Honorary Consul of Germany in Columbia

German consulate in Columbia
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 South Carolina, based in Columbia and answering to Atlanta.

How to reach this office

  • Address
    c/o PHENOGY Inc.
  • Telephone
    (864) 901-4796
  • Email
    columbia@hk-diplo.de
  • Honorary consul
    Suzanne Maria Dickerson, Honorary Consul
  • States covered
    South Carolina
  • Reports to
    German Consulate General in Atlanta
Book an appointmentFees and requirementsThe 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 Atlanta.

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

The consulate general in Atlanta is 213 miles from here, roughly 3 h 58 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

Columbia 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.

  • 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
  • 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

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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