French Honorary Consulate in Austin
Géraldine Chachoua is France's honorary consul in Austin, with an office at the Austin International School, and reports to Houston.
How to book an appointment at the French Honorary Consulate in Austin
To be seen at the Honorary Consulate of France in Austin, write or call first.
She receives by appointment only; the number on her card, +1 (617) 710-5407, has a Massachusetts area code.
How to cancel an appointment at the French Honorary Consulate in Austin
There is no booking portal to cancel with an honorary consul: a call or an email does it. Its contacts: +1 (617) 710-5407 and austin@agenceconsulaire.fr.
Getting to the French Honorary Consulate in Austin
The office is at Austin International School, 4001 Adelphi Lane, Austin, TX 78727. Turn up on the day and at the time of your appointment.
For a passport or an ID card, the trip is to the Consulate General of France in Houston, at 777 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 600, Houston, TX 77056, about 143 miles from Austin in a straight line.
Passports are collected there without an appointment, in short windows: Monday 8 to 8:40 am, Wednesday 12:10 to 12:50 pm and 5:10 to 5:50 pm, Thursday 12:10 to 12:50 pm, Friday 8 to 8:40 am, or mailed to people on its Registre who provide a USPS Priority Mail or Priority Mail Express envelope with tracking, stamped at the current rate.
Real reviews of the French Honorary Consulate in Austin
No public reviews of this honorary office turned up in our survey. For the Consulate General of France in Houston, where its passports are filed, Google shows 4.1 stars from 70 reviews, and its page summarizes three.
Opening hours of the French Honorary Consulate in Austin
By appointment only.
Phone number of the French Honorary Consulate in Austin
The directory gives +1 (617) 710-5407 for this honorary consul.
What this office handles in Austin
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
One city page on this site sends readers here for a first contact: Killeen (57 miles by road).
Pensioners asking for a certificate of life are sent to a notary public: as the network's certificate of life page puts it, 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.
- Have a US birth transcribed in the French registers by mail: the transcription is free and has no deadline.
- Get a French document apostilled through the regional council of notaries, which took over on May 1, 2025.
Details checked against the official pages on October 6, 2026.
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