French Honorary Consul in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota

Types

About French Honorary Consul in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota

An Honorary Consul provides select administrative services to French citizens on a voluntary basis and works closely with the Consulate General. Administrative functions include protecting their constituent inhabitants and travelers; facilitating visits by political representatives and business leaders; and promoting trade, investment and the arts.

Services that are not performed in Minneapolis, and for which it is necessary to contact the Consulate General in Chicago, include visas, passport applications, French national identity card applications and obtaining French nationality.

Honorary Consuls of France are either French citizens or citizens of the host country who are nominated by the Ministère des Affaires Etrangères and delegated by the Consul General of the circumscriptions to which they belong. They are not diplomats by training and are not paid. In the United States, they are officially accredited by State Department and enjoy privileges and immunities as defined by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations dated 24 April 1963.

Services Rendered

- Passport distribution
- Delivery of Proof of Living Certificates
- Legal validation and authentication of signatures
- Delivery of Residential Certificates
- Delivery of Customs and Excise Certificates
- Legal validation and authentication of copies of documents
- Reception of proxy votes

Locations

Primary Office Location

227 Colfax Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55405

(612) 332-0436