Honorary Consul of Germany in Portland, ME

German consulate in Portland, ME
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.

Portland, ME is the German honorary office for Maine and New Hampshire. The career mission behind it is in Boston.

How to reach this office

  • Address
    Norman, Hanson & De, Troy, LLC, Two Canal Plaza, Portland, ME 04101
  • Telephone
    +1 207 - 553-4656
  • Email
    portland-me@hk-diplo.de
  • Honorary consul
    Adrian P. Kendall, Honorary Consul
  • States covered
    Maine and New Hampshire
  • Reports to
    German Consulate General in Boston
Book an appointmentFees and requirementsThe thirteen procedures

What this office can and cannot do

Honorary consuls hold limited consular authority and are not staffed like a career mission. Many are not German citizens.

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 Boston.

Visas are never issued by an honorary office, and neither are ID cards. Those two always mean a career mission.

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

How far your consulate general is

Boston is 113 miles away, about 2 h 21 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

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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