Address, Contact and Office Hours

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
4645 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC  20007-1998

Phone (202) 298-4000

Visa questions (202) 298-4224

Passport questions (202) 471-5529

Office Hours - Legal and Consular Department

The Legal and Consular Department of the Embassy is open to the public Monday through Friday, except on selected German and American Holidays.

Please note that you are required to schedule an appointment for visa and passport applications as well as for full notarizations (Beurkundungen). For all other consular services you do not need an appointment. 

Monday    

Tuesday   

Wednesday

Thursday  

Friday       

Visa applications

(by appointment only)

8:00 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.

Passport applications

(by appointment only)

8:00 a.m.
to
11:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.
to
11:30 a.m.

8:00 a.m.
to
11:30 a.m.

2:00 p.m

to

3:45 p.m.

8:00 a.m.
to
11:30 a.m.

8:00 a.m.
to
11:30 a.m.

Visa and Passport    pick-up

8:00 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.
to
12:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.
to
4:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
to
4:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
to
4:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
to
4:00 p.m.

All other consular services

8:30 a.m.
to
11:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.
to
11:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.
to
11:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.
to
11:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.
to
11:30 a.m.

Office Hours - Embassy

Monday - Thursday8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Please call for an appointment.

Address, Contact, Hours

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Latest update: influenza A (H1N1) ("swine flu")

Please take note of the current travel and safety advice for your country of destination, the Federal Foreign Office's recommendations on an influenza pandemic, as well as further information on the website of the Robert Koch Institute:

Regional Specifications

All visa and passport applicants have to schedule an appointment:

Visa Appointment Procedure

Passport Appointment Procedure

Official Holidays/Closure in 2009

The Embassy and the Legal and Consular Department will be closed on the following German and American holidays in 2009:

January 1: New Year's Day
January 19: Martin Luther King Day
January 20: Presidential Inauguration
April 10: Good Friday
April 13: Easter Monday
May 25: Memorial Day
June 1: Pentecost
July 3: for Independence Day
September 7: Labor Day
November 26: Thanksgiving
December 24: Christmas Eve
December 25: Christmas Day
December 31: New Year's Eve