Honorary Consul of Germany in Albuquerque

German consulate in Albuquerque
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.

This is the German honorary consulate for New Mexico, based in Albuquerque and answering to Houston.

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
    505-259-2377
  • Email
    albuquerque@hk-diplo.de
  • Honorary consul
    Robert Alan Perls, Honorary Consul
  • States covered
    New Mexico
  • Reports to
    German Consulate General in Houston

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 Houston.

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

If a matter is beyond what this office can do, it will point you to the career mission rather than leave you guessing.

How far your consulate general is

Houston is 842 miles away, around 15 h 28 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

Several of the most searched German procedures are handled entirely somewhere else.

  • 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
  • Send in a life certificate for your pension: there is a free digital route with a QR code, and a bank or a police station can sign the paper one

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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