Greek Embassy in Paris

French citizens need no visa for Greece: under European free movement rules they can travel, live and work there with a valid passport or national ID card.

2024 figures: 1 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Greece’s embassy in Paris, and 1 visas were issued. Applications fell by 80% compared with 2023 (5).

Across all Schengen consulates in France, 2.5% of applications were refused in 2024; Greece’s rate worldwide was 13.2%. Greece received the 11th largest number of applications of the 15 Schengen states represented here.

The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of France.

The Greek embassy in Paris is one of 6 missions of Greece in France. Consulates: Marseille, Nice and Ajaccio. Honorary consulates: Strasbourg and Lyon. France in turn has 4 missions in Greece, its embassy being in Pátrai.

About the Greek embassy in Paris

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Greece in Paris.

Address and contact

Address: 17, rue Auguste-Vacquerie, 75116 Paris. The record for the Greek embassy in Paris includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

When the Greek embassy in Paris is closed

The Greek embassy in Paris closes on France’s public holidays, the next being Armistice Day (Armistice 1918) on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and Christmas Day (Noël) on Friday 25 December 2026, and usually on holidays of Greece such as Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026.

Before visiting the Greek embassy in Paris

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

Near the Greek embassy in Paris

The Greek embassy in Paris has 55 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.