Consulate General News Archive 2012

Enlarge image Hamburg Harbor at Dusk (© picture-alliance/dpa) The Economic Department provides support for German interests in economic, technological, scientific and environmental affairs and in particular follows the macro-economic development in the administrative district of the Consulate General. The department cooperates closely with the German-American Chamber of the Midwest (GACCoM) and the German foreign trade and investment agency “Germany Trade & Invest" (GTaI). GACCoM’s mission is to further, promote and assist in the expansion of bilateral trade and investment. The main aspect of GTaI’s activities is to promote Germany as a location for industrial and technological investments and to identify investors for the German market.
Deputy Consul General Helmut Rausch

Consul Evita Diasilua

Enlarge image (© AA) The Legal and Consular Section is the passport office for German citizens residing in the 13 federal states within the administrative district of the Consulate General in Chicago. US citizens as well as third country nationals can obtain visas for travels to and through Germany. In addition, Consul Nikolaus Pohr and his team provide a wide range of legal services

Visa and passport applicants are required to make an appointment: Click here for more information Please note that an appointment can only be made up to six week in advance. Please click on the links below to find out which documents have to be provided when applying for a passport / visa.

Passport applicants residing within the consular jurisdictions of the German Honorary Consuls in Des Moines, IA Minneapolis, MN Kansas City, KS can now submit their passport applications and have their fingerprints scanned at these offices upon prior appointment. The following requirements apply:

• The applicant's domicile lies within the administrative districte of the above mentioned Honorary Consuls
• The applicant does not have a domicile (Wohnsitz) in Germany (anymore).
• The applicant had been issued a German passport with the same family name before.

Passport applicants  who do not fulfill the requirements do not have this option and need to travel to Chicago to submit their passport applications.

The Consulate General informs the media and the public about modern Germany and aims to foster the cultural ties between Germany and the Midwest of the United States. Working in close cooperation with the Goethe Institut, the cultural team promotes the German language as an appealing and important foreign language in the U.S.  

Consul General Onno Hückmann (Cultural Department)

Deputy Consul General Helmut Rausch (Press Department)

Vice Consul Gunnar Christiansen (Cultural and Press Desk) 

Enlarge image Consul Evita Diasilua and her team are responsible for the managementof the Consulate's day-to-day operations. The tasks include the responsibility for the Consulate's personnel, business, communications, and security needs.

Consul Evita Diasilua (head of administration)