French Consulate in Washington, D.C.

The Consulate General of France in Washington serves the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, under Consul General Caroline Monvoisin.

How to book an appointment at the French Consulate in Washington, D.C.

At the Consulate General of France in Washington, D.C., the appointment comes first, and the service you need decides where you book it.

Passport and ID card appointments are booked on consulat.gouv.fr, the ministry's booking site, from the link for Washington on the network's passport page: one appointment covers one person, and a passport and an ID card for the same person fit in one slot.

For a signature certification, the network's page on that act gives info.washington-fslt@diplomatie.gouv.fr to request the appointment.

There is no charge for booking. The fee table, the same across the US network, says what each service costs.

It also registers births, marriages and deaths, and handles nationality files, for the Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miami and New York districts besides its own. In October 2026 it takes passports to Philadelphia.

How to cancel an appointment at the French Consulate in Washington, D.C.

Canceling in time is the polite thing to do, and it puts the slot back on the calendar.

A reservation made on consulat.gouv.fr is canceled on consulat.gouv.fr. For other bookings, a short message through us.diplomatie.gouv.fr/contact, with the date and the name on the booking, frees the slot.

Getting to the French Consulate in Washington, D.C.

Address: 4101 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007. Bring your appointment confirmation and the original documents.

The consulate is inside the Embassy compound. There is no parking on site: paid parking is available at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital across the street (3800 Reservoir Road NW), and on Reservoir Road from 7 am to 10 pm at the meters.

Buses C85 and D94 stop at Reservoir Road NW & Georgetown U. Bring your confirmation (email or QR code) and an ID; large bags are refused and late arrivals are not admitted.

The Embassy's page and the consulate's page describe the same gate differently.

The Embassy still sends visitors to the D6 bus and to parking at “2800 Reservoir Road NW”; the consulate's page gives the C85 and D94 buses and MedStar Georgetown at 3800 Reservoir Road NW, which is the hospital's address. (sources: 1, 2)

Real reviews of the French Consulate in Washington, D.C.

What people who have been here say, according to public reviews on Google.

On Google the office averages 3.4 stars from 49 reviews.

She came for her nationality file, worried after reading the reviews, and found the staff kind, patient and even funny; five people helped her, the guards included.

Dominique Z.

She felt treated without respect at her passport appointment: the agent took the papers out of her hands.

Kely G.

Very efficient and friendly, beyond what he expected.

Justin R.

Google shares several reviews between this listing and the Embassy's, and some are about other consulates or about visas.

Opening hours of the French Consulate in Washington, D.C.

Opening hours, as the office posts them on the network's website. By appointment, Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2 to 4:30 pm (the same page's welcome box says 8:45 am to 12:30 pm and 2 to 4 pm). Collecting a passport or ID card also takes an appointment.

The Washington page gives two timetables: its welcome box says 8:45 am to 12:30 pm and 2 to 4 pm, and its “Opening hours” section says 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2 to 4:30 pm. With an appointment, the time on your confirmation is the one that counts. (source: 1)

Phone number of the French Consulate in Washington, D.C.

The phone line for questions is not the consulate's own: it is France Consulaire, which answers in French about passports, ID cards, civil status and nationality.

From the US it is +1 (202) 899-4566, at the price of a local call (Monday to Friday, 2 to 10 pm Paris time, which is 8 am to 4 pm Eastern for most of the year, except French public holidays).

The consulate's own line, +1 (202) 213-4369, is for extreme emergencies of French nationals only (an accident, a death, an arrest, a child in danger); a lost passport is not one: report it through the contact form. (source)

France Consulaire's hours are set in Paris time, 2 to 10 pm. The network's contact page and the English version of this consulate's page convert them to 8 am to 4 pm Eastern; its French version says 9 am to 5 pm.

The first figure is right for most of the year: the one-hour gap only holds in the weeks when France and the US change their clocks on different dates. (sources: 1, 2, 3)

What this office handles in Washington, D.C.

The Consulate General of France in Washington, D.C. covers Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. It handles the Registre, passports and ID cards, proxies, certificates and signature certification for its district.

Civil status and nationality files from the Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miami, New York and Washington districts are handled here, in Washington. It supervises the honorary consuls in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Norfolk.

It runs an outreach mission in Philadelphia from October 27 to 30, 2026, for biometric passports, ID cards and digital identity certification, booked on consulat.gouv.fr. (source: 1)

The nationality page tells you to mail the file “to the consulate of your place of residence”; the “who to contact” page says nationality files are handled only by Los Angeles and Washington, and splits the country between the two. Mail it to the one that covers your district. (sources: 1, 2)

What you can settle without traveling

Details checked against the official pages on October 6, 2026.