Consular service guides
Guides organised by task rather than by keyword. Each explains the common path, which documents are usually requested and what must be confirmed with your country's authority.
We do not create a guide per city: the procedure is set by the foreign ministry, and local differences are explained on each office record.
Renewing a passport at a consulate
What to check before booking, which documents are usually required and which mistakes force a second appointment.
129 offices in the directory have this service recorded.
Getting a consular ID
What a consular ID is actually for, what is usually required and where it is accepted.
95 offices in the directory have this service recorded.
Civil registry at the consulate
Registering births, marriages and deaths that took place outside your home country.
122 offices in the directory have this service recorded.
Powers of attorney and consular notarial services
How to prepare a power of attorney that works back home and what to check before signing it.
126 offices in the directory have this service recorded.
Emergency consular assistance
What a consulate can and cannot do in an emergency, and how to make contact out of hours.
124 offices in the directory have this service recorded.
Guides by country
Each authority's requirements, booking channel and fees, checked against its official source.