Honorary Consul of Germany in Seattle

German consulate in Seattle
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.

The honorary consul in Seattle covers Montana and Washington, and reports to the Consulate General in San Francisco.

How to reach this office

  • Address
    The Federal Foreign Office does not publish a street address for this office. Write or call first and agree where to meet.
  • Telephone
    +1 206 -569 8270
  • Email
    seattle@hk-diplo.de
  • Honorary consul
    Ulrich Fischer, Honorary Consul
  • States covered
    Montana and Washington
  • Reports to
    German Consulate General in San Francisco

Book an appointmentFees and requirementsThe thirteen procedures

What this office can and cannot do

This is an honorary office. It exists to save people a long journey, and its powers are narrower than a consulate general's.

This office can take passport applications, including the fingerprints. That is not true of most honorary consuls, and it saves the trip to San Francisco.

Applying through an honorary consul adds 105.00 € to the passport fee, and the office may charge its own forwarding cost. Payment is in cash, in US dollars.

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

Availability depends on the consul's own working week, so an appointment arranged by email is the way in.

How far your consulate general is

San Francisco is 807 miles away, around 15 h 39 min at posted speed limits. Nobody makes that trip twice for the same file, so get the document list confirmed before you set off.

What you can settle without travelling

Some of what people book an appointment for does not need one.

  • Order a German birth, marriage or death certificate: the registry office of the German town where it happened issues it, and most of them take an online or postal request
  • Get a certificate of conduct: the Federal Office of Justice handles it; any US notary public can notarize your signature on the form
  • Get a document apostilled: for a US document it is the Secretary of State of the issuing state; no German mission can do it

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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