Key Benefits:
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Interior,
Considering the code of entry and residence of foreigners and the right to asylum;
Vu le Decree No. 2008-1176 of 13 November 2008 relating to the functions of the heads of diplomatic missions and the heads of consular posts in respect of visas,
Stop:
Implementation third paragraph of Article 1 of the Decree of 13 November 2008 referred to above, are competent, excluding any other authority, to issue visas outside the scope of their consular district:
– in Germany: the head of consular post in Frankfurt, for the consular exchanges of the diplomatic mission and consular posts in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Sarrebruck and Stuttgart;
– in Algeria: the head of the consular post in Algiers, under the consular exchanges of consular posts in Annaba and Oran, with regard to long-term visas issued in the proceedings under the French Immigration and Integration Board;
in Austria: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the consular exchanges of diplomatic missions in Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic;
– in Belgium: the head of consular post in Brussels, under the consular exchanges of consular posts in Antwerp, Liège, Amsterdam and Luxembourg, as well as the consular district of the diplomatic mission in the Netherlands;
in Brazil: the head of the diplomatic mission under the consular district of the consular post in Recife;
– in Canada: the head of consular post in Montreal, for the consular exchanges of consular posts in Moncton, Halifax and Quebec; the head of consular post in Vancouver for the consular exchange of the consular post in Calgary;
– in China: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the consular district of the consular post in Shenyang;
- in Côte d'Ivoire: the head of consular post in Abidjan, under the consular district of the diplomatic mission in Liberia;
in Egypt: the head of the consular post in Cairo, under the consular district of the consular post in Alexandria;
- in Spain: the head of consular post in Madrid, under the consular exchanges of consular posts in Barcelona, Bilbao and Seville;
— in the United States: the head of consular post in Houston, under the consular district of the consular post in New Orleans;
- in Gabon: the head of consular post in Libreville, under the consular district of the diplomatic mission in São Tomé-et-Príncipe;
- in Greece: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the consular district of the consular post in Thessaloniki;
— in Iraq: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the consular district of the consular post in Erbil;
in Israel: the head of consular post in Tel Aviv, under the consular district of the consular post in Haifa;
– in Italy: the head of the diplomatic mission, for the consular exchanges of consular posts in Milan, Naples, Turin and Genoa, as well as for the consular exchange of the diplomatic mission to the Holy See;
- in Japan: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the consular district of the consular post in Kyoto;
- in Kazakhstan: the head of consular post in Almaty, under the consular district of the diplomatic mission in Tajikistan;
- in Latvia: the head of the diplomatic mission, for the consular exchanges of diplomatic missions in Estonia and Lithuania;
– in Macedonia: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the consular district of the diplomatic mission in Kosovo;
– in Morocco: the head of consular post in Casablanca, for the consular exchanges of consular posts in Agadir, Fès, Marrakech, Rabat and Tangier, with regard to long-term visas issued in the proceedings under the French Immigration and Integration Office;
- in Pakistan: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the consular district of the consular post in Karachi;
- in Poland: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the consular district of the consular post in Krakow;
in Portugal: the head of the diplomatic mission under the consular district of the consular post in Porto;
- in the Dominican Republic: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the territory of the island of Saint Maarten;
- in Russia: the head of consular post in Moscow, under the consular district of the consular post in Ekaterinburg;
- in Serbia: the head of the diplomatic mission under the consular district of the diplomatic mission in Montenegro;
– in Sweden: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the consular district of the diplomatic mission in the Republic of Iceland;
- in Switzerland: the head of consular post in Geneva for the consular exchanges of the diplomatic mission and the consular post in Zurich;
– in Turkey: the head of consular post in Istanbul, under the consular district of the diplomatic mission, with respect to long-term visas issued under the procedures of the French Immigration and Integration Office;
– in Venezuela: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the territories of the islands of Aruba and Curaçao;
– in Yemen: the head of the diplomatic mission, under the consular district of the diplomatic mission in Eritrea, with regard to visas for a stay of more than three months or for a department or territory of overseas.
The Order of March 22, 2011 setting out the list of countries or geographical areas for which territorial jurisdiction over visas is exercised in whole or in part outside the framework of the consular district is repealed.
The Director of the French Foreign and Consular Administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Director of Immigration at the Ministry of the Interior are responsible, each with respect to him, for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done on 26 July 2012.
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
For the Minister and by delegation:
The director of the French abroad
and Consular Administration,
F. Saint-Paul
The Minister of the Interior,
For the Minister and by delegation:
The Director of Immigration,
F. Lucas
