French consulate in Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts has no French consulate of its own. The office for Springfield is the Consulate General of France in Boston, a drive of 89 miles (1 h 50 min).
This page is about Springfield, Massachusetts. For the other Springfield, see Springfield, Illinois and Springfield, Missouri.
Which French consulate covers Springfield, Massachusetts?
Your address in Springfield, Massachusetts places you in Massachusetts, and Massachusetts is served by the Consulate General of France in Boston.
A passport from Springfield, Massachusetts means 89 miles to Boston and back.
On its Registre you make that trip once and the passport is mailed back if you provide a USPS red Priority Mail or blue Priority Mail Express envelope with a tracking number; if not, you make it twice, the second time to collect it, without an appointment, Monday to Thursday 9 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 to 4 pm, Friday 9 am to 12:30 pm.
The ID card is never mailed, and no honorary consul of the Boston district with a published office is within 250 miles of Springfield, Massachusetts: count on two trips for it.
Is there a French office closer to Springfield, Massachusetts?
Springfield, Massachusetts is closer to the consulate in Boston than to the district's honorary offices.
Visa applicants from Springfield, Massachusetts deal with TLScontact, not the consulate; its nearest center is in Boston, 80 miles away as the crow flies. Centers as listed in October 2025 (TLScontact).
Nearby cities and their consulate
- New Britain, 32 miles away, covered by New York
- Meriden, 40 miles away, covered by New York
- Worcester, 42 miles away, covered by Boston
- Waterbury, 45 miles away, covered by New York
What you can settle from Springfield, Massachusetts without traveling
- Prove you are alive for a French pension with the “Mon certificat de vie” app or a US notary public.
- Download your certificate of residence from Service-Public.fr if you are on the Registre.
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