British consulate in Seattle

gov.uk lists a UK Government Office in Seattle, at 2001 Sixth Avenue, and says plainly that no services are offered to the public there: it works on business and political ties with Washington State. Consular matters for the state go to San Francisco.

The UK does not run a consular office in Seattle. The British Consulate General in San Francisco handles Seattle. Plan on 806 miles each way, around 15 h 34 min without traffic.

Which British consulate covers Seattle?

The district that gov.uk publishes puts Washington State under the British Consulate General in San Francisco.

Passport renewals, ETAs and UK certificates are handled online from Seattle. The visits that do go through the British Consulate General in San Francisco are for emergency travel documents and limited notarial services.

British Consulate General San Francisco

UK visa biometrics near Seattle

VFS Global, the contractor for UK visas, lists a visa application center in Seattle, open Monday to Friday. It takes fingerprints and photos for visa files and does no consular work.

Nearby cities and their consulate

  • Bellevue, 6 miles away, covered by San Francisco
  • Kent, 16 miles away, covered by San Francisco
  • Tacoma, 25 miles away, covered by San Francisco
  • Everett, 27 miles away, covered by San Francisco

    • What you can settle from Seattle without going

    You can handle these without leaving home.

  • 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.
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