For the German community in Shoreview, this is the practical link to the administration back home — documents, identity, civil status, and help when something goes badly wrong far from home.
Below you will find the contact details on record, what the office typically handles, how appointments work and the questions people ask most before travelling to Shoreview.
📞 Quick Contact
- Address: 3550 Lexington AVE N, Shoreview
- Phone: (612) 202-7643
- Official website: http://www.germanyhonoraryconsultc.com
- Type of office: Honorary Consulate
🛂 The consular work done at this post
In broad terms, expect the following. Anything unusual is worth confirming by telephone first:
- Consular protection: help for nationals in serious trouble, which is the one thing every post does regardless of size.
- Passports: applications and renewals for German nationals, with personal attendance required because of the biometric data.
- Powers of attorney: authorising someone to act for you back in Germany — selling property, dealing with a bank, handling an estate.
- Visas: applications from people travelling to Germany, where the category is not handled through an online system.
- Documents: certification for use across borders. Whether that means an apostille or full legalisation depends on treaties, not on preference.
- Civil status: the paperwork that keeps two legal systems in agreement about who you are and who your family is.
📅 Before you book
Most consular procedures need an appointment, and at a busy consular office the wait for one is usually the longest part of the whole process.
Use the office’s own channel. Sites that charge for slots are intermediaries, and consulates warn against them regularly.
If you are travelling a long way, telephone first to confirm the appointment still stands. Closures are announced at short notice.
🤝 Worth knowing before you go
Districts get redrawn. If you last used this office years ago, confirm it still covers you.
Keep the old documents. Expired passports, previous identity cards and original certificates are asked for far more often than people expect, and reconstructing them from abroad is slow.
Where a document has to be produced back home, the appointment is the start of the timetable rather than the end of it.
Before you travel to the consular office in Shoreview
What if I lose my passport days before a flight?
That does not go through the ordinary appointment queue. Call and say it is an emergency: for imminent travel most networks issue a travel document valid for a single journey.
Is it worth calling ahead?
Yes, and it saves wasted journeys. Call (612) 202-7643 and ask what they need and how they take payment — cards are the exception rather than the rule.
How do I know which office is mine?
By the consular district assigned to it, not by distance. It is the first thing worth asking on the phone.
Is there a site with the current fees?
Yes: www.germanyhonoraryconsultc.com publishes the current tariff, which is usually revised annually.
Does this office handle passports?
It usually does, by appointment and with personal attendance for biometrics. Ask whether the booklet is collected at the counter or posted out.
Do I need a visa to visit Germany?
That depends on your nationality and the length of the trip. Where Germany does require one, it is increasingly applied for online rather than at a counter.
Where exactly is this consular office?
At 3550 Lexington AVE N, in Shoreview. Check the floor or suite number before travelling — it is the detail that ruins more visits than anything else.