French Consulate in New Orleans
The Consulate General of France in New Orleans serves Louisiana from Poydras Street, under Consul General Rodolphe Sambou. Its district includes two honorary consuls, in Lake Charles and Lafayette.
How to book an appointment at the French Consulate in New Orleans
Visits to the Consulate General of France in New Orleans are by appointment: the confirmation and an ID are what get you through the door.
Monday to Friday, 2 to 10 pm Paris time, which is 7 am to 3 pm Central for most of the year, except French public holidays
There is no passport or ID card booking for New Orleans on the network's passport page: those applications go to Houston. For a signature certification, the network's page on that act gives info@consulfrance-nouvelleorleans.org to request the appointment.
There is no charge for booking. The fee table, the same across the US network, says what each service costs.
For a signature certification or a voting proxy, the network's pages give the consulate's own address, info@consulfrance-nouvelleorleans.org; the certified-copy page, by contrast, sends New Orleans requests to Houston's address.
How to cancel an appointment at the French Consulate in New Orleans
An unused slot is a lost appointment on a tight 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 New Orleans
Address: 909 Poydras Street, Suite 1450, New Orleans, LA 70112. Bring your appointment confirmation and the original documents.
By public transit, bus line 11 and the streetcar lines 12 and 46 stop near Poydras Street.
Real reviews of the French Consulate in New Orleans
On Google the office averages 4.9 stars from 7 reviews. There are too few written reviews to summarize them fairly.
Opening hours of the French Consulate in New Orleans
Opening hours, as the office posts them on the network's website. By appointment, Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm.
Phone number of the French Consulate in New Orleans
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 (504) 754-6765, at the price of a local call; from abroad, +33 2 49 35 01 35 (Monday to Friday, 2 to 10 pm Paris time, which is 7 am to 3 pm Central for most of the year, except French public holidays).
The consulate's own line, +1 (504) 905-5562, 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 converts them to 7 am to 3 pm Central, and this consulate's own page says 8 am to 4 pm.
The contact page 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)
The number Google Maps gives for the consulate, (504) 569-2870, does not appear on its official page, which sends questions to France Consulaire. Checked on Google Maps on October 6, 2026.
What this office handles in New Orleans
The Consulate General of France in New Orleans covers Louisiana. It handles the Registre, proxies, certificates and signature certification for its district; passports and ID cards go to Houston. Civil status and nationality files from its district go to Los Angeles, not here.
It supervises the honorary consuls in Lake Charles and Lafayette.
The French and English versions of the New Orleans page do not say the same thing. The French one warns that its consular section “ne délivre ni documents d’identité ni documents de voyage” and sends every request to Houston; the English one says the section “issues identity and travel documents”.
The passport and ID card pages list no appointment link for New Orleans, which backs the French version: plan on Houston. (sources: 1, 2)
What you can settle without traveling
- Have a US birth transcribed in the French registers by mail: the transcription is free and has no deadline.
- Ask the Paris judicial court for a certificate of French nationality by mail, since no consulate issues it.
- Download your certificate of residence from Service-Public.fr if you are on the Registre.
Details checked against the official pages on October 6, 2026.
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