This is a list of diplomatic missions in Houston. Many foreign governments have established diplomatic and trade representation in the city of Houston. Houston is one of the cities with the most consulate-general offices in the United States. Additionally some trade offices exist.
Country | Mission | Website | Address | Neighborhood or town | Image |
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Albania | Honorary Consul | 10 Waterway Court, The Woodlands | The Woodlands | ||
Angola | Consulate-General | 3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 780 | Uptown | ||
Argentina | Consulate-General | 3050 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1625 | Uptown | ||
Australia | Consulate-General | 1900 West Loop S, Suite 575 | Uptown | ||
Austria | Honorary Consulate | 800 Wilcrest, 340 | Westchase | ||
Bangladesh | Consulate-General | 35 N Wynden Dr | Uptown | ||
Barbados | Honorary Consulate | 3027 Sleepy Hallow Dr | Sugar Land | ||
Belgium | Honorary Consulate | 2009 Lubbock St | Sixth Ward | ||
Belize | Consulate-General | 7101 Breen Dr | Spring Branch | ||
Bolivia | Consulate-General | 2401 Fountain View Drive, Suite 110 | Uptown | ||
Botswana | Honorary Consulate | 10000 Memorial Dr, Suite 400 | Memorial | ||
Brazil | Consulate-General | 1233 West Loop S, Suite 1150 | Highland Village | ||
Cameroon | Honorary Consulate | 2711 Wesleyan Rd | Highland Village | ||
Canada | Trade Commission | 5847 San Felipe, Suite 1700 | Uptown | ||
Chile | Consulate-General | 1300 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 1130 | Uptown | ||
Colombia | Consulate-General | 2400 Augusta Dr, Suite 400 | Uptown | ||
Costa Rica | Consulate-General | 3100 Wilcrest Dr, Suite 260 | Westchase | ||
Ivory Coast | Consulate-General | 412 Hawthorne U.N. | Montrose | ||
Cyprus | Honorary Consulate | 206 Voss Road | Hunters Creek | ||
Czech Republic | Honorary Consulate | 4544 Post Oak Place Dr, Suite 378 | Highland Village | ||
Denmark | Consulate-General | 4545 Post Oak Place Dr, Suite 105 | Highland Village | ||
Dominican Republic | Consulate-General | 6117 Richmond Ave. | Uptown | ||
Ecuador | Consulate-General | 4200 Westheimer Rd, Suite 218 | Highland Village | ||
Egypt | Consulate-General | 5718 Westheimer Rd, Suite 1350 | Uptown | ||
El Salvador | Consulate-General | 8300 Bissonnet St, Unit 400 | Southwest Houston | ||
Equatorial Guinea | Consulate-General | 6401 Southwest Fwy | Gulfton | ||
Ethiopia | Honorary Consulate | 9301 Southwest Fwy, Suite 250 | Braeburn | ||
Finland | Honorary Consulate | 14 Greenway Plaza, #22 | Greenway Plaza | ||
France | Consulate-General | 777 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 600 | Uptown | ||
Georgia | Honorary Consulate | 3040 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 1100 | Uptown | ||
Germany | Consulate-General | 1330 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 1850 | Uptown | ||
Ghana | Honorary Consulate | 3535 Westheimer Rd, Suite 235 | Highland Village | ||
Greece | Consulate-General | 520 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 450 | Highland Village | ||
Guatemala | Consulate-General | 3013 Fountain View Dr, Suite 210 | Uptown | ||
Guyana | Honorary Consulate | 1810 Woodland Park Dr | Westchase | ||
Haiti | Honorary Vice Consul | 3535 Sage Rd | Uptown | ||
Honduras | Consulate-General | 6161 Savoy Dr, Suite 625 | Sharpstown | ||
Hungary | Vice-Consulate | 5847 San Felipe St, Suite 1700 | Uptown | ||
Iceland | Honorary Consulate | 2348 W Settlers Way | The Woodlands | ||
India | Consulate-General | 4300 Scotland St | Houston Heights | ||
Indonesia | Consulate-General | 10900 Richmond Ave | Westchase | ||
Ireland | Honorary Consulate | 2630 Sutton Ct | Highland Village | ||
Israel | Consulate-General | 24 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1500 | Greenway Plaza | ||
Italy | Consulate-General | 1300 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 660 | Uptown | ||
Jamaica | Honorary Consulate | 7737 Southwest Fwy, Suite 580 | Sharpstown | ||
Japan | Consulate-General | 909 Fannin St, Suite 3000 | Downtown | ||
Jordan | Consulate-General | 723 Main St | Downtown | ||
South Korea | Consulate-General | 1990 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 1250 | Uptown | ||
Kyrgyzstan | Honorary Consulate | 15600 Bakers Landing Rd #1 | Memorial | ||
Latvia | Honorary Consulate | 5847 San Felipe St, Suite 3275 | Uptown | ||
Lebanon | Honorary Consulate | 2400 Augusta Dr, Suite 308 | Uptown | ||
Lithuania | Honorary Consulate | 4030 Case St | West University Place | ||
Madagascar | Honorary Consulate | 18010 Widcombe Dr | Spring Branch | ||
Malaysia | Honorary Consulate | P.O. Box 131026 | |||
Malta | Honorary Consulate | 2602 Commonwealth St | Montrose | ||
Mexico | Consulate-General | 10555 Richmond Ave | Westchase | ||
Mongolia | Honorary Consulate | 1221 Lamar St, Suite 1201 | Downtown | ||
