French Embassy in Algiers

France requires Algerian citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. Whether the French embassy in Algiers takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

2025 figures: 141,885 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at France’s embassy in Algiers, and 105,452 visas were issued. 34,425 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 24.6%. The refusal rate fell by 6.9 points from 31.5% in 2024, a clear improvement for applicants. Applications fell by 28% compared with 2024 (197,868).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 24.6% (2025) to 31.5% (2024).

France issues Schengen visas at 3 locations in Algeria; this office handled 57% of their 248,681 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Annaba 28.3% and Oran 38.5%, which makes Algiers the lowest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Algeria, 31.3% of applications were refused in 2025; France’s rate worldwide was 14.2%. France received the largest number of applications of the 19 Schengen states represented here.

22.8% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Algeria.

The French embassy in Algiers is one of 5 missions of France in Algeria. Consulates: Oran, Annaba and Algiers. Algeria in turn has 19 missions in France, its embassy being in Paris.

About the French embassy in Algiers

It appears in official lists as Embassy of France in Algiers.

Address and contact

Address: 25, chemin Abdelkader Gadouche, 16035 Hydra Alger, Algiers. The record for the French embassy in Algiers includes a phone number and an official website.

French citizens travelling to Algeria

Algeria requires French citizens to hold a visa issued in advance.

When the French embassy in Algiers is closed

Expect the French embassy in Algiers to be shut on New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027 and Amazigh New Year on Tuesday 12 January 2027, and often on Armistice Day (Armistice 1918) on Wednesday 11 November 2026, a holiday in France.

Before visiting the French embassy in Algiers

Current procedures for the French embassy in Algiers, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the French embassy in Algiers

The French embassy in Algiers has 19 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.