British Consulate General Chicago

The British Consulate General in Chicago is at 625 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2200. Its district runs from Ohio to Colorado, and it is the office that handles consular issues for anyone who walks into the government offices in Denver or the Twin Cities.

How to book an appointment at the British Consulate in Chicago

Nobody is seen at the British Consulate General in Chicago without an appointment; gov.uk is explicit about it.

For an emergency travel document, apply online and pay £125. For notarial services, try a local notary first; gov.uk asks you to write in only if the notary cannot do it. Visa biometrics are taken by VFS Global, which lists a center in Chicago.

gov.uk publishes no 24-hour phone line for the British Consulate General in Chicago: emergencies go through the online contact form, which is open around the clock. Five of the nine British offices in the U.S. publish one on gov.uk.

The number in the contact box is the one the consulate’s passport page gives for emergency travel documents and notarial services, and it doubles as the press line.

How to cancel an appointment at the British Consulate in Chicago

An appointment you cannot keep is worth releasing as soon as you know.

gov.uk does not describe a cancellation step for Chicago. Use your appointment emails or the contact form. If an emergency travel document no longer matches your trip, you reapply and pay £125 again.

Getting to the British Consulate in Chicago

You will find the British Consulate General in Chicago at 625 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 2200, Chicago. Bring the confirmation of your appointment.

The suite at 625 North Michigan Avenue is 2200, ZIP 60611.

Real reviews of the British Consulate in Chicago

Chicago has the best average of the nine, 3.7 stars from 23 reviews, with praise for calls that reached a polite person and complaints about the visa process.

Called with a question about traveling to the UK. The menu was clear, I reached someone quickly, and they followed up with an email.

Oliver W.

Got an emergency travel document to fly to my great uncle's funeral in Scotland. Friendly, and they gave me information I didn't know about as a Brit in the U.S.

Joshua G.

The visa website did not work and I never reached a human on the phone.

Omar H.

Reviews read on 5 October 2026 and rewritten in our words; the full set is on the office's Google listing.

Opening hours of the British Consulate in Chicago

Plan around the appointment you are given; the hours below are for the phone line.

Phone lines open 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, according to its gov.uk page. Visits are by appointment only, so the time that matters is the one on your confirmation.

For the rest of 2026, gov.uk lists these closures for British Consulate in Chicago: Indigenous Peoples' Day (12 October), Thanksgiving (26 November), Privilege Day (27 November), Christmas Day and Boxing Day (28 December). Its list does not include Veterans Day (11 November).

Phone number of the British Consulate in Chicago

+1 312 970 3800: the number the consulate’s gov.uk passport page gives for help with emergency travel documents and notarial services; it is also the press line (source).

For emergencies outside office hours, the FCDO in London answers 24 hours on +44 20 7008 5000, according to the travel advice for the USA. Passport questions go to HM Passport Office's Passport Adviceline, +44 300 222 0000.

What the British Consulate in Chicago handles

Before you book, check that what you need is on the short list below.

gov.uk lists emergency travel documents, notarial services and help with lost or stolen passports. With 14 states, many people in this district live far from Chicago, which is why the online steps matter more here.

gov.uk also mentions UK Government Offices in Denver and Minneapolis/St. Paul, which work on business and political ties and do no consular work: those cases come to the British Consulate General in Chicago.

What you can settle without going

Some of it can be done tonight, from a laptop.