France Consulate General Düsseldorf

Before your visit

The French Consulate General is at Martin-Luther-Platz 26, in the Schadow-Arkaden shopping arcade in central Düsseldorf.

• Passports and ID cards: fill in the online pre-application on the French government’s ANTS website, then book an appointment; fingerprints are taken at the consulate.
• Visas for France: not issued here – all visa applications in Germany go through the Consulate General in Frankfurt.

About the French Consulate General in Düsseldorf

The consulate general serves French citizens in North Rhine-Westphalia and is headed by Consul General Xavier Fournier. Business France, the French trade agency, has a separate office on the Königsallee. Honorary consuls in Aachen, Cologne and Münster help locally.

Which French office is responsible for me?

Consular services

• French passports and identity cards
• Registration in the register of French nationals abroad
• Civil status: births, marriages, PACS
• Electoral lists and voting abroad
• Certificates and legalisations

Documents checklist

What French citizens usually need to bring for the most common requests, based on official French government information:

Passport for adults (application abroad)

• Apply in person at the embassy or consulate – most posts require an appointment
• Optional online pre-application (pré-demande) – bring the number or QR code
• Your identity card, if you have one (valid or expired less than 5 years ago)
• Identity photo less than 6 months old that meets the official standards
• Proof of address less than 1 year old
• Without an ID card: a birth certificate less than 3 months old (unless your birthplace’s civil registry is digitised) and, if needed, proof of French nationality

Sources: Service-Public.fr (French government) – passport for adults, application abroad (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the consulate before your visit.

Do I need an appointment?

Yes, for passports and ID cards, booked online on the consulate general’s website.

Visa information

German citizens need no visa for France and can travel with an ID card. Many French cities have low-emission zones that require a Crit’Air sticker for cars.

Other consulates and embassies in Düsseldorf

41 other countries are represented in Düsseldorf, among them: Greece (consulate general), Guatemala (honorary), Hungary (consulate general), Japan (consulate general), Jordan (honorary), Libya (consulate general), Liechtenstein (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Madagascar (honorary), Malawi (honorary), Malta (honorary), Monaco (honorary), Mongolia (honorary), Morocco (consulate general), Netherlands (consulate general), North Macedonia (honorary), Pakistan (honorary), Poland (honorary), Portugal (consulate general), South Korea (honorary). The full list of all 42 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

Closed on public holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia and on French holidays such as Victory in Europe Day (8 May), Bastille Day (14 July), Assumption (15 August) and Armistice Day (11 November).

Emergency assistance

French citizens in an emergency can contact the consulate general; check its website for emergency contacts outside office hours. Germans in France are helped by the German Embassy in Paris and consulates general in Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Strasbourg.

French missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Düsseldorf, the nearest other French office is the Honorary Consulate in Cologne (about 34 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Düsseldorf.

• Berlin (480 km) – Embassy of France
• Düsseldorf – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia) (this page)
• Frankfurt am Main (180 km) – Consulate General
• Hamburg (340 km) – Consulate General (Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein)
• Munich (490 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria)
• Saarbrücken (220 km) – Consulate General (Saarland)
• Stuttgart (320 km) – Consulate General (Baden-Württemberg)
• Aachen (70 km) – Honorary Consulate (Aachen region)
• Augsburg (430 km) – Honorary Consulate (Swabia and southern Württemberg)
• Bremen (250 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen)
• Weimar (320 km) – Honorary Consulate (Thuringia)
• Freiburg im Breisgau (370 km) – Honorary Consulate (Freiburg and Tübingen regions)
• Hanover (240 km) – Honorary Consulate (Niedersachen)
• Cologne (34 km) – Honorary Consulate
• Leipzig (390 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony)
• Mannheim (230 km) – Honorary Consulate (City of Mannheim)
• Münster (100 km) – Honorary Consulate (City of Münster)
• Nuremberg (360 km) – Honorary Consulate (Franconia and Upper Palatinate)
• Saarlouis (210 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saarlouis and north-western Saarland)