French Embassy for Australia - Address / Phone Number

Embassy of the Republic of France in the Commonwealth of Australia

Address: 6 Perth Avenue Yarralumla ACT 2600
City: Canberra (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +10 hours)
Tel.: (02) 6216 0100
Fax: (02) 6216 0132
Chancellery: +61 (0)2 6216 0127
Cultural Section: +61 (0)2 6216 0156
Press and Information Department: +61 (0)2 6216 0132

General Consulate of France in Sydney, Australia

Address: Level 26 - 31 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000
City: Sydney (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +10 hours)
Tel.: +61 (0)2 9268 2400
Fax: +61 (0)2 9268 2431
Working hours: Monday to Thursday, 9.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 17.45; Friday 9.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 16.00

The French Embassy in Canberra provides the following services:

• Issuing diplomatic and official visas, both short and long stay
• Provides information for foreign nationals wishing to travel to France or its overseas departments and territories
• Issues "certificats de vie" to pensioners
• Assistance in organizing polling booths for presidential elections, European elections, and referendums
• Issuing and forwarding proxy vote documents during elections, etc.

Please note that visas are issued by the Embassy only on official and diplomatic passports. All other visas are issued by the Consulate-General of France in Sydney. Since 15 July 2009, only biometric visas can be issued for diplomatic and official passports. When applying for a visa all applications have to be lodged in person by making a compulsory appointment, with no exceptions. As the process requires taking the photo and the ten fingerprints of each applicant, it is no longer possible to lodge an application by post.

The Embassy is closed on the following public holidays:

• January 1 - New Year
• January 28 - Australia Day
• March/April - Good Friday
• March/April - Easter Monday
• June 10 - Queen's Birthday
• September 30 -Family and Community day
• October 7 - Labour day
• December 25 - Christmas
• December 26 - Boxing day