German consulate in Saint Paul
Saint Paul has no German consular office of its own. Consular matters here are handled by Chicago.
Saint Paul
You cannot apply to a mission that does not cover you. For Minnesota that means Chicago and nowhere else.
From Saint Paul the consulate general in Chicago is 400 miles away, which a routing engine puts at 7 h 24 min without traffic.
The city lies in Ramsey County.
Minnesota has honorary consuls at Minneapolis. They handle local questions and forward documents, and none of them is listed as able to take passport applications.
More Minnesota cities and their distance to the consulate: Rochester (347 mi), Duluth (469 mi).
The full picture for the state, including every city and the other German offices in it, is on the Minnesota page.
What you can settle without travelling
Several of these procedures are handled elsewhere entirely.
- 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.