French Honorary Consulate in Des Moines
Patrick Bourgeacq is the honorary consul of France in Des Moines, Iowa, under the Chicago consulate.
How to book an appointment at the French Honorary Consulate in Des Moines
Contact the Honorary Consulate of France in Des Moines before you leave home; honorary consuls see people by arrangement.
Passports and ID cards are filed at the Consulate General of France in Chicago, the consulate this honorary consul reports to.
He sees people by appointment only, arranged through des-moines@agenceconsulaire.fr.
How to cancel an appointment at the French Honorary Consulate in Des Moines
Canceling is a message to the honorary consul, through the same channel you used to arrange the visit. Its contacts: des-moines@agenceconsulaire.fr.
Getting to the French Honorary Consulate in Des Moines
For a passport or an ID card, the trip is to the Consulate General of France in Chicago, at 205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3700, Chicago, IL 60601, about 310 miles from Des Moines in a straight line.
Passports are collected there by appointment, or mailed to people on its Registre who provide a FedEx Express Saver label.
Chicago also takes passports on the road: in 2026 it held a mission in St. Louis (February 10 and 11, 2026), 265 miles from Des Moines in a straight line, for people on its Registre; its outreach page announces the next ones (source).
Real reviews of the French Honorary Consulate in Des Moines
No public reviews of this honorary office turned up in our survey. For the Consulate General of France in Chicago, where its passports are filed, Google shows 3.4 stars from 113 reviews, and its page summarizes three.
Opening hours of the French Honorary Consulate in Des Moines
By appointment only.
Phone number of the French Honorary Consulate in Des Moines
Questions about a file go to France Consulaire, the line the Chicago consulate gives: +1 (312) 635-6631 from the US, Monday to Friday, 2 to 10 pm Paris time, which is 7 am to 3 pm Central for most of the year, except French public holidays. It answers only in French.
To reach the consul, write to des-moines@agenceconsulaire.fr.
What this office handles in Des Moines
What an honorary consul can do, as the network's pages put it:
- hand over a passport or an ID card filed at the consulate, if you asked for it when you applied and the consul is authorized to do so
- give information, point you to the right service and offer first-level help, including in an emergency
- collect some files and pass them on to the consulate
Readers from 3 cities on this site are pointed here for a first contact: Urbandale (9 miles by road), Iowa City (115 miles) and Cedar Rapids (128 miles).
A certificate of life for a French pension is signed by a US notary public: the network's certificate of life page says consulates and honorary consuls in the US no longer issue it as a rule.
What you can settle without traveling
- Register with the Registre des Français établis hors de France on Service-Public.fr: it is free and lasts five years.
- Check that a US citizen needs no visa for up to 90 days in any 180 (journalists on assignment are the exception).
- Ask the Paris judicial court for a certificate of French nationality by mail, since no consulate issues it.
Details checked against the official pages on October 6, 2026.
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