Japanese Honorary Consulate in Des Moines

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Do not plan a passport renewal around this address. An honorary consulate has no authority to issue travel documents or to notarise, and the nearest office that does is Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago.

Iowa's honorary consul is in Des Moines. Google also lists a Japanese consulate at this address with a street in Dubai attached to it, which is a listing error rather than an office.

How to book an appointment at the Japanese consulate in Des Moines

Some counters take walk-ins, but Honorary Consulate of Japan in Des Moines asks you to book for anything that ends in a document.

Each office runs its own calendar. On the Honorary Consulate of Japan in Des Moines website the visa pages and the passport pages have different contact points, so follow the one for your service.

Reserving a time is free of charge at every Japanese office in the United States.

Address
The official source does not publish a street address for this office. Write first.
Telephone
No telephone number is published for this office. Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago is the line that answers.
Book an appointmentFees and requirementsAll the procedures

How to cancel an appointment at the Japanese consulate in Des Moines

Plans change. Free the slot as soon as you know.

Email Honorary Consulate of Japan in Des Moines as far ahead as you can, quoting the reference on your confirmation.

Getting to the Japanese consulate in Des Moines

The consulate is at Des Moines, inside a commercial building. Look for the floor rather than a street entrance.

Real reviews of the Japanese consulate in Des Moines

This office has no public Google listing, so there are no reviews to summarise. If you have been, the official site is still the place to check hours before you travel.

Opening hours of the Japanese consulate in Des Moines

Office hours and counter hours are not the same thing here.

This office does not publish counter hours. Write before you travel.

Phone number of the Japanese consulate in Des Moines

No telephone number is published for this office, and we do not copy one from a directory. Use the email address the official source gives.

What the Japanese consulate in Des Moines handles

Some of what people come here for is handled in Japan, not in Des Moines.

The post exists to look after Japanese residents in a region with no consulate general, and to keep the cultural link alive. For documents, it refers you on.

For anything this office cannot issue, the counter is at Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago: 335 miles from Des Moines, about 6 h 19 min by road at the speed limit.

What you can settle without going

Before you book anything, check what you can finish from home.

  • You can download and fill in the passport application form before your appointment.
  • You can have the Certificate of Eligibility applied for in Japan by your sponsor.
  • You can check the office hours: most consular counters close at midday.
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