British consulate in Alexandria

Alexandria is not one of the nine places where the UK keeps a consular office in the United States. Count on 10 miles and about 22 min on the road to reach the British Embassy in Washington.

Which British consulate covers Alexandria?

On gov.uk, Virginia 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 Alexandria

For UK visa biometrics, the closest center to Alexandria on VFS Global's list is in Washington, District of Columbia, open Monday to Friday, roughly 8 miles as the crow flies.

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

Nearby cities and their consulate

  • Arlington, 6 miles away, covered by Washington, D.C.
  • Hyattsville, 12 miles away, covered by Washington, D.C.
  • Silver Spring, 13 miles away, covered by Washington, D.C.
  • Woodbridge, 15 miles away, covered by Washington, D.C.

    • What you can settle from Alexandria without going

    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.
    • 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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