Every consular network has a handful of offices doing the everyday work, and for Haitian nationals around Chevy Chase this is one of them: passports, civil records, and documents that have to carry weight back home.
Read on for the details, the usual remit, the appointment position, and a few things learned the hard way by people who got there and were turned away.
📞 Quick Contact
- Address: 6200 Highland DR, Chevy Chase
- Phone: (301) 907-9852
- Type of office: Embassy
🛂 What you can do here
The services below are typical rather than guaranteed. Networks move work between offices without much announcement:
- Civil status: registration of family events, which is what later lets a child obtain a passport or an heir claim an estate.
- Visas: long stays, work and study almost always need a consular file even where short visits do not.
- Documents: authentication of Haitian and American papers for use on the other side. Which route applies depends on whether the country is in the Apostille Convention.
- Passports: renewal and first issue of Haitian passports, normally by appointment and with fingerprints taken in person.
- Assistance: detention, hospitalisation, a death, a passport stolen before a flight. This is handled outside the ordinary appointment queue.
📅 Arranging a visit
Walking in without an appointment works at some posts and not at others. Where it does work, the queue tends to form well before the doors open.
No booking page is on record for this post, so call and ask. Some offices still work by email, and a few still see people who simply turn up.
Confirm the exact fee before the visit. Consular tariffs are revised more often than most people expect, and several posts will not take a payment that is a dollar out.
🤝 Things worth checking first
The first thing to check is jurisdiction. Consular districts are drawn by each country and rarely match state lines neatly, so the Chevy Chase office may or may not be the one competent for your address.
If a certificate is old, order a fresh copy. Many offices refuse documents issued beyond a certain age.
Keep copies of everything you submit and every receipt. If a file goes astray, they are what reconstructs it.
Questions people ask about this embassy
Can I renew a Haitian passport here?
Passport work is standard across the Haitian consular network, though not every post performs it. Confirm before travelling.
How do I get hold of this office?
By telephone on (301) 907-9852. Note who you speak to and what you are told, because requirements differ between posts of the same country.
Does it handle visas for U.S. citizens travelling to Haiti?
Many countries have moved visitor visas online, so the consulate may have no role at all. Check whether Haiti requires one from U.S. citizens before contacting the office.
Do they deal with emergencies outside opening hours?
Genuine emergencies — detention, hospitalisation, the death of a relative, a stolen passport — are handled outside the appointment system. Say so when you call.