The Honorary Consulate of El Salvador in Hamburg is run by honorary consul Arthur Ernesto Darboven and is a local point of contact for Salvadoran citizens and for business and cultural links in Hamburg. Passports and visas are handled by the Salvadoran Embassy in Berlin.
Contact Details
| Address | Deichstraße 48–50, Suite 400, 20459 Hamburg, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 40 733 351 19 |
| Fax | +49 40 328 087 41 |
| aed@darboven-trading.eu | |
| Head of Mission | Arthur Ernesto Darboven, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | Hamburg |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 09:00 - 13:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 13:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 13:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 13:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 13:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours may vary on public holidays. Please confirm before you visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Hamburg
Honorary consul Arthur Ernesto Darboven represents El Salvador in Hamburg. The Darboven family is known for its Hamburg coffee business, and coffee is El Salvador’s main export to Germany.
Which Salvadoran office issues passports and visas?
Official documents come from the Salvadoran Embassy in Berlin. Remember that the 90 visa-free days apply jointly to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua (CA-4).
Contact details of the Salvadoran Embassy in Berlin, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Hessische Straße 11, 10115 Berlin, Germany
- Telephone: +49 30 20 64 660
- Email: embajadaenalemania@rree.gob.sv
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–17:00
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 El Salvador and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Salvadoran 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 and embassies in Hamburg
90 other countries are represented in Hamburg, among them: Ethiopia (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (consulate general), Ghana (consulate general), Greece (consulate general), Guatemala (honorary), Honduras (honorary), Hungary (honorary), India (consulate general), Indonesia (consulate general), Ireland (honorary), Italy (honorary), Jamaica (honorary), Japan (consulate general), Kazakhstan (consulate general), Latvia (honorary), Liechtenstein (honorary), Lithuania (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), South Korea (consulate general). The full list of all 91 missions is on the overview page for Germany.
Salvadoran missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Hamburg, the nearest other Salvadoran office is the Embassy in Berlin (about 250 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Hamburg.
- Berlin (250 km) – Embassy of El Salvador
- Hamburg – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg) (this page)
- Munich (610 km) – Honorary Consulate General (Bavaria and Saxony)
- Neuss (340 km) – Honorary Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia, Bremen, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
- Tübingen (560 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg)
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Details checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: German Federal Foreign Office, Embassy of El Salvador in Berlin. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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