French Honorary Consulate in Cincinnati
Nelly Bonniol is the honorary consul of France in Cincinnati, for southern Ohio and Kentucky, under the Chicago consulate.
How to book an appointment at the French Honorary Consulate in Cincinnati
With an honorary consul you deal directly with the consul: arrange the visit by phone or email first.
Passports and ID cards are filed at the Consulate General of France in Chicago, the consulate this honorary consul reports to.
She sees people by appointment on Friday afternoons, and her phone line, +1 (513) 212-7381, takes text messages only. Chicago brought passport appointments to Cincinnati on September 22 to 24, 2026.
How to cancel an appointment at the French Honorary Consulate in Cincinnati
Since the visit is arranged directly with the honorary consul, so is canceling: let the office know as soon as you can. Its contacts: +1 (513) 212-7381 and cincinnati@agenceconsulaire.fr.
Getting to the French Honorary Consulate in Cincinnati
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 252 miles from Cincinnati 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 right in Cincinnati (September 22 to 24, 2026), for people on its Registre (source).
Real reviews of the French Honorary Consulate in Cincinnati
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 Cincinnati
By appointment, on Friday afternoons; the phone line takes text messages only.
Phone number of the French Honorary Consulate in Cincinnati
The directory gives +1 (513) 212-7381 for this honorary consul.
What this office handles in Cincinnati
The network's pages list what an honorary consul can do:
- collect some files and pass them on to the consulate
- 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
For a first step without the long trip, 6 city pages of this directory point here: Covington (2 miles by road), Dayton (54 miles), Lexington (82 miles), Louisville (100 miles), Columbus, Ohio (107 miles) and Bowling Green (211 miles).
The network's certificate of life page says that consulates and honorary consuls in the US no longer issue certificates of life as a rule: that goes to a notary public.
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.
- Have a US birth transcribed in the French registers by mail: the transcription is free and has no deadline.
- Download your certificate of residence from Service-Public.fr if you are on the Registre.
Details checked against the official pages on October 6, 2026.
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