French Consulate in San Francisco
The Consulate General of France in San Francisco works from 44 Montgomery Street, under Consul General Valérie Brisset, for Alaska, Hawaii, northern California and the Northwest and Mountain states.
How to book an appointment at the French Consulate in San Francisco
Before gathering papers for the Consulate General of France in San Francisco, check how the service you need is booked: the consulate publishes it service by service.
Monday to Friday, 2 to 10 pm Paris time, which is 5 am to 1 pm Pacific for most of the year, except French public holidays
Passport and ID card appointments are booked on consulat.gouv.fr, the ministry's booking site, from the link for San Francisco on the network's passport page: one appointment covers one person, and a passport and an ID card for the same person fit in one slot.
For a signature certification, the network's page on that act gives admin-francais.san-francisco-fslt@diplomatie.gouv.fr to request the appointment.
Be wary of websites that offer a guaranteed date for a price: the booking is free and personal.
Passports and ID cards are collected without an appointment, Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.
How to cancel an appointment at the French Consulate in San Francisco
Canceling takes a minute and gives the slot to someone who needs it.
Use the cancel option of your reservation on consulat.gouv.fr. If you booked by email instead, write through the network's contact form, us.diplomatie.gouv.fr/contact, choosing the San Francisco consulate.
Getting to the French Consulate in San Francisco
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400, San Francisco, CA 94104: check the suite and the floor before you go up.
The consulate lists four garages nearby: the White House Garage (223 Sutter Street), Sutter Stockton (330 Sutter Street), Union Square (301 Post Street) and Jessie Square (220 Stevenson Street).
Real reviews of the French Consulate in San Francisco
Three real opinions, rewritten so nobody is quoted word for word.
On Google the office averages 4.0 stars from 120 reviews.
He spent two hours looking for the link to the forms for renewing his passport.
Dimitri K.
She found the consulate good at answering emails and the staff nice; with a complete file her appointment took under five minutes, and a prepaid USPS envelope spared her a second trip.
Anna N.
He traveled a whole day for an ID card appointment and was told the fingerprint machine was not working and he would have to come back.
Denis W.
Many of the listing's older reviews are about visas, which the consulates do not take any more: they go through France-Visas and TLScontact.
Opening hours of the French Consulate in San Francisco
These are the public hours on the consulate's page. It closes on American holidays, listed on the same page. By appointment, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9 am to 12:30 pm and 2 to 4:30 pm; Wednesday and Friday 9 am to 12:30 pm.
Passports and ID cards are collected without an appointment, Monday to Friday 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Phone number of the French Consulate in San Francisco
General questions are handled by France Consulaire, the ministry's line for French people abroad; it answers in French and does not deal with visas.
From the US it is +1 (415) 347-8557, at the price of a local call; from abroad, +33 4 11 77 30 19 (Monday to Friday, 2 to 10 pm Paris time, which is 5 am to 1 pm Pacific for most of the year, except French public holidays).
The consulate's own line, +1 (415) 515-3600, is for extreme emergencies of French nationals only (an accident, a death, an arrest, a child in danger); a lost passport is not one: report it through the contact form. (source)
France Consulaire's hours are set in Paris time, 2 to 10 pm. The network's contact page converts them to 5 am to 1 pm Pacific, and this consulate's own page says 6 am to 2 pm.
The contact page is right for most of the year: the one-hour gap only holds in the weeks when France and the US change their clocks on different dates. (sources: 1, 2)
What this office handles in San Francisco
The Consulate General of France in San Francisco covers Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, northern California and northern Nevada.
It handles the Registre, passports and ID cards, proxies, certificates and signature certification for its district. Civil status and nationality files from its district go to Los Angeles, not here.
It supervises the honorary consuls in Anchorage, Sacramento, Honolulu, Boise, Hamilton, Reno, Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Dubois and Guam.
Its outreach page lists Seattle (October 19 to 23, fully booked), Portland (November 9 to 13) and Salt Lake City (November 30 to December 4) for the second half of 2026, after Seattle, Honolulu, Portland and Boise in the first half.
Appointments open about a month ahead, for people on the Registre. (source: 1)
San Francisco's outreach page says it made four missions in the first half of 2026 and lists five (Seattle twice, Honolulu, Portland and Boise); for the second half it announces four and lists three (Seattle, Portland and Salt Lake City). (source: 1)
What you can settle without traveling
- Register with the Registre des Français établis hors de France on Service-Public.fr: it is free and lasts five years.
- Have a US birth transcribed in the French registers by mail: the transcription is free and has no deadline.
- Join the consular electoral list online, up to six weeks before an election.
Details checked against the official pages on October 6, 2026.
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We gather what us.diplomatie.gouv.fr publishes and flag it when its own pages disagree. Confirm with the consulate before you go.