British consulates in Connecticut

Connecticut is split by county. gov.uk gives Fairfield County to New York and the rest of the state to Boston, so Stamford and Hartford answer to different consulates.

Which British consulate covers Connecticut?

Connecticut is split by county. Fairfield County goes to the British Consulate General in New York; the rest of the state goes to Boston, according to the district lists on gov.uk.

British Consulate General New York
British Consulate General Boston

Cities in Connecticut and their British consulate

City Office By road*
Greenwich New York 30 mi, 48 min
Stamford New York 36 mi, 55 min
Norwalk New York 44 mi, 1 h 7 min
Bridgeport New York 57 mi, 1 h 24 min
Danbury New York 64 mi, 1 h 31 min
Hartford Boston 100 mi, 2 h 6 min
New Britain Boston 108 mi, 2 h 19 min
Meriden Boston 115 mi, 2 h 25 min
Waterbury Boston 128 mi, 2 h 42 min
New Haven Boston 135 mi, 2 h 47 min

*Distances follow real road routes. Real trips take longer than the times shown.

Of the 10 places listed for Connecticut, Greenwich is the closest to its consulate, at 30 miles, and New Haven the farthest, at 135. The average is about 82 miles each way.

What you can settle without going to the consulate

These can all be done from home, online or by mail.

  • You can cancel a lost or stolen passport online before you replace it: Lost or stolen passport.
  • You can order an English or Welsh birth, marriage or death certificate from the General Register Office: UK birth certificate.
  • You can register a U.S. birth with the UK authorities by post, which is optional: Registering a birth.

    • Before driving to a consulate, check whether the thing you need is done online: for a British passport it is.

    An independent site with no link to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Nothing is filed or booked here, and gov.uk is the final word.
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