French consulate in Staten Island
The French consular network has no office in Staten Island. Staten Island belongs to the district of the Consulate General of France in New York, 23 miles away, about 44 min by road.
Which French consulate covers Staten Island?
Your address in Staten Island places you in New York, and New York is served by the Consulate General of France in New York.
For a passport, Staten Island is 23 miles from New York: one trip if you are on its Registre, since New York mails the new passport home if you provide FedEx Express (category E only) or a USPS Priority Mail or Priority Mail Express envelope with tracking; otherwise a second short trip to collect it, by appointment.
The ID card is never mailed, and no honorary consul of the New York district with a published office is within 250 miles of Staten Island: count on two trips for it.
Is there a French office closer to Staten Island?
For Staten Island, the shortest trip within the district is to New York's consulate.
French visas go through France-Visas and TLScontact; the TLScontact center nearest Staten Island is in New York (12 miles as the crow flies). Centers as listed in October 2025 (TLScontact).
Nearby cities and their consulate
- Elizabeth, 6 miles away, covered by New York
- Newark, New Jersey, 11 miles away, covered by New York
- Irvington, 11 miles away, covered by New York
- Jersey City, 11 miles away, covered by New York
What you can settle from Staten Island without traveling
- Have a US birth transcribed in the French registers by mail: the transcription is free and has no deadline.
- Prove you are alive for a French pension with the “Mon certificat de vie” app or a US notary public.
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