Japanese consulate in Oakland: no office

No Japanese consulate operates in Oakland.

Which Japanese consulate covers Oakland?

Your office is Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco. It is 10 miles from Oakland, roughly 18 min of driving.

California is divided by ZIP code, not by county or by distance. Oakland falls in the range that belongs to Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco (ZIP 94612).

Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco

There is an honorary consul in Fresno, closer than the consulate general. It can help in an emergency and with local matters, but it issues no passports and no visas.

What you can settle without going

  • You can apply for the eVISA online if your nationality is not visa-exempt.
  • You can order a koseki copy from your registered domicile in Japan by mail.
  • You can get an apostille for a U.S. document from the Secretary of State of the issuing state, not from a Japanese consulate.

    • Other places in the same district

  • Long Beach, 25 miles from its consulate
  • Anaheim, 27 miles from its consulate
  • Riverside, 56 miles from its consulate

    • Before booking the trip, look at what can be done online: it is more than most people expect.

    An independent site, with no connection to Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nothing is filed or booked from here, and official pages are the final word.
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