If you are an American who speaks French can you move to Paris and work at the US Embassy?

Keptical

Yes you can. They will always grant interviews to qualified candidates.

The US embassies are branches of the State Department. Check out their career link below for details. You will find navigating their very comprehensive site intuitive as well as informative.

Lt Col down there has no idea what he is talking about. My wife was just walking by the the American embassy in Paris at the Place de la Concorde last year and the police would not even let her take a picture with her digital camera from outside the gate which must be almost a mile from the building. Three of them surrounded her as soon as she pulled it out and they were not joking. Security is very serious business.

I am associated with US embassies around the world. I utilize their services to export my products and France is one of my markets.

You need to have all of your ducks in a row to work there. It's not like working the drive through window at a fast food restaurant.

I presume you have some position in mind which you feel qualified for. Get the process rolling. Contact them directly, send your resume and try to set up an interview prior to your arrival. That way you will look much more professional. It may take several months before they grant you one.

What a cool adventure a job like that will be.

Bonne chance.

massimo

Being an American has nothing to do with working in the American embassy anywhere
First,you must be qualified for some kind of a skill that's needed by the embassy and of
course ,speaking the language of the host country a must & you'll be more important if you have the ability to understand,write and speak several other languages.the bottom line ,multi tasking person is a +.
Good luck.

George L

There might be some possibility, but simply speaking French probably wouldn't be enough to get a job. Most jobs for US citizens at embassies are for direct hire employees, like Department of State, DOD, DOJ and other organizations. Many, or most of the other positions go to spouses of direct hire employees. Mostly because it's easier for them to get security clearances based on their marriages to people who already have them. So, that doesn't leave much left over for others. Jobs open up on an irregular basis. You'd have to have your own residency permit, so unless you already have the right to live and work in France, you couldn't even be considered. You wouldn't be eligible for diplomatic status, or housing. All your moving expenses would be out of pocket. So, if all that works for you, give it a shot.

Curious1usa

If you have the proper residence and work permits, and there is an opening for a local hire employee for which you are qualified, and if you pass the various clearances, then yes, it is possible.

See the following site for current openings (there is only one job open at the moment, for a General Manager):

http://www.amb-usa.fr/embassy/vacancies.htm

Ankhesan amun

You would have to qualify and be hired, but probably yes, you could.

dhlunar

The most common position in US Embassy are Foreign Service Officers. In order to achive such position you need to take the Foreign Service Exam. They redid it in the last couple of years, but when I took it a couple of years ago there were 30,000 people worldwide taking the exam with only about 500 positions available world wide.

As a Foreign Service Officer you must be open up to world wide availability including Washington, DC.

Aubie

why? are you quitting?

helo pilot cfi

no you have to be hired by dept of state first meeting all the qualifications of civil servants intense background investigation etc

Lt Col USAFR

Sure. Those who asy "no you have to be hired by the state dept" are over stating the case a little.

It seems they are implying you could not just move to France & try to get a job at the embassy. You could. Heck I bet they even have french nationals working there.

Not saying it would be easy, just possible.

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