Algerian consulates in Europe are organizing a series of mobile consular offices during November and December 2025, designed to bring administrative services closer to Algerian nationals living abroad. These offices provide local access to a number of essential services for members of the diaspora.
This move, announced by the Secretary of State for the Diaspora, Sofiane Chaib, This new service enables consular services to bring the administration closer to Algerian citizens outside the country. Consulates in France, Spain, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy have scheduled a number of office hours in different cities.
Opening hours
Algerian consulates in France by consular area
- Besançon November 30 in Belfort (maison des associations, 1 rue Jean-Pierre Melville, 90000 Belfort), December 21 in Audincourt (ancienne Mairie, 73 Grande Rue, 25400 Audincourt)
- Bordeaux November 15 in Angoulême (Salle Conviviale de Basseau, 25 Rue Antoine de Conflants 16000 Angoulême), December 6 in La Rochelle (Salle des mariages de la Passerelle, 2 Suqre de La Passerelle 17000 La Rochelle), December 27 in Agen (Salle de La Rotonde du Stadium, 17 Cours Washington, 47000 Agen)
- Grenoble November 16 in Chambery (53, rue du Verger - 73000 Chambery), November 30 in Annemasse (2 Rue Adolphe Magnin, 74100 Annemasse)
- Lyon November 23 in Valence (Maison de La Vie Associative 74 Route de Montelier 26000 Valence), December 21 in Le Creusot (Salle Alice Boutavant Maison des Associations Jouffroy 71200 Le Creusot)
- Marseille November 19 and December 23 in Avignon (Château de Saint-Chamond, 3 Rue François Maunac 84000 Avignon).
- Metz November 23 in Saint-Dizier (Salle de Réunion, Pole Associatif de Vergy, 52000 Saint-Dizier), December 14 in Châlons en Champagne (Centre Social et culturel 13 Rue Jean-Sébastien Bacha 51000 Châlons en Champagne)
- Montpellier : November 15 in Carcassonne (Centre Social Max-Savy Grazailles 1, Rue du Moulin de La Seigne 11000 Carcassonne), November 22 in Mende (Centre culturel et social de la Communauté de Mende, Salle place Foirail, 48000 Mende), November 29 in Perpignan (Place Cassan Yes, 2 rue de La Miranda 66000 Perpignan), December 13 in Rodez (1, Boulevard du 122 Régiment d'Infanterie 12000 Rodez), December 10 in Alès (Maison Louis Aragon, 182 Rue de la Judie 30100 Alès)
- Saint-Etienne November 15, December 6 and 13 in Clermont-Ferrand (88 boulevard Lavoisier 63000 Clermont-Ferrand)
- Strasbourg November 23 in Mulhouse (adjacent to the Ennasr Mosque), December 7 in Épinal (2 Rue de La Maix, 88000 Epinal), December 14 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (4 Rue General Cherin, Maison des Syndicats, 88100 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges), December 31 in Colmar (19 Place du Capitaine Dreyfus, 68000 Colmar).
- Toulouse November 30 in Cahors (58 chemin de La Combe de Minuit 46000 Cahors), December 14 in Castres (136 Rue Paul Gaugin 81000 Castres)
- Nantes November 16 and 30 in Rennes (12 Square des Cloteaux 35200 Rennes), December 7 and 21 in Châtellerault (46, Rue Arsène et Jean Lambert 86100 Châtellerault).
Permanences in other European countries
- Spain November 30 in Murcia, December 14 in Seville
- Belgium December 7 in Genk (Jeugdhuis Pionier Douverneur Alex, Galopinstraat 19-3600), December 14 in Luxembourg (salle de réunion Kineek Kirchberg 45 Avenue John Kennedy L-1855 Luxembourg)
- Germany November 23 in Dusseldorf (Niermannsweg, 1, 40699 Erkrath), December 14 in Stuttgart
- United Kingdom November 30 in Belfast, December 7 in Cardiff, December 14 in Glasgow
- Italy November 30 in Rovereto (Via Vicenza N 5 Rovereto-38068), December 14 in Florence, November 23 in Barletta, December 14 in Vittoria, December 15 in Messina.
Services on offer
The consular offices offer the following services, which are generally available without appointment:
- Receipt of applications for biometric passports ;
- Delivery of passports and national identity cards ;
- Establishment of proxies ;
- Delivery of deferment certificates and national service exemption cards ;
- Establishment of criminal records ;
- Life certificate ;
- Establishment of a certificate of custom/celibacy ;
- Issuance of driver's license certificates ;
- Receipt of civil status transcription files (births, marriages);
- Receipt of applications for consular registration (first application and renewal) ;
Practical details
Certain services often require you to make an appointment in advance online, while other consular services can be provided free of charge during office hours. Consult the official websites of the consulates concerned to check the exact times, locations and procedures for each office. For Rennes, for example, the appointment link is already inactive, as all slots have probably already been booked.
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