British consulate in Manhattan

Manhattan has no British consulate of its own. Manhattan falls under the British Consulate General in New York, which sits 2 miles away, a drive of roughly 5 min.

Which British consulate covers Manhattan?

On gov.uk, New York appears in the list of states covered by the British Consulate General in New York.

gov.uk lists two services by appointment at the British Consulate General in New York: emergency travel documents and notarial or documentary services. Passports and visas are handled online from the UK.

British Consulate General New York

UK visa biometrics near Manhattan

For UK visa biometrics, the closest center to Manhattan on VFS Global's list is in New York, New York, open Monday to Friday, roughly 1 miles as the crow flies.

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

Places close to Manhattan

Union City, 2 miles away, covered by New York

Jersey City, 4 miles away, covered by New York

Brooklyn, 8 miles away, covered by New York

Bronx, 8 miles away, covered by New York

What you can settle from Manhattan without going

These can all be done from home, online or by mail.

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.

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.