British consulate in Dover, New Jersey

Dover is not one of the nine places where the UK keeps a consular office in the United States. Count on 41 miles and about 1 h on the road to reach the British Consulate General in New York.

This page is about Dover, New Jersey. Dover, Delaware, is covered by the British Embassy in Washington.

Which British consulate covers Dover, New Jersey?

The district that gov.uk publishes puts New Jersey under the British Consulate General in New York.

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

British Consulate General New York

UK visa biometrics near Dover, New Jersey

Visa applicants from Dover give their biometrics at a VFS Global center. The closest on its list is in Edison, New Jersey (a premium center, with its own schedule), some 28 miles away in a straight line.

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

Nearby cities and their consulate

  • East Orange, 20 miles away, covered by New York
  • Paterson, 21 miles away, covered by New York
  • Irvington, 21 miles away, covered by New York
  • Clifton, 21 miles away, covered by New York

    • What you can settle from Dover without going

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

  • 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.
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