French consulate in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor has no French consulate of its own. To reach the Consulate General of France in Chicago from Ann Arbor: 241 miles by road, about 4 h 34 min.
Which French consulate covers Ann Arbor?
The network's “who to contact” page assigns all of Michigan to the Consulate General of France in Chicago, so the city's office follows the state.
French honorary consul near Ann Arbor
The honorary consul of Chicago's district nearest to Ann Arbor is the Honorary Consulate of France in Detroit, 42 miles away by road (50 min).
Its directory card gives an email. 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.
Closer than the consulate, Chicago held or announced a 2026 outreach mission in Detroit, 36 miles from Ann Arbor. Chicago's missions take passports, sometimes with an ID card, for people on its Registre. (source)
A visa file from Ann Arbor goes to TLScontact, whose nearest center is Chicago (201 miles as the crow flies). The centers' list comes from TLScontact's US page as archived in October 2025 (TLScontact): check it before you book.
Nearby cities and their consulate
What you can settle from Ann Arbor without traveling
- Have a death transcribed by mail; no deadline is set for it.
- Check that a US citizen needs no visa for up to 90 days in any 180 (journalists on assignment are the exception).
- Get a French document apostilled through the regional council of notaries, which took over on May 1, 2025.
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