Italy Consulate Dortmund

Before your visit

The Italian Consulate is at Goebenstraße 14 in Dortmund.

• Appointments: passports and ID cards are booked online in Prenot@mi.

About the Italian Consulate in Dortmund

The consulate serves Italians in the eastern half of North Rhine-Westphalia: the Münster, Detmold and Arnsberg administrative regions, including Dortmund, Bochum, Bielefeld and Münster. The honorary consul in Hamm supports it.

Which Italian office is responsible for me?

Consular services

• Registration in AIRE, the register of Italians resident abroad (online via FAST IT)
• Italian passports and electronic identity cards (CIE)
• Civil status: births, marriages, deaths and citizenship by descent
• Notarial services and powers of attorney
• Postal voting in Italian elections

Documents checklist

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

Italian passport (application abroad)

• Registration in AIRE (registry of Italians resident abroad), with your current address, at the consulate for your area
• Book an appointment in the Prenot@mi system (adults and minors aged 12 or over) and apply in person – fingerprints are taken
• A recent colour photo, 35 × 40 mm, front-facing on a light background, taken within the last six months
• Your expired or expiring passport as proof of identity
• Passports are not renewed – a new passport is issued (valid 10 years for adults)
• Fee: about €116 (e.g. €116.20 at the Consulate General in Paris since 1 December 2025), often payable in local currency

Sources: Italian Consulate General in Paris – passports (esteri.it), Italian Embassy in Tunis – passports and documents (esteri.it) (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?

Book in Prenot@mi and choose the Dortmund consulate. The Wednesday afternoon slot (14:30–17:30) helps people who work during the day.

Visa information

German citizens travel to Italy with an ID card. Italians in Westphalia must be registered in AIRE with the Dortmund consulate to obtain passports or ID cards.

Other consulates and embassies in Dortmund

4 other countries are represented in Dortmund: Kazakhstan (honorary), Slovakia (honorary), Slovenia (honorary), South Africa (honorary).

Closing days

Closed on public holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia and on Italian national holidays.

Emergency assistance

Outside office hours, Italian citizens can find the emergency contact on the Dortmund consulate’s website. Germans in Italy are helped by the German Embassy in Rome.

Italian missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Dortmund, the nearest other Italian office is the Honorary Consulate in Hamm (about 31 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Dortmund.

• Berlin (420 km) – Embassy of Italy
• Frankfurt am Main (180 km) – Consulate General (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Lower Franconia)
• Hanover (180 km) – Consulate General (northern Germany except Wolfsburg area)
• Cologne (73 km) – Consulate General (Cologne and Düsseldorf regions, Olpe, Siegen-Wittgenstein)
• Munich (480 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria except Lower Franconia)
• Stuttgart (330 km) – Consulate General (Baden-Württemberg except Freiburg region)
• Freiburg im Breisgau (390 km) – Consulate (Freiburg region)
• Dortmund – Consulate (Münster, Detmold, Arnsberg regions) (this page)
• Wolfsburg (250 km) – Consular Agency (Wolfsburg, Gifhorn, Helmstedt)
• Bremen (200 km) – Honorary Consulate
• Hamburg (280 km) – Honorary Consulate
• Hamm (31 km) – Honorary Consulate (eastern Westphalia)
• Kiel (360 km) – Honorary Consulate
• Mannheim (240 km) – Honorary Consulate (Mannheim, Heidelberg, Rhein-Neckar)
• Nuremberg (340 km) – Honorary Consulate (Upper and Middle Franconia)