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Information and events for British citizens in France

The British Embassy in Paris has held meetings across France to update British citizens working and living in the country and answer their questions regarding Britain's departure from the European Union.

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From:
British Embassy Paris, British Consulate Bordeaux and British Consulate Marseille
Published:
20 September 2018
Last updated:
6 September 2021
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  1. New outreach event added: Tuesday 7 September, 6pm to 7:30pm.

  2. Added details of online outreach event on Tuesday 20 July 2021

  3. New date for online outreach events in May and June

  4. New virtual outreach events added

  5. Updated with next virtual citizens outreach meeting: Wednesday 24 February

  6. February 2020 Facebook Q&A added

  7. New events added in La Rochelle and Agen

  8. New Facebook Q&A announced

  9. New outreach event in Paris

  10. New events added

  11. New events added in Paris, Marseille, Civray

  12. New outreach events added in Vannes, Quimper and Paris

  13. Bourg-en-Bresse event added

  14. New dates

  15. Events added in Bergerac and Périgueux

  16. Events in Orléans and Lyon added

  17. Nanterre/Boulogne-Billancourt event added

  18. Q&A date and time added

  19. New outreach meeting in Lille

  20. New events announced in Paris and in Caen in September

  21. Date change for event at Alencon

  22. New meeting in Alençon

  23. New citizens outreach meeting announced in Nice on 16 July 2019

  24. New citizens outreach meetings announced in: GOUAREC (4/07), BREST (5/07), PERPIGNAN (10/07), MONTPELLIER (11/07), AVIGNON (13/07), AIX-EN-PROVENCE (15/07)

  25. NEW Citizens outreach meeting announced in Périgueux (24) on 25 June 2019.

  26. New citizens outreach meeting announced in Le Havre on Friday 14 June.

  27. New meeting added

  28. New Citizens Outreach meeting announced - Grenoble 27 May 2019

  29. New citizens outreach meeting announced in Laval (Mayenne) on 16 May 2019.

  30. NEW citizens outreach event announced in Limoges on 16 May 2019.

  31. New Facebook Q&A announced on 22 April

  32. We have announced a new meeting taking place in Paris on 29 April at 6:30PM.

  33. EU Exit update: We are taking questions on Facebook on Monday 25 March from 4pm to 8pm. We will provide individual answers by Friday 5pm.

  34. New citizens outreach meetings in Poitiers, Paris and Marseille

  35. New outreach meeting in Paris on 26 February

  36. New citizens outreach meetings announced for: Clermont-Ferrand 12/02 Monaco 19/02 Lille 21/02 Nantes 25/02

  37. Two new citizens outreach meetings announced in Lorient (4 Feb ) and Paris (4 Feb).

  38. New citizens outreach meetings announced in Reims, Rouen, Parthenay, Auxerre, Cannes and Annemasse. We will also be hosting another Facebook live Q&A on 18 January.

  39. New date published: Facebook live Q&A on 18 December

  40. New meetings announced in Aix-en-Provence, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Malo, Annecy and Dijon.

  41. New British citizens outreach date announced: 7 November 2018 in Chantilly.

  42. First published.

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

In recent years, the British Embassy in Paris has held meetings across France to update British citizens working and living in the country and answering their questions regarding Britain’s departure from the European Union. No further outreach meetings are currently planned. You can stay in touch with the Embassy via the following means:

  • visit our Living in France guide for practical information, such as applying for a ‘carte de séjour’. You can receive email alerts whenever the guide is updated by signing up here
  • For questions not answered in the Living in France guide, you can send in questions via our webform
  • Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates which affect British people living in France
  • All previous editions of our Voisins Voices newsletter can be accessed on GOV.UK

Previous citizens outreach meetings across France

2021

Date Location
14 December virtual
29 September virtual
7 September virtual
20 July virtual
24 June virtual
18 May virtual
13 April virtual
18 March virtual
24 February virtual
26 January virtual

2020

Date Location
14 December 2020 virtual
25 November 2020 virtual
21 October 2020 virtual
27 February Agen
February Facebook Q&A
11 February Civray 2pm
11 February Civray 6pm
13 February Paris

2019

Date Location
6 November Paris
6 November Marseille
14 October Vannes
14 October Quimper
14 October Paris
11 October Bergerac
10 October Périgueux (1) & (2)
9 October Bourg-en-Bresse
24 September Lyon
22 September Facebook Q&A
18 September Orléans
16 September Paris
12 September Caen
5 September Nanterre/Boulogne-Billancourt
4 September Lille
30 July Alençon
16 July Nice
15 July Aix-en-Provence
13 July Avignon
11 July Montpellier
10 July Perpignan
5 July Brest
4 July Gouarec
1 July Facebook Q&A
25 June Périgueux
14 June Le Havre
27 May Grenoble
16 May Laval
16 May Limoges
29 April Paris
22 April Facebook Q&A
25 March Facebook Q&A
19 March Marseille
18 March Paris
13 March Poitiers
26 February Paris
25 February Facebook live Q&A
25 February Nantes
21 February Lille
19 February Monaco
12 February Clermont-Ferrand
11 February Annemasse
4 February Paris
4 February Lorient
31 January Cannes
28 January Auxerre
24 January Parthenay
23 January Facebook live Q&A
22 January Rouen
17 January Reims

2018

Date Location
18 December Facebook live Q&A
10 December Dijon
3 December Annecy
20 November Saint-Malo
19 November Saint-Germain-en-Laye
15 November Aix-en-Provence
7 November Chantilly
19 October Bordeaux
4 October Toulouse
5 September Perpignan
11 July Montpellier
3 July Cahors
26 June Nîmes
18 June Narbonne
28 May Périgueux
15 May Limoges
20 April Carcassonne
18-19 April Rennes/Dinan/St Jacut de la Mer
17 April Strasbourg
9 April Paris
12 March Calais
6 March Caen
15 February Montauban

2017

Date Location
12 December Bergerac
11 December Poitou-Charentes
6 December Paris
27 November Gouarec
23 November St-Raphael
7 November Nice
12 October Toulouse
1 October Angers
21 September Tours
18 September Strasbourg
13 September Lyon
1 July Bordeaux

If you have attended one of our meetings, we would appreciate your feedback (please note that if you have responded to one of our paper surveys, we ask you not to fill out another online one).

For questions concerning your rights as a British citizen in France, contact us. If you have any suggestions for other towns and places that could host our citizens outreach meetings, please email France.Enquiries@fcdo.gov.uk.

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