Address, opening hours, holidays and contact in case of emergency

Address and contact

Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
No. 9 Boat Club Road
Raja Annamalai  Puram

Chennai 600 028, Tamil Nadu, India

Tel.               +91-44- 2430 1600
Fax               +91-44- 2434 9293
Fax               +91-44- 2434 9495 (Visa and Consular Section)

The German Consulate has a special visa hotline which will be available  from Monday-Thursday between 01.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. only .

Opening hours

Public Visiting Hours:

Monday - Friday 08.00 to 11.30 hrs

Visitors of the Consular and Legal Department (incl. Passport and Visa Section) are kindly requested to schedule an appointment prior to their visit to the German Consulate General.

Notfälle / Cases of Emergency

Wenn Sie einen Notfall melden möchten, erreichen Sie den Bereitschaftsdienst des Generalkonsulats Chennai unter der Mobilnummer:

                                       (+91) 98843 05333.

Bitte beachten Sie, daß der Bereitschaftsdienst keine Visaanfragen beantworten kann, da er sich nicht in den Räumen des Generalkonsulats aufhält und keinen Zugang zum Visasystem hat.

If you would like to report an emergency, you can reach the Officer on Duty after office hours using the following mobil number:
                                        (+ 91) 98843 05333.

Please note that the officer on duty will not be able to answer any visa questions, because he is not located in the German Consulate and has no access to the visa system.

Holidays

The German Consulate General in Chennai will be closed in 2009 on the following days:

2009
Thursday01.01.New Year
Wednesday14.01.Pongal
Monday26.01.Republic Day
Friday10.04.Good Friday
Monday13.04.Easter Monday
Friday01.05.Labour Day
Monday01.06.Whit-Monday
Saturday15.08.Independance Day
Saturday03.10.Day of German Unity (National Day)
Saturday17.10.Deepavali
Thursday24.12.Christmas
Friday25.12.Christmas
Saturday26.12.Christmas
Thursday31.12.New Year's Eve

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Address, opening hours and contact in case of emergency