French consulate in Monterey
Monterey is not home to a French consulate. The nearer of the two consulates by road is the Consulate General of France in San Francisco, 114 miles away (2 h 23 min).
Which French consulate covers Monterey?
The official pages do not place Monterey County on either side of the line. The office below is the closer by road, a deduction of ours that France Consulaire can confirm. For reference, Los Angeles is 318 miles away by road.
How many trips? The application is filed in person at San Francisco, 114 miles from Monterey by road. Registered on its Registre, that trip is enough: bring a FedEx envelope and the passport comes to you.
Otherwise the pickup is a second trip, without an appointment, Monday to Friday 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.
The ID card never travels by mail, and within 250 miles of Monterey the San Francisco district has no honorary consul with a published office who could hand it over: two trips, then.
Is there a French office closer to Monterey?
Monterey is closer to the consulate in San Francisco than to the district's honorary offices.
If you need a French visa, the appointment is at a TLScontact center: San Francisco is the closest to Monterey (87 miles in a straight line). Centers as listed in October 2025 (TLScontact).
Nearby cities and their consulate
- Santa Cruz, 27 miles away, covered by San Francisco
- San Jose, 51 miles away, covered by San Francisco
- Palo Alto, 60 miles away, covered by San Francisco
What you can settle from Monterey without traveling
- Have a US birth transcribed in the French registers by mail: the transcription is free and has no deadline.
- Have a death transcribed by mail; no deadline is set for it.
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