British consulate in Tacoma

Tacoma is not one of the nine places where the UK keeps a consular office in the United States. Your office is the British Consulate General in San Francisco. From Tacoma that is 775 miles, roughly 14 h 57 min of driving.

Which British consulate covers Tacoma?

gov.uk lists Washington State in the district of the British Consulate General in San Francisco.

Before planning a trip to the British Consulate General in San Francisco, know that it issues no passports and no visas. Its counter work is the emergency travel document and a short list of notarial services.

British Consulate General San Francisco

UK visa biometrics near Tacoma

Tacoma has no UK visa center. The closest one on VFS Global's list is in Seattle, Washington, about 25 miles away in a straight line, open Monday to Friday.

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

Nearby cities and their consulate

  • Kent, 14 miles away, covered by San Francisco
  • Seattle, 25 miles away, covered by San Francisco
  • Olympia, 26 miles away, covered by San Francisco
  • Bellevue, 28 miles away, covered by San Francisco

    • What you can settle from Tacoma 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.
    • 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.
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