Netherlands Consulate Hamburg

About the honorary consulate in Hamburg

Honorary consul Robert P. Wethmar represents the Netherlands in Hamburg and five surrounding districts in Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony. The office is open every weekday morning.

Which Dutch office issues passports and visas?

For a new passport or ID card, book an appointment at the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin or apply in one of the Dutch border municipalities. Applications must be made in person, also for children.

Contact details of the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, as listed on its page in this directory:

• Address: Klosterstraße 50, 10179 Berlin, Germany
• Telephone: +49 30 20 95 60
• Email: bln@minbuza.nl
• Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 – 12:30
• Website: www.netherlandsandyou.nl/web/deutschland

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 the Netherlands and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Dutch 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 Hamburg

90 other countries are represented in Hamburg, among them: Niger (honorary), North Macedonia (honorary), Norway (honorary), Pakistan (honorary), Palau (honorary), Panama (consulate general), Peru (consulate general), Poland (consulate general), Portugal (consulate general), Rwanda (honorary), Samoa (honorary), Senegal (honorary), Serbia (consulate general), Seychelles (honorary), Sierra Leone (honorary), Singapore (honorary), Slovakia (honorary), Slovenia (honorary), South Africa (honorary), Spain (consulate general). The full list of all 91 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Dutch missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Hamburg, the nearest other Dutch office is the Honorary Consulate in Kiel (Flintbek) (about 78 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Berlin (about 250 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Hamburg.

• Berlin (250 km) – Embassy of the Netherlands
• Düsseldorf (340 km) – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia, Bremen, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
• Munich (610 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg)
• Aachen (410 km) – Honorary Consulate (Aachen, Düren, Heinsberg)
• Bremen (95 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen and north-western Lower Saxony)
• Frankfurt am Main (390 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hesse)
• Hamburg – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg and surrounding districts) (this page)
• Hanover (130 km) – Honorary Consulate (most of Lower Saxony, Detmold region)
• Kiel (Flintbek) (78 km) – Honorary Consulate (most of Schleswig-Holstein)
• Kleve (330 km) – Honorary Consulate (Kleve district, northern Wesel district)
• Cologne (360 km) – Honorary Consulate (Cologne region)
• Leipzig (290 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia)
• Münster (240 km) – Honorary Consulate (Münster region)
• Nuremberg (460 km) – Honorary Consulate (Franconia and Upper Palatinate)
• Stuttgart (530 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg)