Honorary Consul of Germany in Las Vegas

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 Las Vegas covers Nevada, and reports to the Consulate General in Los Angeles.

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 (208) 851-3209
Email
las-vegas@hk-diplo.de
Honorary consul
Ryan Lower, Honorary Consul
States covered
Nevada
Reports to
German Consulate General in Los Angeles

Book an appointment Fees and requirements The 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.

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 Los Angeles.

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

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

The consulate general in Los Angeles is 279 miles from here, roughly 5 h 13 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.