Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles
Los Angeles covers Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, Utah, the ten southern counties of California, and the Pacific territories of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. It is the only Chinese office in the country with an ocean in its district.
Do you need an appointment at the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles?
Nobody at Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles will ask you for an appointment reference. It is first come, first served.
COVA does the paperwork and Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles takes the passport. Print the barcode page the system gives you and bring the document.
The counter charges you once, at the end, and only by card: no cash, no personal cheque, no online payment.
The office works 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00, with a two-hour break in the middle that is longer than at any other Chinese office in the country.
Two addresses: which one you actually want
Two addresses, two purposes: one is the consulate, the other is where documents change hands.
The consulate itself is at 443 Shatto Place, Los Angeles, CA 90020. The consular document hall, where passports and applications actually change hands, is at 500 Shatto Place, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90020.
How to cancel at the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles
The question does not arise at Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles. There are no slots to release.
Lose the pick-up slip and the passport becomes much harder to retrieve: it is the document that identifies your file.
How to get to the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles
The counter is at 500 Shatto Place, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90020. Mid-morning is the worst time to arrive.
500 Shatto Place, third floor, in Koreatown. The consulate at 443 is across the road and does not take applications.
Real reviews of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles
Reviews from Google, condensed. They are not complimentary and we publish them anyway.
Los Angeles averages 3.1 stars over 683 reviews, and the useful ones are practical: what to print, how many trips, and how the fee is paid.
Print the page that says «Passport to be Submitted» with the barcode on it. You have to hand that in with the passport, and a lot of people arrive without it.
Kevin L. · 5★
If you are anywhere near this consulate, do not pay a third-party visa handler. Applying online yourself saved me more than three hundred dollars; the visa itself cost $140.
Rosa V. · 5★
Plan for two separate visits at least five business days apart: one to leave the passport, one to collect it and pay — and the payment is by credit card only.
Tim A. · 5★
Opening hours of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles
The building and the counter do not keep the same hours, and that is where most wasted trips come from.
Office: 9:00–12:00 and 14:00–17:00, Monday to Friday
Phone number of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles
+1 213-807-8088. The switchboard does not process applications: it answers questions.
What the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles handles
Four families of work happen here: visas, Chinese travel documents, notarial acts and consular protection.
Visas, Chinese passports and travel documents, and notarial acts for five states, southern California and three Pacific territories.
What you can settle without going to the consulate
- check whether your trip qualifies for the 240-hour visa-free transit before you pay for any visa at all
- fill in China’s online arrival card in the days before you fly
- work out which office covers you, which decides where your file can even be accepted
- apply for a Hong Kong entry visa through the e-Visa service of the Hong Kong Immigration Department
Details verified on 10 September 2026.
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