Honorary Consul of Germany in Minneapolis

For Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, the nearest German office is the honorary consulate in Minneapolis. It works under Chicago.

How to reach this office

What this office can and cannot do

Honorary consuls work on an honorary basis, without a fee for their services, and their consular authority is limited by law.

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.

Visas and German ID cards are outside every honorary consul's powers, here and everywhere else in the country.

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

The consulate general in Chicago is 409 miles from here, roughly 7 h 38 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.