French Embassy in Lima

Embassy of France in Lima, Peru

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Overview

France's embassy on Avenida Arequipa 3415 in San Isidro is the mission without an email address — by design. Under the France Consulaire model, phone and written contact for consular matters runs through a centralised service answered from Paris (a local Lima number rings into it at local rates), while the consular section inside the embassy receives strictly by appointment, keeping just one old-fashioned habit: a Tuesday and Thursday morning walk-in window for collecting passports and identity cards. The embassy anchors one of Latin America's oldest French relationships: a French community rooted in Lima since the nineteenth century, French lycées, Alliance Française branches across the country, and honorary consular agencies in Arequipa, Iquitos and Cusco extending the network to the regions travellers actually visit. Between governments, the agenda spans trade, culture and science — France is among Peru's principal European partners, with direct Air France flights linking Paris and Lima.

Visa Services

Visa applications for France follow the centralised France-Visas channel rather than a counter at the chancery, and the France Consulaire phone service explicitly does not answer visa calls — the embassy's site routes applicants to the official visa platform and its Lima application arrangements. One load-bearing fact for local readers: Peruvian passport holders travel to France and the whole Schengen area visa-free for short stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period, an exemption in force since 2016; national long-stay visas for study, work or family remain a France-Visas matter.

Consular Services

French citizens in Peru — registrations, passports, identity cards, civil-status acts, nationality files, social matters and scholarships — are served by the consular section inside the embassy, by appointment only. Document collection and life certificates run without appointment on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:45-09:45. Routine questions go through France Consulaire (weekdays 14:00-20:00 Paris time) by phone or the site's contact form.

Service Area

The embassy and its consular section cover Peru, with honorary consular agencies in Arequipa, Iquitos and Cusco as local relays for French citizens in the regions.

Appointment Information

Embassy hours: Monday to Thursday 08:00-17:00, Friday 08:00-13:00. Consular procedures strictly by appointment, booked through the embassy's online system; the Tue/Thu 08:45-09:45 window covers collections and life certificates only. Phone contact via France Consulaire: +51 1 701 6909 (local) or +33 5 24 09 23 98, weekdays 14:00-20:00 Paris time.

Special Notes

There is no public email — written contact runs through the site's form, phone contact through France Consulaire, and the phone service does not handle visas. In a life-threatening emergency in Peru, use the national emergency numbers (police 105, fire 116) listed on the embassy's emergency page.
Frequently asked questions

Not for short stays. Peruvian passport holders enter France and the whole Schengen area visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180-day period, an exemption in force since 2016. Study, work and long-stay moves require a national visa processed through the official France-Visas channel.

By design: consular contact runs through the France Consulaire service — phone +51 1 701 6909 at local rates (or +33 5 24 09 23 98), weekdays from 14:00 to 20:00 Paris time — and through the contact form on the embassy's website. The phone service does not answer visa questions; those belong to France-Visas.

Only for two things: collecting a ready passport or identity card, and life certificates — Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:45-09:45. Everything else at the consular section inside the embassy runs strictly by appointment.

Treat this Visaja page as your starting point: verify the current rules directly with the official source before you submit an application.