Address and Office Hours

Address and Office Hours

Please click on the departments to learn more about the departments' office hours.

To learn about each department's duties and responsibilities, please click here

• Address of the Consulate General & Parking

  Enlarge image (© Auswärtiges Amt) The Consulate can be reached by almost all bus lines which head to Downtown Chicago as well as by subway (Red Line). The nearest Red Line stations are Chicago and Grand. The entrance is on East Huron Street.
  Parking facilites are available on West Huron Street, 2 blocks west from the Consulate's building.

  The Consulate General remains closed on specific German and American Holidays. For details, please see the list below.

  Address

  676 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 3200
  Chicago, IL 60611

  United States of America

  Phone:

  +1-312-202-0480

  Fax:

  +1-312-202-0466

• Office Hours of the Legal and Consular Department

  Enlarge image (© AA) All visa and passport applicants are required to make an appointment. Click here to make an appointment.

  For other consular services please check below if you have to schedule an appointment. Please note that an appointment can only be made up to six week in advance. For a whole list of services provided by this Consulate General, please click here

  Please check which documents to bring for passport applications and visa applications

  	Monday through Thursday	Friday
  Visa by appointment only. Please click here  to schedule an appointment	9 a.m. - 12 noon Tuesday and Thursday 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.	9 a.m. – 12 noon
  Passports by appointment only. Please click here  to schedule an appointment	9 a.m. – 12 noon  Tuesday and Thursday 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.	9 a.m. – 12 noon
  Legal notarization ("Beurkundungen" according to German Law, e.g. in inheritance or real estate matters)	by appointment only Please call or email the Consulate	by appointment only Please call or email the Consulate
  All other consular services (citizenship, (life) certificates, notarization of signatures, etc). Please note that applications for certification of drivers' licenses must be submitted by surface mail.	9 a.m. - 12 noon	9 a.m. - 12 noon

• Hours of the Other Departments of the Consulate General

  All other departments of the Consulate General are open to the public Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:45 pm and Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon (or by appointment).