Consulate General of Canada in Atlanta

One office on Peachtree Street handles six southern states, from the Carolinas across to Mississippi. Only Georgia residents can treat it as a local trip; for everyone else in the district it is a flight or a long day of driving. The furthest city in its district with a page here is Wilmington, 420 miles away.

Contacting the Atlanta office

Charlotte is the largest city in this district and it is four hours away. That distance is the reason the mail-in options matter more here than almost anywhere.

What the Atlanta office handles

On Canada's own list, this office covers Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Most of what brings people to this page is done from home.

• 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.
• Get an eTA, A web form linked to your passport. Most applications are approved within minutes.