British consulates in Louisiana

Louisiana is covered by Houston. New Orleans has a VFS Global visa center for UK visa applicants.

Which British consulate covers Louisiana?

gov.uk lists Louisiana in the district of the British Consulate General in Houston, the office that handles emergency travel documents, notarial appointments and consular help for people here (its district on gov.uk).

British Consulate General Houston

Cities in Louisiana and their British consulate

City	Office	By road*
Lafayette	Houston	217 mi, 4 h 5 min
Shreveport	Houston	242 mi, 4 h 55 min
Baton Rouge	Houston	268 mi, 5 h 1 min
Metairie	Houston	342 mi, 6 h 28 min
New Orleans	Houston	348 mi, 6 h 33 min

*Driving times are at posted speed limits and without traffic, so treat them as a minimum.

Of the 5 places listed for Louisiana, Lafayette is the closest to its consulate, at 217 miles, and New Orleans the farthest, at 348. The average is about 283 miles each way.

What you can settle without going to the consulate

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

You can apply for a first passport for a child born in the U.S., and your countersignatory may hold a U.S. passport: First or child passport.

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.

For visas, the place you visit is a VFS Global center, not the consulate.

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.