British consulate in Dover, Delaware

The UK does not run a consular office in Dover. Count on 96 miles and about 2 h 19 min on the road to reach the British Embassy in Washington.

This page is about Dover, Delaware. Dover, New Jersey, is covered by the British Consulate General in New York.

Which British consulate covers Dover, Delaware?

gov.uk lists Delaware in the district of the British Embassy in Washington.

Passports come from HM Passport Office and visas from UK Visas and Immigration, both online. The British Embassy in Washington handles emergency travel documents and some notarial work, by appointment.

British Embassy Washington

UK visa biometrics near Dover, Delaware

Dover has no UK visa center. The closest one on VFS Global's list is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 58 miles away in a straight line, open on scheduled days.

A British passport holder does not need a visa center: it exists for people applying for UK visas.

Nearby cities and their consulate

  • Newark, 38 miles away, covered by Washington, D.C.
  • Wilmington, 41 miles away, covered by Washington, D.C.
  • Annapolis, 53 miles away, covered by Washington, D.C.
  • Upper Darby, 55 miles away, covered by New York

    • What you can settle from Dover without going

    You can handle these without leaving home.

  • You can register a U.S. birth with the UK authorities online, which is optional: Registering a birth.
  • You can have a UK document apostilled by the FCDO Legalisation Office by courier, or as an e-Apostille: Apostilles.
  • You can request an ACRO police certificate online and have it mailed to a U.S. address: Police certificate.
    • This is an independent guide, not the UK government. It does not process applications or book appointments. Fees and procedures change: check anything that decides a trip on gov.uk.
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