Honorary Consul of Germany in New Orleans

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.

New Orleans is the German honorary office for Louisiana. The career mission behind it is in Houston.

How to reach this office

Address
1700 Moss Street, New Orleans, LA 70119 USA
Telephone
+1 504 - 975 - 5291
Email
new-orleans@hk-diplo.de; susannevcooper@gmail.com
Honorary consul
Susanne U. Veters Cooper, Honorary Consul
States covered
Louisiana
Reports to
German Consulate General in Houston

Book an appointment Fees and requirements The 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.

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 Houston.

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

There are no published counter hours. Email or call first and agree a time before travelling.

How far your consulate general is

The consulate general in Houston is 356 miles from here, roughly 6 h 43 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.

What you can settle without travelling

Several of the most searched German procedures are handled entirely somewhere else.

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
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

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.