Formalities
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For all nominations for employment in a diplomatic mission or consular post, the mission should send to Protocol Department a Notification de nomination et de prise de fonctions (NNPF) or Notification of Nomination and Commencement.
Common formalities
NNPF to be provided (in 4 copies) together with the following documentation:
* duly completed personal details form
* photocopy of passport of appointee and of his/her family members
* photocopy of long-stay visa
* 4 recent passport-size photos (45mm x 35mm)
To which should be added:
* for the spouse: copy of marriage certificate or of any alternative official document
* for children: official document as proof of filial relation (birth certificate, family record book, etc.)
Specific formalities
Diplomatic agents
* 1 curriculum vitae
* predecessor’s notification of termination of appointment
(in 3 copies)
* predecessor’s residence permit to be returned
Heads of Consular Posts
* 1 curriculum vitae
* predecessor’s notification of termination of appointment
(in 5 copies)
Consular Officers
* predecessor’s notification of termination of appointment
(in 5 copies)
* 4 regulation passport-size photos of themselves and of their families
Administrative and technical personnel,
consular employees,
domestic staff
* 4 regulation passport-size photos of themselves and of their families
Notifications of Nomination and Commencement will be valid only provided a full dossier conforming to all requirements is submitted. Any dossier that is incomplete or does not conform to requirements will be returned to the Embassy.
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