Honorary Consul of Germany in New Haven

German consulate in New Haven
An honorary consul is not a consulate general. None of them issue visas, and only some can take a passport application. Fees are paid in cash in US dollars, and applying through one adds 105.00 € to the passport fee.

Germany keeps an honorary consul in New Haven to serve Connecticut and Rhode Island, under the supervision of the mission in Boston.

How to reach this office

  • Address
    195 Church Street, Floor 7 New Haven, CT 06510
  • Telephone
    +1 (203) 936-7604
  • Email
    new-haven@hk-diplo.de
  • Honorary consul
    Janet S. Sutherland, Honorary Consul
  • States covered
    Connecticut and Rhode Island
  • Reports to
    German Consulate General in Boston
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What this office can and cannot do

An honorary consulate is not a smaller version of a consulate general. It is a different kind of office with a narrower brief.

This office cannot take passport applications. The Federal Foreign Office states it plainly, so a new German passport means going to Boston.

Visas and German ID cards are outside every honorary consul's powers, here and everywhere else in the country.

It is worth starting here even for things that end up elsewhere: the office knows the local situation.

How far your consulate general is

Boston is 135 miles away, about 2 h 42 min by road at posted speed limits and without traffic. That is close enough that the consulate general is a realistic option for anything this office cannot handle.

What you can settle without travelling

A good part of German paperwork never touches a consulate.

  • Send in a life certificate for your pension: there is a free digital route with a QR code, and a bank or a police station can sign the paper one
  • Apply for a visa you may not need: a US passport gets you 90 days in Germany without one
  • Find out whether you are German at all: the dates of your family's emigration decide it, and you can work that out from your own records before anyone books an appointment

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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