Germany Consulate Portland

Before your visit

• Postal address: 3900 SW Murray Blvd., Portland, OR 97005. All appointments are booked through the honorary consul’s office website; fees can be paid in cash, by check, via Venmo or by credit card (3% fee).
• Passport applicants should bring photographs; fingerprints are taken in the office. The office also handles citizenship matters.
• The honorary consul is also listed for Idaho and reports to the German Consulate General in San Francisco.
• Services: according to the German Missions in the United States, the honorary consulate can accept passport applications, certify signatures and certify copies of documents; it does not accept visa applications.

About the Honorary Consulate of Germany in Portland

The honorary consul is Blake Peters, according to the German Missions in the United States. It is one of 40 honorary consulates of Germany in the United States listed by the German Missions in the United States. Germany also has 8 career consular posts in the United States and its embassy in Washington, D.C. In Germany, the United States is represented by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin (de.usembassy.gov), according to the Congressional Directory.

Which German office handles passports and visas?

For passports, visas and other formal consular services, Oregon belongs to the consular district of the Consulate General of Germany in San Francisco, according to the German Missions in the United States. The honorary consulate in Portland can help with first steps and pass on documents, but it does not replace that office.

Contact details of the German Consulate General in San Francisco, as listed on its page in this directory:

• Address: 1960 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, United States
• Telephone: +1 415-775-1061
• Website: www.germany.info/us-en/embassy-consulates/san-francisco

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 Germany and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help German 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 Portland

6 other countries are represented in Portland: Austria (honorary), Czech Republic (honorary), Germany (honorary), Japan (consulate), Mexico (consulate), Micronesia (consulate general).

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 Germany.

Emergency assistance

In an emergency, German citizens should contact the Consulate General of Germany in San Francisco. 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 Germany can contact the U.S. Embassy in Berlin.

Diplomatic missions of Germany in the United States

Germany in the United States

Measured in a straight line from Portland, the nearest other German office is the Consulate General (Massachusetts) in Boston (about 160 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Portland.

• Washington, D.C. (770 km) – Embassy of Germany in the United States
• Atlanta (1,640 km) – Consulate General (Georgia)
• Boston (160 km) – Consulate General (Massachusetts)
• Chicago (1,430 km) – Consulate General (Illinois)
• Houston – Consulate General (Texas)
• Los Angeles – Consulate General (California)
• Miami (2,180 km) – Consulate General (Florida)
• New York (450 km) – Consulate General (New York)
• San Francisco – Consulate General (California)
• Portland – Honorary Consulate (this page)
• … and 39 more offices in other states (see the embassy page)