france.usembassy.gov/marseille Consulate General Marseille, France

Consulate General Marseille, France The EmbassyU.S. Citizen ServicesVisas to the U.S.Consulates and APP sU.S. Policy & IssuesResourcesFrench You Are In: Home > Consulate General Marseille Consulate General Marseille About us How to find us Mission History Consular District Regional Information American Citizens Commercial Services Nice Consular Agency Events congen marseille About us The Consulate General is headed by a Consul General who is responsible for all operations in Marseille and the Consular Agency in Nice. The Consul General is assisted by a deputy, who runs consular and administrative services on day-to-day basis. The Consulate General and the Consular Agency together employ five Americans and 21 local employees representing three United States Government agencies: the Department of State, the Foreign Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce, and the Navy s Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The U.S. Navy s Sixth Fleet liaison officer with the French Mediterranean Navy and his staff assistant live in nearby Toulon (where the French navy s Mediterranean fleet is anchored), and they work closely with the Consulate General. January 11, 2008: The French Navy invited Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Deputy Commander Sixth Fleet and Commander, Submarine Group Eight, Ambassador Craig R. Stapleton and Consul General Philip Breeden to spend a day on the French nuclear powered Attack Submarine (SSN) S605 AMETHYSTE for an at-sea demonstration of the ship s capabilities and to reinforce Franco-American military ties. Caption: Rear Admiral Yves Boiffin and Ambassador Stapleton. Citizen Dialogue Program December 18, 2007. The trip, sponsored by the Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Department of State, was an exchange program of dialogue and discovery permitting a group of young Muslim Americans to share their experiences and learn from their co-religionists in the United Kingdom,...