Honorary Consul of Germany in Cleveland

German consulate in Cleveland
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 Ohio, based in Cleveland and answering to Chicago.

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
    +1 216 - 307 - 8651
  • Email
    cleveland@hk-diplo.de
  • Honorary consul
    Maximilian Julian
  • States covered
    Ohio
  • Reports to
    German Consulate General in Chicago

Book an appointmentFees and requirementsThe thirteen procedures

What this office can and cannot do

Honorary consuls are appointed to cover ground the career missions cannot reach. They are not open counters.

This office cannot take passport applications. The Federal Foreign Office states it plainly, so a new German passport means going to Chicago.

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

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

The consulate general in Chicago is 346 miles from here, roughly 6 h 31 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.

The other German offices near you

Cleveland is not the only honorary consulate covering this ground.

What you can settle without travelling

A good part of German paperwork never touches a consulate.

  • 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
  • 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

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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