France Consulate Bremen

About the honorary consulate in Bremen

Honorary consul Johann Christoph Meier represents France in the state of Bremen. The office opens on three mornings a week.

Where do I apply for a passport or visa?

The responsible career office is French Embassy in Berlin. The honorary consul is a volunteer point of contact for the French community and for emergencies.

Contact details of the French Embassy in Berlin, as listed on its page in this directory:

• Address: Pariser Platz 5, 10117 Berlin, Germany
• Telephone: +49 30 590 03 90 00
• Email: cad.berlin-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr
• Opening hours: Monday to Friday 08:30–18:00
• Website: www.de.ambafrance.org

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 France and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help French 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 Bremen

31 other countries are represented in Bremen, among them: Angola (honorary), Indonesia (honorary), Italy (honorary), Latvia (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Malta (honorary), Mongolia (honorary), Morocco (honorary), Netherlands (honorary), Norway (honorary), Panama (honorary), Peru (honorary), South Africa (honorary), Sri Lanka (honorary), Sweden (honorary), Syria (honorary), Togo (honorary), Ukraine (honorary), United Kingdom (honorary), Uruguay (honorary). The full list of all 32 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

French missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Bremen, the nearest other French office is the Consulate General in Hamburg (about 95 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Bremen.

• Berlin (310 km) – Embassy of France
• Düsseldorf (250 km) – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Frankfurt am Main (330 km) – Consulate General
• Hamburg (95 km) – Consulate General (Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein)
• Munich (580 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria)
• Saarbrücken (450 km) – Consulate General (Saarland)
• Stuttgart (480 km) – Consulate General (Baden-Württemberg)
• Aachen (320 km) – Honorary Consulate (Aachen region)
• Augsburg (540 km) – Honorary Consulate (Swabia and southern Württemberg)
• Bremen – Honorary Consulate (Bremen) (this page)
• Weimar (290 km) – Honorary Consulate (Thuringia)
• Freiburg im Breisgau (570 km) – Honorary Consulate (Freiburg and Tübingen regions)
• Hanover (100 km) – Honorary Consulate (Niedersachen)
• Cologne (270 km) – Honorary Consulate
• Leipzig (310 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony)
• Mannheim (400 km) – Honorary Consulate (City of Mannheim)
• Münster (150 km) – Honorary Consulate (City of Münster)
• Nuremberg (430 km) – Honorary Consulate (Franconia and Upper Palatinate)
• Saarlouis (440 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saarlouis and north-western Saarland)