French Consulate in Boston
The Consulate General of France in Boston covers New England: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. It sits on Saint James Avenue in Back Bay, under Consul General Baltis Méjanès.
How to book an appointment at the French Consulate in Boston
Before gathering papers for the Consulate General of France in Boston, check how the service you need is booked: the consulate publishes it service by service.
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
Passport and ID card appointments are booked on consulat.gouv.fr, the ministry's booking site, from the link for Boston 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 consulat.boston-cslt@diplomatie.gouv.fr to request the appointment.
Nobody should charge you for a slot: the appointment costs nothing, only the service has a fee.
In 2026 it took passport appointments on the road, to Burlington in March and to Portland, Maine, in April, and in September 2025 it announced 30% more appointment slots.
How to cancel an appointment at the French Consulate in Boston
Canceling takes a minute and gives the slot to someone who needs it.
The booking site, consulat.gouv.fr, has a cancel option on each reservation. If that does not work, a note through us.diplomatie.gouv.fr/contact with your name and the date does it.
Getting to the French Consulate in Boston
You will find the office at 31 Saint James Avenue, Suite 750, Boston, MA 02116. Public transit saves you the parking.
Back Bay: Arlington on the Green Line, Back Bay or Tufts Medical Center on the Orange Line, and Back Bay station for the Commuter Rail. The building is wheelchair accessible.
Bring your appointment email and an ID: late arrivals are not admitted, and only the applicant goes in (a minor with at least one parent or guardian).
Real reviews of the French Consulate in Boston
Before you go, read people who went. These are public reviews, summarized.
On Google the office averages 3.7 stars from 58 reviews.
She renewed her French passport without trouble. American-born with a French mother, she says the agent spoke French with her and, for anything important, slowed down and then switched to English.
Micheline H.
She noticed late that her passport was about to expire; the small team, with limited staff, still went out of its way so she could travel.
Juliette D.
He could not book online on what he called an outdated website, rarely got an answer on the phone and could not enter the building without an appointment.
Lloyd D.
Opening hours of the French Consulate in Boston
Here is what the consulate's page says about its hours. By appointment, Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm. Passports and ID cards are collected without an appointment, Monday to Thursday 9 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 to 4 pm, Friday 9 am to 12:30 pm.
Phone number of the French Consulate in Boston
The consulate does not take general questions by phone: they go to France Consulaire, a French-language line that covers passports, ID cards, civil status and nationality.
From the US it is +1 (617) 648-9937, at the price of a local call; from abroad, +33 3 73 88 01 65 (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 (617) 435-0418, 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 8 am to 4 pm Eastern, and this consulate's own page says 9 am to 5 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)
What this office handles in Boston
The Consulate General of France in Boston covers Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. It handles the Registre, passports and ID cards, proxies, certificates and signature certification for its district.
Civil status and nationality files from its district go to Washington, not here. It supervises the honorary consuls in South Portland, Concord, Rhode Island and South Burlington.
In 2026 its page announced outreach missions in Burlington (March 18 and 19, passports and ID cards) and in Portland, Maine (April 30, passports, voting proxies and digital identity), open to people registered with the consulate. (sources: 1, 2)
What you can settle without traveling
- Prove you are alive for a French pension with the “Mon certificat de vie” app or a US notary public.
- Get a French document apostilled through the regional council of notaries, which took over on May 1, 2025.
- Join the consular electoral list online, up to six weeks before an election.
Details checked against the official pages on October 6, 2026.
We are not an official body. frenchconsulates.us collects and checks information on French consular offices in the United States, with no link to the French government.
No appointments are booked here and nothing is charged for. Check the detail with the office that covers you.