British consulate in Wilmington, Delaware

British consular work for Wilmington is handled from another city. Count on 109 miles and about 2 h 28 min on the road to reach the British Embassy in Washington.

This page is about Wilmington, Delaware. Wilmington, North Carolina, is covered by the British Consulate General in Atlanta.

Which British consulate covers Wilmington, Delaware?

On gov.uk, Delaware appears in the list of states covered by 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 Wilmington, Delaware

For UK visa biometrics, the closest center to Wilmington on VFS Global's list is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, open on scheduled days, roughly 25 miles as the crow flies.

A visa center is run by a contractor and does no consular work.

Places close to Wilmington

  • Newark, 12 miles away, covered by Washington, D.C.
  • Upper Darby, 19 miles away, covered by New York
  • Philadelphia, 25 miles away, covered by New York
  • Camden, 26 miles away, covered by New York

    • What you can settle from Wilmington without going

    Here is what you can settle without the drive.

  • You can claim your UK State Pension through the International Pension Centre: State Pension.
  • You can register as an overseas voter and renew it every three years: Voting from abroad.
  • You can get a UK ETA in the official app or online, if you are not British: UK ETA for Americans.
    • Not an official website. We collect what the British offices publish, including the places where their own pages disagree, and point you back to the source.
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