Start with the consular card. The embassy publishes its forms for download and states a processing time of 30 business days — roughly six weeks — which tells you everything about how to plan a Togolese file: early, and with the card in hand before you need anything else.
Quick facts
Alongside the application itself, the embassy asks for a separate emergency contact form — the person to notify if something happens to you. It is a small thing that is easy to overlook and that holds up a file when it is missing.
Fees breakdown
| Item | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Consular card | Consular tariff | 30 business days |
| Passport | Consular tariff | Confirm the current process |
| Travel document | Consular tariff | For urgent return |
| Document legalisation | Consular tariff | Per document |
| Return postage | Your own cost | Tracked service advised |
Togo has been moving its consular processes online, including pre-registration systems used by its missions elsewhere. Ask the Washington embassy which route currently applies to you rather than following instructions written for another country.
How to apply
- Download the consular card form and the emergency contact form from the embassy.
- Fill them in directly and completely, in French.
- Gather your Togolese passport, proof of nationality and proof of address.
- Prepare colour passport photographs on a white background.
- Submit with the fee and a prepaid tracked return envelope.
- Allow 30 business days and keep the receipt you are given.
Required documents
- Completed consular card form and emergency contact form.
- Copy of a valid Togolese passport.
- Proof of your status in the United States.
- Proof of nationality and of birth.
- Recent proof of address.
- Colour photographs on a white background.
Where to apply
At the embassy in Washington, on Massachusetts Avenue, which serves the United States.
Additional notes
Do not use French consulate instructions
Togo’s consulate in France publishes detailed requirements that include French residence permits. Those pages rank well in search and do not apply here. Use the Washington embassy’s own forms.
Six weeks means six weeks
Thirty business days is the published figure. Anything dependent on the consular card should be planned backwards from it.
The emergency contact form
A separate document, easy to forget, and a common reason for a file to stall.
Keep the receipt
It carries the collection date. Without it, tracing a file is harder than it should be.