The Honorary Consulate of Belgium in Dallas is an honorary consular post of Belgium in Southlake, Texas (serving the Dallas area). It is run by an honorary consul – a volunteer, not a career diplomat – who helps Belgian citizens locally; passports, visas and most other formal consular services are handled by the Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta.
Contact Details
| Address | 2525 East Southlake Boulevard, Suite B, Southlake, TX 76092, United States |
| Telephone | +1 817-748-4367 |
| belg.hc.phye@gmail.com | |
| Honorary Consul | Pieter A. Hye |
| Consular district | the Dallas area of Texas (the counties of Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collin, Collingsworth, Cooke, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Denton, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Grayson, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Hood, Howard, Hutchinson, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Montague, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Palo Pinto, Parker, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Somervell, Stephens, Stonewall, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Yoakum and Young) and Oklahoma |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published by the Belgian embassy. Call or e-mail the honorary consulate to arrange a visit.
Location of the Honorary Consulate
Before your visit
- The embassy lists the honorary consul for the Dallas area and for Oklahoma; the office is in Southlake, north-east of Fort Worth.
- For visas, passports and identity cards, the embassy refers to the Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta.
- According to the Belgian embassy, honorary consuls do not always have Belgian nationality or speak Belgium’s official languages; for urgent matters, contact the embassy or a consulate general first.
- Services: according to the Belgian embassy, the honorary consulate does not handle visa matters or issue passports or identity cards.
- Location: The honorary consulate is in Southlake, Texas, about 35 km in a straight line from the centre of Dallas; the nearest large airport is Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), about 8.3 km away. (distances: OpenStreetMap, airports: FAA passenger boarding data CY 2025)
About the Honorary Consulate of Belgium in Dallas
The honorary consul is Pieter A. Hye, according to the Belgian embassy. The counties of its consular district are listed in the contact details above. It is one of 27 honorary consulates of Belgium in the United States listed by the Belgian embassy (3 of them in Texas). Belgium also has 3 career consular posts in the United States and its embassy in Washington, D.C. In Belgium, the United States is represented by the U.S. Embassy in Brussels (be.usembassy.gov), according to the Congressional Directory.
Which Belgian office handles passports and visas?
For passports, visas and other formal consular services, Texas belongs to the consular district of the Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta, according to the Belgian embassy. The honorary consulate in Dallas can help with first steps and pass on documents, but it does not replace that office.
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Belgium and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Belgian citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates in Dallas
16 other countries are represented in Dallas: Austria (honorary), Canada (consulate general), El Salvador (consulate general), Estonia (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (honorary), Germany (honorary), Iceland (honorary), Mexico (consulate general), Monaco (honorary), Norway (honorary), Peru (consulate general), Slovakia (honorary), South Korea (consulate), Spain (honorary), Switzerland (honorary).
Closing days
Honorary consuls set their own office hours; the honorary consulate is usually closed on US federal holidays, whose dates are published by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and may also close on public holidays of Belgium.
Emergency assistance
In an emergency, Belgian citizens in the consular district can call the honorary consul on +1 817-748-4367 or contact the Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta. In the United States, dial 911 for an ambulance, the fire service or the police (GOV.UK travel advice). US citizens who need consular help in Belgium can contact the U.S. Embassy in Brussels.
Diplomatic missions of Belgium in the United States
Belgium in the United States
Measured in a straight line from Dallas, the nearest other Belgian office is the Honorary Consulate (Texas) in Austin (about 290 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Washington, D.C. (about 1,900 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Dallas.
- Washington, D.C. (1,900 km) – Embassy of Belgium in the United States
- Atlanta – Consulate General (Georgia)
- Los Angeles – Consulate General (California)
- New York – Consulate General (New York)
- Austin (290 km) – Honorary Consulate (Texas)
- Dallas – Honorary Consulate (this page)
- Houston (360 km) – Honorary Consulate (Texas)
- … and 24 more offices in other states (see the embassy page)
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Details checked on 23 October 2026. Sources: FPS Foreign Affairs of Belgium – Honorary consulates in the United States (last updated 16 July 2026) (accessed 22 October 2026), U.S. Office of Personnel Management – Federal Holidays, GOV.UK foreign travel advice: USA (getting help).
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