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Our Consular Services: Overview
You can find an overview of our Consular Services here:
Since July 2015, the Consulate General in Toronto is the only German mission in Canada to offer comprehensive consular services.
The Consulate General in Vancouver continues to offer most consular services.
The Embassy in Ottawa and the Consulate General in Montreal have ceased to offer consular services altogether.
“Konsularsprechtage” at the German Consulate General in Montreal
The next consular week will take place from May 13, 2024 until May 17, 2024. The services are only available for persons residing in the province of Québec.
Passport applications are being taken if one of the following constellation applies:
- Applicants whose passport will expire within the next 6 months from the date of booking or whose passport has not expired for more than 5 years
- Applicants who are in imminent need for a new passport in order to renew a residence/ work/ study permit
- Applicants who wish to apply for a first-time passport for a minor child
- Applicants who received a certificate of German nationality or a certificate of naturalization and wish to apply for their first passport
In the field of other consular matters, the following services can be booked:
• Birth registrations
• Name declarations
• Authorizations of signature
• Applications for naturalization under condition that personal attendance is required
If a notarization is required in combination with a birth registration, we will let you know after our pre-check of your documents. Hence it is important that you book two consecutive time slots for these matters.
Appointments need to be booked through the booking system of the Consulate General in Toronto. To book an appointment
Consular districts
Consulate General Toronto
Provinces of Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince-Edward-Island, Quebec, Nunavut
Consulate General Vancouver
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon
Services offered by the Consulates General in Toronto and Vancouver
Service | Consulate | Consulate |
Passport | x | x |
German ID Card | x | x |
Visa | x (1) | (2) |
Name Change Declaration | x | x |
Authentication of photocopies | x | x |
Acknowledgment of Paternity | x | X |
Registration of birth, marriage, etc. | x | x |
Pensions | x | x |
Citizenship Matters | x | |
Legalization | x | X |
Certification of signature for Power of Attorney | x | x |
Certification of signature for Police Clearance Certificate | x | x |
Life Certificate | x | x |
(German) Driver's Licence Certificate | x | x |
Application for Certificate of Inheritance and other notarizations | x |
x = service is offered at this German Foreign Mission
(1) = Residents of:
- National Capital Region of Ottawa or its counties (Lanark; Leeds and Grenville; Prescott and Russell; Renfrew; Stormont, Dundas and Glengary)
- Quebec
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Prince Edward Islands
apply for a Schengen Visa at the Austrian Embassy in Ottawa
Appointment booking system of the Austrian Embassy in Ottawa
(2) = Visa applications for long-term stays must be submitted at the Consulate General in Toronto; Schengen visas can be obtained through the Consulate General of Switzerland in Vancouver.
Website of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Vancouver
Services offered by the Honorary Consuls
Services | AB Ca | AB Ed | SK | MB | NS | NL |
Passport Application | x | x | x | x | x | |
Name Change Declaration | x | x | x | x | x | |
Registration of birth, marriage, etc. | x | x | x | x | x | |
Life certificate | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Certification of signature (i.e. for power of attorney, police clearance certificate) | x | x | x | x | x | x |
(German) Driver's Licence Certificate | x | x | x | x | x | x |
AB-Ca = Calgary
AB-Ed = Edmonton
SK = Saskatoon
MB = Winnipeg
NS = Halifax
NL = St. John's
