The Embassy
Address, opening hours, consular district and how to contact the Embassy in case of emergency
(for more information please refer to the text on the right)
postal address:
German Embassy
B.P. 11-2820 Riad El-Solh
Beirut 1107 2110
Lebanon
where to find us:
Maghzal Building
close to Jesus-and-Mary-School
Rabieh
Telephone: 00961 (0)4 935 000
Fax: 00961 (0)4 935 001
Email: beirut%27%diplo%27%de,info
You can reach the German Embassy outside the office hours in cases of emergency (not for visa inquiries!) under the following number: 00961 (0)3 600 053.
The VISA SECTION:
Application forms can be submitted only based on prior appointments. Therefore, access is given only to the persons indicated on the list of appointments. Those arriving too late are rejected and have to make a new appointment. Kindly note that only the applicant himself/herself is allowed to enter the Embassy's building.
You can arrange an appointment by calling the callcenter Teleperformance. Please dial 1216 from a lebanese mobile phone, office hours of Teleperformance are Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm. The call will be charged with additional 75 cents/USD per minute
Working hours
for the submission of visa applications:
Monday to Friday before noon:
Access is given starting 07.30 am
Access ends at 11.30 am
and
Monday to Thursday afternoon:
Access is given starting 12.30 hrs
Access ends at 14.30 hrs
for picking up a passport:
Monday to Thursday:
Access starting 12.30 hrs
Acess ends at 14.30 hrs
You do not need an appointment to pick up your passport. The passport can be obtained starting the day indicated on your application receipt (not before!). Should this day be a friday, saturday, sunday or a holiday, you can pick up the passport starting the subsequent working day. Should there be no date on your application receipt (for example national visa), the employees of the visa section will call you.
How and when to call the VISA SECTION:
The telephone number of the visa section is: 00961 (0) 4 935 004.
The fax number of the visa section is: 00961 (0) 4 935 002.
For questions concerning visa, you can reach the visa section as follows:
Monday to Friday: 10.00 - 12.00 am
Please note that we cannot answer questions on the status of your visa application since such requests are time consuming. Please make sure you have your application number (indicated on the application receipt) ready when you call.
Only the applicant himself/herself is allowed to obtain information.
Please also note that our employees are not able to give you detailed information on the application procedures (for visa or passports). This information is available in detail on this website of the Embassy ( www.beirut.diplo.de , please refer to the section "Welcome to Germany", then "Visa regulations"). You can obtain this information as well from the Call Center Teleperformance.
Shouldn't you be willing to benefit from the services of the Call Center Teleperformance, you have the possibility to ask for a preferred appointment via fax.
