Honorary Consul of Germany in Orlando
The honorary consul in Orlando covers Florida, and reports to the Consulate General in Miami.
How to reach this office
- Address
Post Office Box 3147, Orlando, FL 32802-3147 - Telephone
+1 407-573-6110 - Email
orlando@hk-diplo.de - Honorary consul
Jefferson Brock McClane, Honorary Consul - States covered
Florida - Reports to
German Consulate General in Miami
What this office can and cannot do
The office is honorary, which changes what it can do rather than how helpful it is.
The Federal Foreign Office does not say whether this office can take passport applications. That is not the same as saying it cannot: call and ask before assuming you have to travel to Miami.
No honorary consul issues visas or German ID cards. Those are limited to the embassy and the eight consulates general.
Availability depends on the consul's own working week, so an appointment arranged by email is the way in.
How far your consulate general is
The consulate general in Miami is 234 miles from here, roughly 4 h 23 min of driving without traffic. That is a long day out and back, so it is worth confirming by email what can be settled locally first.
The other German offices near you
Orlando is not the only honorary consulate covering this ground.
- Tampa, which also covers Florida
What you can settle without travelling
A good part of German paperwork never touches a consulate.
- Order copies of German civil records for a citizenship file: those come from German municipalities by post, and they are the slowest part of any descent case
- 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
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.
