Greece Consulate General Düsseldorf

Before your visit

The Greek Consulate General is at Willi-Becker-Allee 11 in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk, close to the main station.

• E-mail: grgencon.ddf@mfa.gr.
• Emergency number outside office hours: +49 174 768 1722.

About the Greek Consulate General in Düsseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia is home to one of the largest Greek communities in Germany, rooted in the recruitment of Greek workers for the Ruhr industries from the 1960s. The consulate general is headed by Consul General Charalampia Baltouma.

Which Greek office is responsible for me?

Consular services

• Greek passports and identity cards
• Registration of births, marriages and deaths in Greek registers
• Military service matters for Greek men abroad
• Powers of attorney and certification of signatures

Documents checklist

Greek passport in Düsseldorf

• An appointment
• Your Greek ID card or previous passport
• Men of military service age: proof of military status
• For children: consent of both parents

Do I need an appointment?

Book your appointment in advance; the Tuesday slots until 18:00 are popular with people who work during the day. Bring your old passport or Greek ID card – biometric data is taken at the counter.

Visa information

Germans travel to Greece with an ID card. Greek citizens who have lived in North Rhine-Westphalia for years sometimes need to update their records in the Greek civil register before applying for documents – the consulate general can advise.

Other consulates and embassies in Düsseldorf

41 other countries are represented in Düsseldorf, among them: 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), Senegal (honorary), South Korea (honorary). The full list of all 42 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

Closed on public holidays in the federal state and on Greek holidays such as Clean Monday, Independence Day (25 March), Orthodox Easter and Ochi Day (28 October).

Emergency assistance

For genuine emergencies involving Greek citizens outside office hours, call +49 174 768 1722. Germans in Greece are helped by the German Embassy in Athens and the Consulate General in Thessaloniki.

Greek missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Düsseldorf, the nearest other Greek office is the Consulate General in Frankfurt am Main (about 180 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Düsseldorf.

• Berlin (480 km) – Embassy of Greece
• Düsseldorf – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia) (this page)
• Frankfurt am Main (180 km) – Consulate General (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
• Hamburg (340 km) – Consulate General (Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony)
• Munich (490 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria)
• Stuttgart (320 km) – Consulate General (Baden-Württemberg)