In most of the countries you will find diplomatic missions, which usually refers to an embassy and/or a consulate. Diplomatic bodies represent other country interests in Honduras, with the aim of strengthening international relations between the states and providing services for their citizens in Honduras.

Embassies and consulates are considered legal territories of their home countries. They are not "foreign territory" but they are protected and considered the property of the country using them, meaning that Honduras does not have jurisdiction over the embassy or consulate of another country.

What is the difference between Embassy and Consulate

The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations international treaty defines the diplomatic mission’s purpose and framework. The various diplomatic missions offer several services and carry out different missions. For example:

• Embassy: This is the primary diplomatic representation of a country’s government and is headed by an ambassador. An embassy is the main location for a diplomatic presence of one country in another. A country has at most one embassy in another country, and is always established in the capital city of the host country. In the absence of a consulate in a country, the embassy has also a consular section to carry out all the relevant consular services (see below).
• Consulate General: This is a diplomatic mission, headed by a consul that provides a full range of services such as: issuing passports/visas, keeping birth and marriage records, assisting expats, providing legal information, translations etc. It can be located in any major city of the host country, although often in the capital city (in certain cases, in the same building as the embassy). In major countries and large territories, you often have more than one consulate.
• Honorary Consulate: It supplements the Consulate to provide a limited range of consular services and is headed by an honorary consul. They help nationals abroad. For example, in the event of a hospital stay, missing person, death, natural disaster or other emergency. They can also issue emergency travel documents and consular declarations for which the applicant is required to appear in person.

NB: You will usually apply for a visa at the Consulate of the country you want to visit. However, if there is no such representation in Honduras, you can apply for a visa at the embassy.

Where to find Consulates and Embassies in Honduras

Not all countries have an Embassy and/or a Consulate as it depends of the political situation, the relationship with the host country, the size of the country, and the number of foreign citizens living there.

In some cases, countries can share representations and you can be assisted by the services of another embassy or consular service to get the information you need.

We recommend you register/contact your country’s embassy at your destination. It is a free service provided by any diplomatic mission and it will allow them to record information about your upcoming trip abroad. It can be used to assist you in case of an emergency.

Registration will also allow you to get routine information from your nearest embassy or consulate, as citizen residing abroad.

The capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa hosts 27 embassies.

There are also 53 consulates and two other representations located in Honduras.

All consulates and honorary consulates are located in Tegucigalpa, except for those countries who own an embassy in the capital of Honduras and might have another diplomatic mission outside the capital.

You will find below a list of selected countries (the list is not exhaustive) that have a diplomatic mission in Honduras. The list includes embassies, consulates, honorary consulates, and sometimes other official representations for you to be able to get information and services.

Embassies and Main Consulates in Tegucigalpa

France

French Embassy in Honduras

Address: Colonia Altos Lomas del Guijarro Sur, 4ta. Avenida, 2da Calle, Bloque B, Lote 7, Fte. al BID, AP 3441, Tegucigalpa
Tel: (+504) 22 32 54 44
E-Mail: adm@ambafrance-hn.org
Social Media: https://twitter.com/EmbaFrancia_Teg and https://www.facebook.com/France.Honduras and https://www.instagram.com/ambafrancehonduras/

The French embassy in Honduras provides reception of the public (consular affairs), register of French nationals established outside France, identity cards and passports, civil status: marriages, births..., other steps (legalization of signature, driver's license...), elections, national service and assembly of French nationals abroad.

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Tegucigalpa, France has other honorary consulates in Roatan, San Pedro Sula and Santa Rosa de Copán.   

Germany

German Embassy in Honduras

Address: Avenida República Dominicana, Sendero Santo Domingo # 925, Col. Lomas del Guijarro, Tegucigalpa
Tel: (+504) 22 75 92 92
E-Mail: info@tegucigalpa.diplo.de
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/AlemaniaEnHonduras and https://twitter.com/AlemaniaenHN
Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 9 am - 12:00 pm with previously agreed appointment

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Tegucigalpa, Germany has other honorary consulates in San Pedro Sula (san-pedro-sula@hk-diplo.de)
The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Honduras provides passports and ID cards’ services, nationality, family and inheritance matters, criminal records, visa and entry, lawyers, doctors and translators and customs service, etc.

Japan

Embassy of Japan in Honduras

Address: Col. San Carlos, Calzada Rep. Paraguay, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.
Tel: (+504) 22 36 55 11
E-Mail: -
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/JapanEmb.Honduras and https://www.instagram.com/embjapon_honduras/
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 08:30h to 12:15h and from 13:30h to 17:30h

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Tegucigalpa, Japen has other honorary consulates in San Pedro Sula.
The Japanese embassy provides a range of consular services such as visa and passport processing as well as document legalization.

Russia

Embassy of Russia in Honduras

Russian Embassy in the Republic of Nicaragua represents Russia in the Republic of Honduras concurrently.

Spain

Spanish Embassy in Honduras

Address: Calle Santander 801. Colonia Matamoros. Tegucigalpa, M.D.C
Tel: (+504) 22 36 68 65
E-Mail: emb.tegucigalpa@maec.es and emb.tegucigalpa.sc@maec.es for the consular section​
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/EmbEspTegucigalpa/ and https://twitter.com/EmbEspHonduras
Opening hours: Phone numbers from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m to request an appointment
Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Tegucigalpa, Spain has other honorary consulates in San Pedro Sula.

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

British Embassy in Honduras

There is no British Embassy in Honduras. The British Embassy in Guatemala develops and maintains relations between the UK and Honduras.

USA (United States of America)

Embassy of the United States of America in Honduras

Address: Avenida La Paz, Tegucigalpa M.D.C.
Tel: (+504) 22 36 93 20
E-Mail: usahonduras@state.gov
Social Media: https://twitter.com/usembassyhn/ and https://www.facebook.com/usembassyhn/
Opening hours: Monday-Thursday 7.30am – 4:00pm and Friday 7:30am – 3:00pm

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Tegucigalpa, the US has other honorary consulates in San Pedro Sula.
The US representation in Honduras provides a range of consular services such as regular passport applications and renewals, Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA), and notarial services, assistance on death of a U.S. Citizen and emergency financial assistance, etc.

Honorary Consulates in Honduras

Contact directly the Embassy/Consulate website for more information.
For countries with no consulates or embassies in Honduras, the Honorary Consulates are supervised by diplomatic representations located in other country, often Mexico City, in Mexico or San José, in Costa Rica for Honduras.

General Consulates and embassies in Tegucigalpa

• Argentina (ehond@cancilleria.gob.ar)
• Australia
• Brazil
• Canada (tglpa@international.gc.ca)
• Mexico (atencionpublicohon@sre.gob.mx)
• South Africa