Appointment-System of the German Foreign Office — Los Angeles
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We are only able to offer a limited number of appointments, new appointments are being released daily 14 days in advance. If you do not see any available appointment, all appointments for the next 14 days have already been booked. Please check in again later in the day or on another day, for newly released appointments.
You have to book one appointment for every applicant !!!
These appointments are exclusively reserved for appointments for passports/children's passports/ID-Cards.
Before applying for a passport, please ensure that you do not have to do a name declaration before.
A name declaration will most likely be necessary, if:
- the applicant was born abroad within wedlock but his/her/their parents did not have the same name
- the applicant got married abroad and changed his/her/their name but never registered the marriage in Germany
Please note that these are just examples. For more information on when name declarations are necessary and how to submit them please see our website. If a name declaration turns out to be necessary, we cannot accept passport applications until the German registrar has confirmed the name/name change. You can submit name declarations in person to the Consulate General (only after booking an appointment via our website) or send it by mail.
Due to technical issues, we are currently unable to process applications for German ID cards.
Please continue with booking an appointment only if you are sure, that you do not need to make a name declaration.
Information on the application process and the required documents and whether you need a visa at all can be found on our website: www.germany.info/visa Please read the information provided thoroughly before booking an appointment.
Schengen Visa (business, tourism, visit, airport transit)
All applications for Schengen visas (stay of up to 90 days) must be submitted through BLS International, our external service provider. Applications will no longer be accepted by the Consulate General in Los Angeles.
Click on the following link to book an appointment with BLS: https://usa.blsgermanyvisa.com/
Residence Visa (for stays over 90 days)
Applications for most purposes of stay have to be submitted through the Consular Services Portal: https://digital.diplo.de/
Please check if your purpose of stay is already covered by the Consular Services Portal. When you applied in the correct category, our team will pre-check your application and will send you – if the application is complete – an individualized link to book your appointment for fingerprinting, presentation of original documents and payment of the visa fees
Only if your purpose of stay is not yet covered by the Consular Services Portal, you may book your appointment to submit your application in person through this platform. This concerns especially but not exclusively the following purposes of stay:
- ICT-Card
- Researcher
- Au-Pair
Appointments are available two weeks in advance. Please be aware that appointments at the visa section are usually well booked in advance.
You would like to
- pick up a certificate of naturalization or certificate of citizenship or
- obtain certified copy of an original document (for use in Germany)?
Please make an appointment here .
The German Consulate General in Los Angeles can assist you with all questions concerning German citizenship. We recommend using the extensive information on our homepage www.germany.info
Please book an appointment in this category if you would like to submit such an application through the Consulate General. In case you have any questions, please contact us using our contact form.
If you want to pick up a certificate of naturalization / citizenship or you only need to obtain certified copies of an original document, please book your appointment in the category "certified copies and pickup of certificates related to your citizenship”.
Here, appointments for various types of signature certifications are offered. Please read the following two possible categories carefully and only book an appointment in the category that applies to you. Otherwise, the service you actually require cannot be performed during the appointment.
Appointments are released a maximum of three weeks in advance. If you don't see any available appointments, all slots for the next three weeks are already booked. In this case, please try again at a later time. Special appointments cannot be provided.