French consulate for Scotland: which office covers you
Scotland has its own consulate, the Consulate General of France in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and two honorary consuls, in Glasgow and Aberdeen. French residents of Scotland apply for passports and ID cards in Edinburgh.
Which French consulate covers Scotland?
The whole of Scotland belongs to the district of the Consulate General of France in Edinburgh and Glasgow, which serves the French citizens living in Scotland, according to the Edinburgh consulate's page.
Scotland also has two honorary consuls under the Edinburgh consulate: Aberdeen and Glasgow. They issue no passports; any of them can hand one over if you ask for it when you apply.
Cities in Scotland and their French consulate
| City | Nearest honorary consul (straight line) | To the Edinburgh consulate |
|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | Glasgow, 43 miles | the consulate is here |
| Glasgow | Glasgow, in the city | 46 miles, 1 h 5 min* |
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen, in the city | 127 miles, 2 h 37 min* |
| Dundee | Aberdeen, 57 miles | 56 miles, 1 h 20 min* |
| Inverness | Aberdeen, 82 miles | 157 miles, 3 h 24 min* |
| Stirling | Glasgow, 22 miles | 36 miles, 58 min* |
| Perth | Glasgow, 49 miles | 44 miles, 1 h 2 min* |
| St Andrews | Aberdeen, 61 miles | 53 miles, 1 h 21 min* |
| Dumfries | Glasgow, 61 miles | 77 miles, 1 h 57 min* |
| Ayr | Glasgow, 31 miles | 79 miles, 1 h 48 min* |
| Fort William | Glasgow, 73 miles | 133 miles, 3 h 10 min* |
| Kirkwall | Aberdeen, 131 miles | 313 miles by road and ferry* |
| Lerwick | Aberdeen, 211 miles | 435 miles by road and ferry* |
| Stornoway | Aberdeen, 174 miles | 316 miles by road and ferry* |
*Driving distance and time to the consulate, at posted speed limits and without traffic (OSRM); the miles are reliable, the time is optimistic.
Scotland by the numbers: fourteen cities in this table, Stirling the closest to the consulate at 36 miles by road, Lerwick the farthest at 435 miles, 144 miles on average. Two of them have an honorary consul in town.
What you can settle without going to the consulate
- Know that ETIAS is not running yet: sites that sell it today are not official.
- Order a UK apostille online from the FCDO, on paper or as an e-Apostille.
- Prove you are alive for a French pension with the “Mon certificat de vie” app.
Since 22 September 2026, a passport applied for in London can no longer be sent to an address in Scotland or collected there, so a Scottish resident who books in London has to go back to London, or to an honorary consul in London's district, to collect it.
Checked against the official sources on 10 November 2026.
frenchconsulates.co.uk is an unofficial, independent guide to the French consular network in the UK.
No application can be made here. Where official pages contradict each other we say so; the consulate confirms what applies to you.