Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco
San Francisco covers northern California and the whole of the Pacific: Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. It is the widest consular district in this directory by a distance no other comes near. The furthest city in its district with a page here is Eureka, 271 miles away.
Contacting the San Francisco office
- Address
580 California Street, 14th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104 - Telephone
1-844-880-6519 - Email
ccs.scc@international.gc.ca - Fax
1-415-834-3189 - Consular hours
Monday to Friday, 09:00-12:00, by appointment
Hawaii has something closer. The Consulate General of Australia in Honolulu provides Canadian consular services under a sharing agreement between the two countries, which is the only arrangement of its kind here.
What the San Francisco office handles
Its consular district is Guam, Hawaii, Northern California and Northern Mariana Islands.
The work here is notarial and emergency: oaths and declarations, certified copies, travel documents for permanent residents, and assistance when a Canadian is in trouble.
What it cannot do
It is worth knowing what this office cannot do before booking an appointment.
- 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
None of the following requires the trip.
- Apply for a citizenship certificate, Online or on paper, direct to IRCC. This is the document that proves you are Canadian.
- Get an eTA, A web form linked to your passport. Most applications are approved within minutes.
- 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.