Every consular network has a handful of offices doing the everyday work, and for Greek nationals around Los Angeles this is one of them: passports, civil records, and documents that have to carry weight back home.
Read on for the details, the usual remit, the appointment position, and a few things learned the hard way by people who got there and were turned away.
📞 Quick Contact
- Address: 12424 Wilshire BLVD 1170, Los Angeles
- Phone: (310) 826-5555
- Official website: http://www.mfa.gr/usa/en/consulate-general-in-los-angeles
- Type of office: Consulate General
🛂 The remit of this office
The services below are typical rather than guaranteed. Networks move work between offices without much announcement:
- Assistance: detention, hospitalisation, a death, a passport stolen before a flight. This is handled outside the ordinary appointment queue.
- Civil status: the route by which an American certificate becomes a Greek one. It matters for inheritance, property and later passports.
- Visas: for travellers heading to Greece. Many countries have moved this online, so check whether a consular file is needed at all.
- Passports: issue and renewal for Greek nationals. Check which documents prove your identity before booking, because the list is longer than people assume.
- Documents: a diploma, a court order or a deed only works abroad once certified. This is where that chain begins or ends.
📅 Arranging a visit
The appointment is usually the bottleneck. