Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles
Los Angeles covers Arizona, Nevada and the southern half of California, and Canada has never published where that half begins. It is one of three offices with online appointment booking. The furthest city in its district with a page here is Tucson, 487 miles away.
Contacting the Los Angeles office
- Address
550 South Hope Street, 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071 - Telephone
1-844-880-6519 - Email
ccs.scc@international.gc.ca - Visa and immigration
lnglsquestions@international.gc.ca - Fax
1-213-346-2747 - Consular hours
Monday to Friday, 09:00-12:00, by appointment
Nevada is not divided the way California is. The whole state reports here, including Reno, which is seven hours away and much closer to San Francisco.
What the Los Angeles office handles
The district it serves is Arizona, Nevada and Southern California.
It witnesses signatures, takes affidavits and statutory declarations, certifies copies, and issues permanent resident travel documents to residents who need to fly home without a valid card.
What it cannot do
A long list of things people arrive expecting are handled somewhere else entirely.
- It does not issue a permanent resident card, which IRCC prints and mails.
- It does not issue a citizenship certificate, which is also an IRCC application.
- It does not issue a birth, marriage or death certificate, which are provincial.
- It does not grant an eTA or a visitor visa, both of which are online applications.
What you can do without coming in
A good share of Canadian paperwork never touches a consulate.
- Order a birth or marriage certificate, From the province where it happened. Ottawa does not hold these records.
- Check an application, Every IRCC and passport application can be followed online.
- Renew a permanent resident card, An IRCC application. The card is mailed, and never to an address outside Canada.
- Apply for a citizenship certificate, Online or on paper, direct to IRCC. This is the document that proves you are Canadian.