France Consulate General Stuttgart

Before your visit

The French Consulate General is at Schlossstraße 51 in central Stuttgart.

• Passports and ID cards: ANTS pre-application and appointment.

About the French Consulate General in Stuttgart

The consulate general serves French citizens in Baden-Württemberg and is headed by Consul General Caroline Krajka. Honorary consuls in Freiburg, Mannheim and Augsburg (for Upper Swabia) help locally.

Which French office is responsible for me?

Consular services

• Passports and identity cards
• Registration of births, marriages and PACS
• Consular registration and voting
• Certificates and legalisation of signatures

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.

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 Stuttgart

48 other countries are represented in Stuttgart, among them: Gambia (honorary), Greece (consulate general), Hungary (consulate general), Iceland (honorary), India (honorary), Indonesia (honorary), Ireland (honorary), Italy (consulate general), Japan (honorary), Kazakhstan (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Malawi (honorary), Malta (honorary), Mauritius (honorary), Moldova (honorary), Monaco (honorary), Mongolia (honorary), Montenegro (honorary), Namibia (honorary), Netherlands (honorary). The full list of all 49 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

Closed on public holidays in Baden-Württemberg 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 Baden-Württemberg can contact the consulate general in an emergency. Germans in Alsace and the rest of France can turn to the German Consulate General in Strasbourg or the embassy in Paris.

French missions in Germany

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

• Berlin (510 km) – Embassy of France
• Düsseldorf (320 km) – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Frankfurt am Main (150 km) – Consulate General
• Hamburg (530 km) – Consulate General (Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein)
• Munich (190 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria)
• Saarbrücken (170 km) – Consulate General (Saarland)
• Stuttgart – Consulate General (Baden-Württemberg) (this page)
• Aachen (310 km) – Honorary Consulate (Aachen region)
• Augsburg (130 km) – Honorary Consulate (Swabia and southern Württemberg)
• Bremen (480 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen)
• Weimar (290 km) – Honorary Consulate (Thuringia)
• Freiburg im Breisgau (130 km) – Honorary Consulate (Freiburg and Tübingen regions)
• Hanover (400 km) – Honorary Consulate (Niedersachen)
• Cologne (290 km) – Honorary Consulate
• Leipzig (360 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony)
• Mannheim (95 km) – Honorary Consulate (City of Mannheim)
• Münster (370 km) – Honorary Consulate (City of Münster)
• Nuremberg (160 km) – Honorary Consulate (Franconia and Upper Palatinate)
• Saarlouis (190 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saarlouis and north-western Saarland)