Consulate of Nicaragua in San Francisco, California

⚠️ This office is not serving the public. Nicaragua closed its Los Angeles, Houston and New Orleans consulates in January 2024, and the San Francisco office stopped attending the public and directs callers to Washington. Only Miami, New York and Washington, D.C. are operating in the United States. Confirm before travelling. Sources: Infobae, 11 February 2024 · Voice of America, 29 February 2024.

Go instead to: Miami · New York · Washington, D.C.

The Nicaragua Consulate located in San Francisco, California is closed and serves no one. Nicaraguans in California have to use one of the three offices Nicaragua still operates in the United States — Miami, New York or Washington, D.C. Nicaragua publishes no consular jurisdiction directory we can read, so call the office you intend to use before you travel.

Verified contact information

Go instead to: Miami · New York · Washington, D.C.

Compiled from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and publicly published consulate websites — not from an official Nicaraguan government directory, because Nicaragua publishes no consulate directory we were able to read. Data last compiled 2026-05-27; attribution corrected 2026-09-10. Always verify directly with the consulate before traveling: addresses and hours change, and an entry here can go out of date without notice.

  • Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 1057, San Francisco, CA 94102
  • Phone (US): +1 (415) 765-6821
  • Email: consul.sanfrancisco@cancilleria.gob.ni
  • Official website: none. Nicaragua’s foreign-ministry domain does not resolve — www.cancilleria.gob.ni returns NXDOMAIN and cancilleria.gob.ni has no address record (checked 2026-09-10). Nicaragua publishes no working online consular directory.
  • Jurisdiction: Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska

Source: OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public consulate websites (compiled 2026-05-27).

Available services

Before it stopped operating, this office handled the services below. They are listed so you know what a Nicaraguan consulate does — none of them can be obtained at this address; use Miami, New York or Washington, D.C.

  • Passport renewal and new issuance
  • Cédula de identidad processing — Nicaragua’s consular fee law (Ley 710) provides for a carné consular; we could not confirm that US consulates issue it today (October 3, 2026)
  • Birth registration (children born in the US)
  • Notarizations and powers of attorney
  • Birth, marriage, death certificates (transcription)
  • Consular protection in legal or emergency cases
  • Assistance in cases of immigration detention

Important: Exact service availability may vary by consulate. Always confirm in advance.

How to verify current address, phone, and hours

Consulates occasionally relocate or adjust hours. For current, official information:

  1. Nicaragua publishes no working consular directory — its foreign-ministry domain does not resolve (checked 2026-09-10). This office is closed, so do not rely on its old phone line: use one of the three offices still open (Miami, New York, or the Embassy in Washington, D.C. at (202) 939-6570)
  2. Verify office hours before your visit
  3. Check with the consulate whether your procedure needs an appointment

Before your appointment — checklist

  • ☐ Valid identification (Nicaragua or US)
  • ☐ Proof of US residency (recent dated)
  • ☐ Supporting documents for the specific procedure (birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc.)
  • ☐ Payment for consular fees (accepted forms — cash, money order, etc.)
  • ☐ Appointment confirmation (printed or digital)

Consular procedures — step-by-step guides

These procedures are still available — at Miami, New York or Washington, D.C., not here (full step-by-step guides):

Last verified: 2026-09-24. General information — not legal advice. Always verify current details with the consular office before your visit.

Sources: the closure reporting cited above. Nicaragua’s foreign ministry publishes no reachable consular directory — its domain does not resolve (checked 2026-09-10).

Consulate verification + alternative resource context (2025-2026)

Verify any consulate’s current operating status BEFORE traveling. Official sources:

  • US State Department — Bureau of Consular Affairs: state.gov. The Department’s “Foreign Consular Offices in the United States” list is no longer published — the old policy-issues page now renders a single link and no directory (checked 2026-09-10). For the current list of a country’s consulates, use that country’s embassy in Washington, D.C.
  • Embassy or main consulate of your country in Washington DC — check its own list of consulates
  • Wikipedia “List of diplomatic missions of [Country]” — community-maintained; verify against official sources

For consular emergencies (lost passport, arrest, medical emergency, death) while in the US, contact your home country’s embassy in Washington DC by phone. Embassy phone numbers in DC confirmed on each embassy’s own website (checked 2026-09-24): Colombia 1-202-387-8338, Guatemala 1-202-745-4953, Peru 1-202-833-9860, Argentina 1-202-238-6400 — for other countries, use the number on that embassy’s official website.

For services your home country’s consulate provides (passport renewal, national ID, civil registry, voting from abroad, power of attorney, child registration): consular fees vary by country and service — confirm the current fee on your consulate’s official fee schedule. Required documents and accepted payment methods vary by country and by service — confirm both on your consulate’s official page before your appointment.

For “Find an immigration attorney” referrals when the consulate’s pro-bono network isn’t a fit: see /procedures/find-immigration-attorney/ for AILA-member directories, /procedures/bia-recognized-help-by-state/ for BIA-recognized non-profit options, and /procedures/legal-aid-by-state/ for broader civil legal-aid (housing, family, public benefits). The US Department of State maintains an online directory, Contact Info for Foreign Embassies & Consulates, with contact information for foreign embassies and consulates in the United States.