4 avenue Gabriel
75008 Paris (Place de La Concorde, métro stop Concorde)
Paris, Paris
France
Tel: 01-43-12-22-22, 011-33-1-43-12-22-22
Fax: 01-42-96-28-39, 011-33-1-42-96-28-39, 01-42-61-61-40, 011-33-1-42-61-61-40
Website: http://france.usembassy.gov/
France Embassy or Consulate in U.S.
Washington DC Office
925 Fifteenth Street N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
Voice: 1-800-874-5100
Local: 202-638-3800
Fax: 202-638-4674
Email: support@traveldocs.com
New York Office
641 Lexington Avenue
Suite 1435
New York, NY 10022
Voice: 1- 877-874-5104
Local: 212-223-1735
Fax: 212-634-6361
Email: ny@traveldocs.com
San Francisco Office
3 Embarcadero Center
Lobby Level, Suite 2
San Francisco, CA 94111
Voice: 1-888-874-5100
Local: 415-399-1515
Fax: 415-399-1001
Email: sfo@traveldocs.com
UK Embassy or Consulate in France
British Embassy, Paris, France
British Embassy
35, rue du Faubourg St Honoré
75363 Paris Cedex 08 Paris
France
Tel: (33) 1 44 51 31 00
Fax: (33) 1 44 51 31 27
Email: public.paris@fco.gov.uk
Office hours: GMT: Mon -Fri: 0830-1200 / 1330-1700
Local Time: Mon-Fri: 0930-1300 / 1430-1800
Website: http://ukinfrance.fco.gov.uk/en/
France Embassy or Consulate in UK
Embassy Office
58 Knightsbridge
SW1X - 7 JT, London
London, United Kingdom
Tel: (44-207) 073 1000
Fax: (44-207) 073 1042
Email: presse.londres-amba@diplomatie.fr
Website: www.ambafrance-uk.org
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Argentina
Maison de la France
Av. R.S. Pe361a 648, 9260 piso
1035 Buenos Aires
Telephone: +54 11 4345 0664
Fax: +54 11 4342 4791
Email: info.ar@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Australia
French Tourist Bureau
25 Bligh Street, level 20
Sydney 2000
NSW Australia
Telephone: +61 2 9231 5244
Fax: +61 2 9221 8682
Email: info.au@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Belgium
Maison de la France
21, avenue de la Toison d'Or
1050 BRUXELLES
Telephone: 0902 88025
Fax: +32 2 505 38 29
Email: info.be@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Brazil
Maison de la France
Avenida Paulista 509 10e andar
01311-000 Sao Paulo
Telephone: +55 11 3372 5500
Fax: +55 11 251 2590
Email: info.br@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Canada
Maison de la France
1981 av. McGill College suite 490
MONTREAL , QC H3A 2W9
Telephone: +1 514 876 9881
Fax: +1 514 845 4868
Email: canada@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in China
Maison de la France
Room 1110, Union Plaza
20 av Chaowai Dajie
BEIJING 100020
Telephone: +86 10 65 88 14 25
Fax: +86 10 65 88 05 15
Email: info.cn@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in China/Hong Kong
Maison de la France
Rm 2502, Jardine House
1 Connaught Place, Central
Telephone: +852 2847 3301
Fax: +852 2536 9087
Email: info.hk@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Denmark
Det Franske Turistkontor
Ny 330stergade 3, 3. Sal
1101 K370benhavn K.
Telephone: +45 820 55 711
Fax: +45 33 14 20 48
Email: info.dk@franceguide.com
Web site: http://www.mdlf-sca.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Germany
Frankreich-Information
Westendstrasse 47
60325 FRANKFURT/MAIN
Telephone: 0190 57 00 25 (0,62 euro/min)
Fax: 0190 59 90 61
Email: info.de@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Ireland
Maison de la France
Telephone: +353 15 60 235 235
Email: info.ie@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Italy
Maison de la France
Via Larga 7
20122 MILANO
ITALIE
Telephone: 166.116.216 (1,31 euro + IVA al minuto)
Fax: +39 2 58 48 62 21
Email: info.it@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Mexico
Maison de la France
Corporativo Polanco
Calle Jaime Balmes 8 oficina 802
11510 MEXICO DF
Telephone: +52 21 22 82 10
Fax: +52 5 280 74 57
Email: info.mx@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Netherlands
Maison de la France
Prinsengracht 670
1017 KX AMSTERDAM
Telephone: 09001122332 within The Netherlands
Fax: +31 (20) 620 33 39
Email: info.nl@franceguide.com
Web site: http://www.franceguide.com/nl
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Poland
Maison de la France / Francuski Osrodek
c/o Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie en Pologne
Plac Trzech Krzyzy 18
PL-00-499 WARSZAWA
Telephone: +48 22 696 7596
Fax: +48 22 6967590
Email: info.pl@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Russia
Maison de la France
15, Bolcho357 Tcherkassky pereulok
Bureau 411
103626 Moscou
Telephone: 095 927 06 47
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Singapore
Maison de la France
541 Orchard Road
#11-02 Liat Towers
Singapore 238881
Telephone: +65 67 33 33 07
Fax: +65 67 37 04 55
Email: info.sg@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in South Africa
Maison de la France
P.O. Box 41022
Craighall 2024
South Africa
Telephone: +27 (11) 880 8062
Fax: +27 (11) 770 16 66
Email: mdfsa@frenchdoor.co.za
France Embassy or Consulate Office in South Korea
Maison de la France Corée
Samhwa Building - 7th Floor
21 Sokong-dong, Joong-ku
Seoul, KOREA
Telephone: +82 (2) 776-9142 or 776-9143
Fax: +82 (2) 773-9247
Email: mdfcoree@kornet.net
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Spain
Maison de la France
Torre de Madrid, 8 plta
Plaza de Espa361a, 18
28008-MADRID
Telephone: +34 807 117 181
Fax: +34 91 541 24 12
Email: info.es@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Sweden
Maison de la France
Franska Turistbyr345n
Kungsholmsgatan 32
112 27 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 8 566 112 00
Fax: +46 8 566 112 12
Email: info.se@franceguide.com
France Embassy or Consulate Office in Switzerland
Maison de la France
2 rue Thalberg
1201 GENEVE
Telephone: 0900 900 699
Fax: +41 22 901 00 04
Email: info.gva@franceguide.com
France official tourism board office
The France Tourism Development Agency
825 Third Avenue, 29th floor (entrance on 50th street)
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (514) 288-1904, (514) 288-6989
E-mail: info.us@franceguide.com
Web: http://us.franceguide.com
Source:
Web: http://travel.state.gov/
Web: http://www.fco.gov.uk/
Web: http://us.franceguide.com