French consulate in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids is not home to a French consulate. To reach the Consulate General of France in Chicago from Cedar Rapids: 248 miles by road, about 4 h 43 min.
Which French consulate covers Cedar Rapids?
The Consulate General of France in Chicago covers the whole of Iowa, Cedar Rapids included.
How many trips? The application is filed in person at Chicago, 248 miles from Cedar Rapids by road. Registered on its Registre, that trip is enough: bring a FedEx Express Saver label and the passport comes to you. Otherwise the pickup is a second trip, by appointment.
For the ID card, which never travels by mail, ask when you apply for the handover by the honorary consul in Madison (La Maison Française, 633 North Frances Street, 139 miles from Cedar Rapids in a straight line), if that consul is authorized; it costs $11.35 (€10).
French honorary consul near Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids has the Honorary Consulate of France in Des Moines within 128 miles (2 h 24 min by road), an honorary office under Chicago.
Its directory card gives an email. Visits: by appointment only.
A visa file from Cedar Rapids goes to TLScontact, whose nearest center is Chicago (208 miles as the crow flies). Centers as listed in October 2025 (TLScontact).
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What you can settle from Cedar Rapids without traveling
- Have a death transcribed by mail; no deadline is set for it.
- Join the consular electoral list online, up to six weeks before an election.
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No appointments are booked here and nothing is charged for. Check the detail with the office that covers you.