French Honorary Consulate in San Antonio
Damien Watel is the honorary consul of France in San Antonio, under the Houston consulate.
How to book an appointment at the French Honorary Consulate in San Antonio
With an honorary consul you deal directly with the consul: arrange the visit by phone or email first.
The directory gives the address of Bistro9, on Broadway, and the number +1 (210) 859-1308; visits are by appointment only.
How to cancel an appointment at the French Honorary Consulate in San Antonio
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 (210) 859-1308 and san-antonio@agenceconsulaire.fr.
Getting to the French Honorary Consulate in San Antonio
The address is Bistro9, 6106 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209. Arrive a little early, with your confirmation, an ID and the originals of your documents.
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 180 miles from San Antonio 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 San Antonio
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 San Antonio
By appointment only.
Phone number of the French Honorary Consulate in San Antonio
The directory gives +1 (210) 859-1308 for this honorary consul.
What this office handles in San Antonio
What an honorary consul can do, as the network's pages put it:
- 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
- collect some files and pass them on to the consulate
On this site, 3 city pages send readers here for a first contact: Corpus Christi (154 miles by road), Laredo (166 miles) and McAllen (247 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
- 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.
- Ask the Paris judicial court for a certificate of French nationality by mail, since no consulate issues it.
Details checked against the official pages on October 6, 2026.
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