French Embassy for Estonia - Address / Phone Number

French Embassy in Estonia

Address: Toom Kuninga 20, 15185 Tallinn
City: Tallinn (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Tel.: (372) 616 1610
Fax: (372) 616 1608
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30 - 13.00, 14.30 - 17.30, Friday 14.30 - 16.40

The Consular Section's main mission is to administer according to French laws and regulations the French community, whether transient or established in Estonia. It is assisted in its work by the network of honorary consuls and offers the following services:

• registration in the register of French outside France; 
• issuing passports and national identity cards; 
• registration of civil status acts (birth, marriage, parental recognition, death ...) 
• identifying young French; 
• the organization of some national elections (presidential and referenda) or specific French abroad (Assembly of French Citizens Abroad); 
• the establishment of proxies in national elections

The Consular Section also acts as a support function to the French that it protects (especially in case of arrest, incarceration, illness or serious accident), in compliance with local legislation. The Consul also chairs the local Commission scholarships.

A passport is an official document issued by the French Administration, when living abroad the Consulate/Embassy issues it. It proves the person's identity and allows one to travel abroad outside the EU. It can take several weeks to issue a passport as they are all produced in France. The consulate cannot intervene in the process of making the passport, therefore it is strongly advised to request it early enough to avoid disappointment if one had plans for traveling.

Finnish citizens residing abroad must keep the personal data that has been entered in the Finnish Population Information System up-to-date. This stipulation applies whether they are residing outside of Estonia on a temporary or a permanent basis. Changes should be reported by Finnish nationals abroad as they occur. The changes to personal information that must be reported include among others marriage, divorce, the birth of children, name changes, the acquisition of foreign citizenship and change of address.

The information contained in the Population Information System enables many rights and responsibilities to be determined. For example, the voting register is based on this information. If the address in the Population Information System is incorrect, then important documents regarding matters related to conscription, citizenship or notification of the right to vote may not reach the recipient.