The Honorary Consulate of Samoa in Hamburg is a volunteer-run office led by honorary consul Dr. jur. Ascan Silvester Pinckernelle. It assists Samoan citizens in all of Germany (except Berlin and Brandenburg in practice); passport and visa applications go to the Embassy of Samoa in Brussels.
Contact Details
| Address | Rothenbaumchaussee 80 c, 20148 Hamburg, Germany |
| Telephone | +49 40 36 11 18 41 |
| Fax | +49 40 361 11 84 22 |
| samoa-konsulat@freenet.de | |
| Head of Mission | Dr. jur. Ascan Silvester Pinckernelle, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | All of Germany |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 10:00 - 12:00 |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 10:00 - 12:00 |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Visits by appointment only. Please call or e-mail before you go.
Location of the Consulate
The Samoan honorary consul in Hamburg
Honorary consul Dr. Ascan Pinckernelle represents Samoa; his district is officially the whole of Germany. Office hours are Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
Passports and visas: who is responsible?
The Samoan Embassy in Brussels handles passports and other formal consular matters for Germany.
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 Samoa and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Samoan 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: Senegal (honorary), Serbia (consulate general), Seychelles (honorary), Sierra Leone (honorary), Singapore (honorary), Slovakia (honorary), Slovenia (honorary), South Africa (honorary), Spain (consulate general), Sri Lanka (honorary), Sweden (honorary), Switzerland (honorary), Tajikistan (honorary), Tanzania (honorary), Thailand (honorary), Trinidad and Tobago (honorary), Tunisia (consulate), Türkiye (consulate general), Ukraine (consulate general), United Kingdom (honorary). The full list of all 91 missions is on the overview page for Germany.
Samoan missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Hamburg, the nearest other Samoan office is the Honorary Consulate in Berlin (about 250 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Hamburg.
- Brussels – Embassy of Samoa
- Berlin (250 km) – Honorary Consulate (Berlin and Brandenburg)
- Hamburg – Honorary Consulate (this page)
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Details checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: German Federal Foreign Office. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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