Honorary Consul of Germany in Portland, OR

German consulate in Portland, OR
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.

For Idaho and Oregon, the nearest German office is the honorary consulate in Portland, OR. It works under San Francisco.

How to reach this office

  • Address
    3900 SW Murray Blvd., Portland, OR 97005, USA
  • Email
    portland-or@hk-diplo.de
  • Honorary consul
    Blake Peters, Honorary Consul
  • States covered
    Idaho and Oregon
  • Reports to
    German Consulate General in San Francisco
Book an appointmentFees and requirementsThe thirteen procedures

What this office can and cannot do

Honorary consuls are appointed to cover ground the career missions cannot reach. They are not open counters.

This office can take passport applications, including the fingerprints. That is not true of most honorary consuls, and it saves the trip to San Francisco.

Applying through an honorary consul adds 105.00 € to the passport fee, and the office may charge its own forwarding cost. Payment is in cash, in US dollars.

No honorary consul issues visas or German ID cards. Those are limited to the embassy and the eight consulates general.

Because the post is held alongside a main profession, do not expect someone to answer at any hour. Arrange the visit in advance.

How far your consulate general is

San Francisco is 635 miles away, around 12 h 19 min at posted speed limits. Nobody makes that trip twice for the same file, so get the document list confirmed before you set off.

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.

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