Contacting the Algerian Embassy in Paris
The mission portal, Algeria’s central directory and the French Foreign Ministry agree on the chancery at 50 rue de Lisbonne, its telephone and chancery email. That building is not the Consulate General at 1 Passage du Trône. Current official pages disagree about the consulate’s public hours, the visa-collection closing time and even its general email domain. This guide names those conflicts rather than flattening them, and asks readers to confirm the relevant service before travelling or sending an original document.
26 July 2026Published address and contact channels
State the exact transaction and your place of residence in the first enquiry. Do not send a passport copy or other sensitive record until the recipient and transfer method are confirmed.
Embassy chancery in Paris
50 rue de Lisbonne75008 Paris
France
Consulate General in Paris
1 Passage du Trône75011 Paris
France
The rue de Lisbonne chancery handles diplomatic work. Personal consular transactions normally belong to the competent consular post. Do not send a passport or consular file to the embassy without written direction.
Embassy of Algeria in Paris, France
- Embassy telephone +33 1 53 93 20 20
- Consulate General telephone +33 1 53 72 07 00
- Embassy fax +33 1 53 93 20 69
- Chancery email
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Official consulate hours conflict
The contact page says Tuesday–Saturday, 08:30–15:00. The opening-hours page says Tuesday–Friday, 09:00–15:30, and Saturday, 09:00–15:00. Visa collection also closes at either 15:00 or 15:30 depending on the page. Check the exact service page and call before setting out.
A source-bounded note on the head of mission
Saïd Moussi
The embassy portal publishes a biography of Saïd Moussi and says he has been ambassador to France since August 2022 and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO since September 2022.
The current French directory confirms the embassy but does not name its head. The biography is therefore not presented as independent French confirmation of current status. Reconfirm the title before formal or protocol correspondence.
Two checks to make before visiting or sending anything
First decide whether the enquiry is diplomatic or a personal consular transaction. Then give your residence and exact service and ask the post to confirm jurisdiction, address and current attendance rule in writing.
Before travelling
Name the transaction and place of residence, then ask for the physical address, day, time, appointment, documents and payment method. Keep the dated reply.
Before sending an original or sensitive copy
Confirm the section, accepted post or courier method, tracking and return arrangements. Do not attach a complete passport merely because an email address is published.
Name the service in the first message
A short enquiry with enough context is easier to route than a broad request for ‘all the documents’. State who you are, where you normally live, the exact procedure and the decision you need from the embassy.
Algerian document or consular matter
Name the passport, registration, civil-status, legalisation or other procedure. Ask for the current Paris checklist and whether attendance, an appointment, originals, copies, payment or collection are required.
Visa for Algeria
Give nationality, country of habitual residence, purpose and expected length of travel. Ask for the correct category, form, supporting papers, fee, payment method, appointment rule and personal-attendance requirement.
Institutional or diplomatic enquiry
Identify the organisation, subject, responsible contact and any genuine deadline. Do not attach personal or confidential records until the receiving address, section and transfer method have been confirmed.
Prepare a useful enquiry before calling or writing
The office can answer more accurately when the first message contains enough context. Keep it concise and do not attach sensitive documents until the recipient and method have been confirmed.
- Your full name and a safe way to reply.
- Your nationality and, when relevant, whether you are an Algerian citizen or a foreign traveller.
- Country of habitual residence, town and postcode, because residence can determine the competent Algerian post.
- The exact service: passport, civil status, consular registration, legalisation, visa or another named request.
- Any genuine deadline and the reason for it, without presenting a travel booking as a guaranteed processing date.
- A request for the current checklist, fees, payment method, appointment rule, submission method and collection method.
No reliable Paris-specific postal procedure or return method was established in the checked material. Ask for written confirmation before posting a passport, certificate or other original. If an office authorises post, follow its current packaging, tracking and return instructions exactly and keep copies of everything sent.
Visa and consular requests: what must still be confirmed
The Paris portal contains a general Algerian entry-visa route, but the checked material does not establish Paris-specific fees, payment, appointment, submission, collection or postal rules. Visa categories and supporting papers vary with the purpose of travel, so obtain the current local instructions for your category directly from the competent office.
No current Paris-specific processing time or issuance promise was verified. Build sufficient time into your plans and avoid non-refundable commitments until the passport has been returned and the decision is known.
For consular registration or Algerian documents, request a current France-specific checklist. Requirements published for another country or mission are not evidence of the procedure in Paris.
| Before you act | Ask for explicit confirmation |
|---|---|
| Competent post | Whether the Paris mission handles the exact service for your place of habitual residence or another Algerian post is responsible. |
| Attendance | Whether an appointment is required and the current counter hours for that service. |
| File and payment | The current form, documents, originals or copies, photographs, fee and accepted payment method. |
| Delivery and timing | How to submit and collect, whether post is accepted, the return method and a realistic non-guaranteed timeframe. |
Information this guide deliberately does not assume
The current official record is limited and partly conflicting. This page therefore does not present the following as confirmed facts:
- Saïd Moussi as independently confirmed by France as the current ambassador;
- one definitive general consulate timetable or visa-collection closing time;
- one uncontested general email for the Consulate General;
- automatic Paris jurisdiction for everyone resident in France;
- a fixed checklist, fee, payment method or processing time;
- walk-in access or guaranteed dispatch and return of original documents.
Use an official channel with the minimum personal data needed, ask for current instructions for the named transaction, and retain the dated response.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the Algerian Embassy in Paris?
The chancery is at 50 rue de Lisbonne, 75008 Paris. The separate Consulate General is at 1 Passage du Trône, 75011 Paris.
Which embassy contacts agree across the records?
Telephone +33 1 53 93 20 20, fax +33 1 53 93 20 69 and the chancery email shown in the contact section above.
What are the Consulate General’s opening hours?
Its official contact and opening-hours pages conflict. Check the page for the exact service and confirm the time before travelling.
Who is the Algerian ambassador to France?
The mission portal carries Saïd Moussi’s biography and a 2022 appointment statement; the current French directory does not name a head of mission. Reconfirm for protocol use.
Where should I lodge a consular or visa matter?
Do not assume the embassy accepts it. Check your place of residence, the exact transaction and the competent consular post’s current instructions.
Official sources
The current official records establish the chancery and its contacts, separate the embassy from the consulate and expose operational conflicts that still need direct confirmation.