For the Fijian community in Washington, 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 Washington.
📞 Quick Contact
- Address: 1707 L ST NW 200, Washington
- Phone: (202) 466-8320
- Official website: http://www.fijiembassydc.com
- Type of office: Embassy
🛂 Services normally available
Fijian consular offices generally handle the following, though not every post offers every service:
- Passports: the most common reason people come here. Expect an appointment, a visit in person, and a wait while the document is produced elsewhere.
- Assistance: the part of consular work nobody plans for. An arrest, a hospital, a death in the family, documents gone.
- Visas: entry permission for those whose nationality requires it. Ask whether your trip needs one at all before assuming it does.
- 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 embassy 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.
Bring originals and copies of everything. Counters keep the copy and return the original, and the reverse is the exception.
🤝 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.
Public holidays close the office twice over: the American ones and those of Fiji. Check both calendars before travelling.
Before you travel to the embassy in Washington
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.
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.
Is there a site with the current fees?
Yes: www.fijiembassydc.com publishes the current tariff, which is usually revised annually.
What is the address in Washington?
It is 1707 L ST NW 200. Many posts share a building with unrelated offices, so find the specific door before you turn up.
Do I need a visa to visit Fiji?
That depends on your nationality and the length of the trip. Where Fiji does require one, it is increasingly applied for online rather than at a counter.
Is it worth calling ahead?
Yes, and it saves wasted journeys. Call (202) 466-8320 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.