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When things go wrong

What if something goes badly wrong while you’re abroad? What if you’re the victim of a crime, or fall ill?

What if someone close to you dies abroad, or suffers other serious misfortune? In this section we explain how we can help.

Our Consular Assistance teams in France can be reached on:

Paris area	00 33 (0)1 44 51 31 00
Bordeaux area	00 33 (0)5 57 22 21 10
Lyon area	00 33 (0)4 72 77 81 70
Marseille area	00 33 (0)4 91 15 72 10

Out of hours our Consular Assistance team in London can be reached on:

Phone number: 020 7008 1500 (+44 20 7008 1500 from abroad). This number operates 24 hours a day.

If you are calling from France: +33 (0)1 44 51 31 00

Our consulates in France

Bordeaux
Marseille
Paris

Please note

Out of office hours, the duty officer is available to provide emergency help but does not work out of the Consulate-General and is therefore not available to answer general or routine enquiries, particularly about visas.

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