The Honorary Consulate of Kazakhstan in Hanover is a volunteer-run office led by honorary consul Günter Papenburg. It assists Kazakh citizens in Lower Saxony; passport and visa applications go to the Kazakh Consulate General in Hamburg.
Contact Details
| Address | Anderter Straße 99D, 30559 Hannover, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 511 22 88 99 - 311 |
| Fax | +49 511 22 88 99 - 192 |
| guenter.papenburg@gp-papenburg.de | |
| Head of Mission | Günter Papenburg, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | Lower Saxony |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | By appointment |
| Tuesday | By appointment |
| Wednesday | By appointment |
| Thursday | By appointment |
| Friday | By appointment |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Visits by appointment only. Please call or e-mail before you go.
Location of the Consulate
The Kazakh honorary consul in Hanover
Honorary consul Günter Papenburg represents Kazakhstan in Lower Saxony. Meetings are arranged by telephone.
Passports and visas: who is responsible?
For official documents, contact Kazakh Consulate General in Hamburg. The honorary consul supports business and cultural contacts.
Contact details of the Kazakh Consulate General in Hamburg, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Bei Schuldts Stift 3, 4th floor, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
- Telephone: +49 40 30 37 64 83
- Email: konsul-hamburg@mfa.kz
- Opening hours: Monday to Tuesday 09:30–12:30 and 16:00–17:00; Thursday to Friday 09:30–12:30 and 16:00–17:00
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 Kazakhstan and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Kazakh 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 and embassies in Hanover
9 other countries are represented in Hanover: Austria (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Burkina Faso (honorary), Costa Rica (honorary), Denmark (honorary), France (honorary), Ghana (honorary), Italy (consulate general), Zambia (honorary).
Kazakh missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Hanover, the nearest other Kazakh office is the Consulate General in Hamburg (about 130 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Hanover.
- Berlin (250 km) – Embassy of Kazakhstan
- Bonn (260 km) – Embassy Branch Office (North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
- Frankfurt am Main (260 km) – Consulate General (Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
- Munich (490 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria and Thuringia)
- Hamburg (130 km) – Consulate General (Hamburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein)
- Dortmund (180 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Hanover – Honorary Consulate (Lower Saxony) (this page)
- Magdeburg (130 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony-Anhalt)
- Rostock (250 km) – Honorary Consulate (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein)
- Saarbrücken (400 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saarland)
- Stuttgart (400 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg)
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Details checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: German Federal Foreign Office, Embassy of Kazakhstan in Berlin. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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