German consulate in Arlington, Texas
Arlington has no German consular office of its own. Consular matters here are handled by Houston.
Arlington
You cannot apply to a mission that does not cover you. For Texas that means Houston and nowhere else.
From Arlington the consulate general in Houston is 260 miles away, which a routing engine puts at 4 h 40 min without traffic.
The city lies in Tarrant County. That makes it the 3rd furthest of the 8 cities we list in Texas.
Texas has honorary consuls at Austin, Dallas. They handle local questions and forward documents, and none of them is listed as able to take passport applications.
More Texas cities and their distance to the consulate: San Antonio (191 mi), El Paso (741 mi), Fort Worth (266 mi), Fredericksburg (234 mi), Irving (255 mi).
The full picture for the state, including every city and the other German offices in it, is on the Texas page.
What you can settle without travelling
Some of this does not need the consulate at all.
- 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
- Track a passport that is already in progress: it is printed in Berlin and the six to eight weeks are set there, not at the counter that took your application
- 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
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.