Consulate General of Chile in San Francisco
Government of Chile
About Consulate General of Chile in San Francisco
“Consular Circumscription”: is the territory in which a Consular office can carry out its functions.
The District of the Consulate of San Francisco is part of the Northern States of California, Northern Nevada and the States of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
Consular functions are determined by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, of 1967, and the Consular Regulations of Chile, Decree No. 172, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, of 1977.
Some of the functions that correspond to our Consuls are the following:
- Protect in the receiving State the rights and interests of the State of Chile and its nationals, whether natural or legal persons, within the limits permitted by International Law;
- Act as a notary;
- Grant passports, travel documents, to Chileans in their constituency or passing through it;
- Provide aid and assistance to underprivileged nationals;
- Watch over the interests of nationals, whether they are natural or legal persons.
- Watch over the interests of minors.
- Ensure that Chilean nationals within the receiving territory are subjected to a fair and rational procedure, where appropriate;
- Communicate judicial and extrajudicial decisions and issue letters rogatory in accordance with the law and regulations of the receiving State.
Locations
Primary Office Location
870 Market Street, Suite 1058 San Francisco CA 94102
(415) 982-7662
