Honorary Consul of Germany in San Juan

German consulate in San Juan
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 San Juan to serve Puerto Rico, under the supervision of the mission in Miami.

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
    +1 787 - 985 - 8959
  • Email
    san-juan@hk-diplo.de
  • Honorary consul
    Heiko Faaß, Honorary Consul
  • States covered
    Puerto Rico
  • Reports to
    German Consulate General in Miami

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What this office can and cannot do

An honorary consul is a local point of contact, not a consulate general. The work is unpaid and done alongside another job.

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

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

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

How far your consulate general is

There is no practical road route from San Juan to Miami. Anything this office cannot do means a flight, which is the reason to ask here first.

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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