The Honorary Consulate of Namibia in Bremerhaven is run by honorary consul Uwe Beckmeyer and is a local point of contact for Namibian citizens and for business and cultural links in Bremen and Bremerhaven. Passports and visas are handled by the Namibian Embassy in Berlin.
Contact Details
| Address | Schifferstraße 22, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 471 941 35 08 |
| Fax | +49 471 471 617 |
| uwe.beckmeyer@t-online.de | |
| Head of Mission | Uwe Beckmeyer, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | State of Bremen (Bremen and Bremerhaven) |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 10:00 - 12:30 |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | 10:00 - 12:30 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Visits by appointment only. Please call or e-mail before you go.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Bremerhaven
Honorary consul Uwe Beckmeyer, a former member of the Bundestag and former Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, represents Namibia in the state of Bremen, including the city of Bremen. Office hours are on Wednesday and Friday mornings.
Which Namibian office issues passports and visas?
Formal matters such as passports and visas go to the Namibian Embassy in Berlin. A tourist visa on arrival is possible at certain airports and border posts, but applying online in advance avoids queues.
Contact details of the Namibian Embassy in Berlin, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Reichsstraße 17, 14052 Berlin, Germany
- Telephone: +49 30 254 09 50
- Email: info@namibia-botschaft.de
- Website: www.namibia-botschaft.de
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 Namibia and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Namibian 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.
Namibian missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Bremerhaven, the nearest other Namibian office is the Honorary Consulate in Hamburg (about 94 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Berlin (about 340 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Bremerhaven.
- Berlin (340 km) – Embassy of Namibia
- Bremerhaven – Honorary Consulate (this page)
- Erfurt (330 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Frankfurt am Main (380 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hesse)
- Hamburg (94 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein)
- Laatzen (Hanover) (160 km) – Honorary Consulate (Lower Saxony, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt)
- Herten (240 km) – Honorary Consulate (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Munich (640 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bavaria)
- Stuttgart (530 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Brandenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland – no honorary consulate; contact the embassy in Berlin
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Details checked on 8 October 2026. Sources: Honorary Consulate of Namibia in Hesse – list of Namibian missions, German Federal Foreign Office, Embassy of Namibia in Berlin. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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