Honorary Consul of Germany in Leawood

German consulate in Leawood
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.

This is the German honorary consulate for Kansas and Missouri, based in Leawood and answering to Chicago.

How to reach this office

  • Address
    8014 State Line, #203 Leawood, KS 66208
  • Telephone
    +1 913 - 642 - 5134
  • Email
    kansas-city@hk-diplo.de
  • Honorary consul
    Rolf D. Snyder, Honorary Consul
  • States covered
    Kansas and Missouri
  • Reports to
    German Consulate General in Chicago
Book an appointmentFees and requirementsThe thirteen procedures

What this office can and cannot do

An honorary consul is a local point of contact, not a consulate general. The work is unpaid and done alongside another job.

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 Chicago.

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

If a matter is beyond what this office can do, it will point you to the career mission rather than leave you guessing.

How far your consulate general is

The consulate general in Chicago is 528 miles from here, roughly 10 h 1 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

Leawood is not the only honorary consulate covering this ground.

What you can settle without travelling

Some of what people book an appointment for does not need 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
  • Track a passport that is already in progress: it is printed in Berlin and the six to eight weeks are set there, not at the counter that took your application

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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