The Press office distributes policy explanations, speech and article texts and press transcripts to French newspaper, radio and television editors. Items of special interest, such as the text or tape of an important speech by a senior U.S. official, or a major policy statement or analysis, are distributed to the media and other audiences. The Press office answers questions from journalists and arranges assistance in the United States to correspondents stationed or traveling there.
Visas
The following persons must request an I visa when traveling to the United States for work reasons: Representative of foreign press, radio, film or other information media. This includes aliens whose activities are essential to the foreign information media function; for example, media reporters, media film crews, video tape editors, and persons in similar occupations (more information on our Visas Section)
Press Releases
- 11/21/2016: U.S. Artist Jeff Koons Offers Bouquet of Tulips to the City of Paris and the People of France as a Symbol of Friendship (PDF 126KB)
- 02/12/2016: U.S. Embassy Guidance for changes to the Visa Waiver Program (PDF, 45 kb)
- 03/20/2015: Flag at half-staff to pay tribute to Arthur Hartman, former U.S. Ambassador to France (PDF 122 KB)
- 01/11/2015: U.S. Embassy Closure (PDF 124 KB)
- 12/12/2014: Statement on the Planned Auction of Sacred Native American Objects (PDF, 28 kb)
- 10/23/2014: New Visa Appointment Procedures (PDF, 28 kb)
- 9/24/2014: Statement by Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Uzra Zeya on the death of Hervé Gourdel (PDF 28 KB)
- 8/19/2014: Homeland Security Investigations Participates in the Cultural Repatriation of a Manuscript Signed by Napoleon (PDF 80 KB)
- 8/4/2014: Assumption of Duties of Ms. Uzra S. Zeya as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the Embassy of the United States in France (PDF 124 KB)
