French Embassy for Latvia - Address / Phone Number

French Embassy in Latvia

Address: Raiņa bulvāris 9, LV 1050 Riga, Latvia
City: Riga (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Tel.: (371) 670 366 00
Fax: (371) 670 366 15
Emergency tel.: (371) 29570623
Working/Consular hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 - 12.00, 15.00 - 18.00 (by appointment)

The Consular Section's main mission is to administer according to French laws and regulations the French community, whether transient or established in Latvia. 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.

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.

Theft or loss of a valid passport must be reported to the police and a police report should be presented when applying for a new passport. Otherwise a passport is applied as normally. When reporting a lost passport to the police it should be noted that a report made by telephone and a registration number given  on the basis of that might not be adequate proof to the insurance company. The report can be made in person at a police station so that a report of the crime is available in writing.

The Embassy in Riga is closed on the following days:

• January 1: New Year's Day;
• March/April: Easter Monday;
• May 1: Labour Day;
• 8 May: Victory Day 1945;
• June 23: Ligo;
• June 24: Saint John;
• July 14: National Day;
• 11 November: Armistice of 1918;
• November 18: Proclamation of Independence of Latvia;
• December 24; Christmas Eve;
• December 25: Christmas;
• December 26: Christmas;
• December 31: New Year's Eve