Morocco | Honorary Consulate | 2121 Kirby Dr, Suite #144 | Highland Village | ||
Namibia | Honorary Consulate | 1330 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 2200 | Uptown | ||
Netherlands | Honorary Consulate | 10777 Westheimer Rd, Suite 1055 | Westchase | ||
New Zealand | Honorary Consulate | 246 Warrenton Dr | Memorial | ||
Nicaragua | Consulate-General | 8989 Westheimer Rd, Suite 103 | Fondren | ||
Norway | Consulate-General | 3410 West Dallas Street, Suite 100 | Montrose | ||
Pakistan | Consulate-General | 11850 Jones Rd | Cypress | ||
Panama | Consulate-General | 24 E. Greenway Plaza, Suite 1307 | Greenway Plaza | ||
Papua New Guinea | Consulate-General | 4900 Woodway Dr, Suite 1200 | Highland Village | ||
Philippines | Consulate-General | 9990 Richmond Ave, Suite 100N | Westchase | ||
Poland | Consulate-General | 3040 Post Oak Blvd. Ste 525 | Houston | ||
Portugal | Honorary Consulate | 4544 Post Oak Place Dr, Suite 350 | Highland Village | ||
Qatar | Consulate-General | 1990 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 810 | Uptown | ||
Romania | Consulate-General | 4265 San Felipe UN, Suite 220 | Highland Village | ||
Russia | Consulate-General | 1333 W Loop South | Highland Village | ||
Saudi Arabia | Consulate-General | 5718 Westheimer Rd, Suite 1500 | Uptown | ||
Senegal | Consulate-General | 9701 Richmond Ave, Suite 212 | Westchase | ||
Slovenia | Honorary Consulate | 2925 Briarpark Dr | Westchase | ||
Spain | Consulate-General | 1800 Bering Dr, Suite 660 | Uptown | ||
Sweden | Honorary Consulate | 1775 Saint James Place, Suite 105 | Greater Uptown | ||
Switzerland | Honorary Consulate | 11922 Taylorcrest Rd | Memorial | ||
Taiwan | Economic and Cultural Office | 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2006 | Greenway Plaza | ||
Thailand | Consulate-General | 600 Travis St, Suite 2800 | Downtown | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | Honorary Consulate | 2400 Augusta Dr, Suite 250 | Uptown | ||
Tunisia | Honorary Consulate | 12527 Mossycup Dr | Memorial | ||
Turkey | Consulate-General | 1990 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 1300 | Uptown | ||
Ukraine | Honorary Consulate | 2934 Fairway Dr | Sugar Land | ||
United Kingdom | Consulate-General | 1301 Fannin St, Suite 2400 | Downtown | ||
Uruguay | Consulate-General | 1220 S Ripple Creek Dr | Houston Heights | ||
Venezuela | Consulate-General | 2401 Fountain View Dr, Suite 220 | Uptown | ||
Vietnam | Consulate-General | 5251 Westheimer Rd., Suite 1100 |
Country | Mission | Website | Address | Neighborhood or town | Image |
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China | Consulate-General | 3417 Montrose Blvd | Montrose | ||
Syria | Consulate-General | 5433 Westheimer Rd, Suite 1020 | Uptown | ||
Sweden | Consulate-General | 17 South Briar Hollow Lane, Suite 400 | Afton Oaks / River Oaks |
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes an embassy or high commission, which is the main office of a country's diplomatic representatives to another country; it is usually, but not necessarily, based in the receiving state's capital city. Consulates, on the other hand, are smaller diplomatic missions that are normally located in major cities of the receiving state. As well as being a diplomatic mission to the country in which it is situated, an embassy may also be a nonresident permanent mission to one or more other countries.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), also known as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), Taipei Representative Office (TRO) or Taipei Mission, is an alternative diplomatic institution serving as a de facto embassy or a consulate of the Republic of China to exercise the foreign affairs and consular services in specific countries which have established formal diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. The PRC denies the legitimacy of the ROC as a sovereign state and claims the ROC-controlled territories as an integral part of its territory. An exclusive mandate, namely One-China policy, requires that any country wishing to establish a diplomatic relationship with the PRC must first sever any formal relationship with the ROC. According to The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, "non-recognition of the Taiwanese government is a prerequisite for conducting formal diplomatic relations with the PRC—in effect forcing other governments to choose between Beijing and Taipei." As a result, these countries only allow the ROC to establish representative offices instead of a fully-fledged embassy or consulate for the purpose of conducting practical bilateral relations without granting full diplomatic recognition.
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A permanent representative is a diplomat who is the head of a country's diplomatic mission to an international organisation.
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