Honorary Consul of Germany in Buffalo

German consulate in Buffalo
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.

Germany keeps an honorary consul in Buffalo to serve New York, under the supervision of the mission in New York.

How to reach this office

  • Address
    Pratt Collard Buck Advisory Group, 120 West Tupper Street, Suite 205, Buffalo, NY 14201
  • Telephone
    +1 (716) 948-1215
  • Email
    buffalo@hk-diplo.de
  • Honorary consul
    Matthew Collard, Honorary Consul
  • States covered
    New York
  • Reports to
    German Consulate General in New York
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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 New York.

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

It is worth starting here even for things that end up elsewhere: the office knows the local situation.

How far your consulate general is

The consulate general in New York is 376 miles from here, roughly 7 h 56 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

Before you plan the trip, check whether your matter needs the office at all.

  • 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
  • Apply for a visa you may not need: a US passport gets you 90 days in Germany without 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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