German Consulate General in San Francisco

German consulate in San Francisco
Its district includes the whole Pacific Northwest, and the honorary consuls in Seattle and Portland, Oregon can both take passport applications. That is worth knowing from Spokane or Boise, where San Francisco is a long way off and the honorary office is not.

San Francisco has the widest reach of any German mission in the country. Seven states, from Alaska to Wyoming, plus American Samoa and a handful of uninhabited Pacific islands, plus the other 49 Californian counties. The consulate is on Jackson Street in Pacific Heights, in a residential block rather than a downtown tower.

Address, telephone and opening hours

  • Address
    1960 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
  • Telephone
    +1 415 775 1061
  • Head of mission
    Theo Kidess, Consul General
  • Official website
    www.san-francisco.diplo.de
Book an appointmentFees and requirementsThe thirteen procedures

What this office does

This is one of only nine places in the United States where every German consular service is available in one building.

  • German passports, including the fingerprints every application needs
  • German ID cards, which honorary consuls cannot issue
  • Name declarations, registrations of birth and of marriage
  • Certification of signatures and certified copies
  • Forwarding citizenship files to the Federal Office of Administration in Cologne

Nothing here is done on a walk-in basis. The appointment is the fixed point and the rest of the trip plans around it.

Honorary consuls in this district

4 honorary offices report to San Francisco.

Of these, Portland, OR and Seattle can take a passport application, which for much of this district is a far shorter journey.

What you can settle without travelling

Some of what people book an appointment for does not need one.

  • Order a German birth, marriage or death certificate: the registry office of the German town where it happened issues it, and most of them take an online or postal request
  • Get a certificate of conduct: the Federal Office of Justice handles it; any US notary public can notarize your signature on the form
  • Get a document apostilled: for a US document it is the Secretary of State of the issuing state; no German mission can do it

This is an independent directory of German consular offices in the United States. It is not operated by the Federal Foreign Office or by any German mission. Fees, opening hours and requirements change: always confirm them with the office before you travel.

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