French Honorary Consulate in Norfolk

French Honorary Consulate, Norfolk
This is an honorary consul, a volunteer who represents France locally: no passport, ID card or visa is issued here. Passports are filed with the Consulate General of France in Washington, D.C. If you ask for it when you apply, an authorized honorary consul of your district can hand the new document over for $11.35 (€10).

Alexandra Konikoff is France's honorary consul in Norfolk, Virginia, with an office at CMA CGM on Lake Wright Drive, under the Washington consulate.

How to book an appointment at the French Honorary Consulate in Norfolk

To be seen at the Honorary Consulate of France in Norfolk, write or call first.

Honorary consul
Alexandra Konikoff
Address
CMA CGM, 5701 Lake Wright Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502
Phone
The official card shows no telephone for this office.
Hours
by appointment only
Area served
not published as an area (the post is named after its city)
Reports to
Consulate General of France in Washington, D.C.

Visits are by appointment only, through norfolk@agenceconsulaire.fr.

How to cancel an appointment at the French Honorary Consulate in Norfolk

There is no booking portal to cancel with an honorary consul: a call or an email does it. Its contacts: norfolk@agenceconsulaire.fr.

Getting to the French Honorary Consulate in Norfolk

The office is at CMA CGM, 5701 Lake Wright Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502. 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 Washington, D.C., at 4101 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007, about 148 miles from Norfolk in a straight line.

Passports are collected there by appointment, or mailed to people on its Registre who provide a USPS red Priority Mail or blue Priority Mail Express envelope with a tracking number.

Real reviews of the French Honorary Consulate in Norfolk

No public reviews of this honorary office turned up in our survey. For the Consulate General of France in Washington, D.C., where its passports are filed, Google shows 3.4 stars from 49 reviews, and its page summarizes three.

Opening hours of the French Honorary Consulate in Norfolk

By appointment only.

Phone number of the French Honorary Consulate in Norfolk

Questions about a file go to France Consulaire, the line the Washington consulate gives: +1 (202) 899-4566 from the US, Monday to Friday, 2 to 10 pm Paris time, which is 8 am to 4 pm Eastern for most of the year, except French public holidays. It answers only in French.

To reach the consul, write to norfolk@agenceconsulaire.fr.

What this office handles in Norfolk

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

3 cities in this directory list this honorary consul as a first stop: Chesapeake (15 miles by road), Virginia Beach (16 miles) and Richmond (92 miles).

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

Details checked against the official pages on October 6, 2026.

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