French consulate in Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware sits in a French consular district without an office in the city itself. Its consulate is the Consulate General of France in Washington, D.C.: 113 miles by road, about 2 h 32 min at the speed limit.

This page is about Wilmington, Delaware. For the other Wilmington, see Wilmington, North Carolina.

Which French consulate covers Wilmington, Delaware?

The network's “who to contact” page assigns all of Delaware to the Consulate General of France in Washington, D.C., so the city's office follows the state.

French honorary consul near Wilmington, Delaware

The honorary consul of Washington's district nearest to Wilmington, Delaware is the Honorary Consulate of France in Philadelphia, 31 miles away by road (47 min). It is across the state line, in Pennsylvania.

Its directory card gives an email and an office address. Visits: by appointment only. It issues no passport, but can hand one over for $11.35 (€10) if you ask for it when you apply.

Washington's 2026 outreach missions include Philadelphia, 25 miles from Wilmington, Delaware in a straight line: The Philadelphia mission, from October 27 to 30, 2026, takes passports, ID cards and digital identity certification. (source)

If you need a French visa, the appointment is at a TLScontact center: Washington, D.C. is the closest to Wilmington, Delaware (99 miles in a straight line). The centers' list comes from TLScontact's US page as archived in October 2025 (TLScontact): check it before you book.

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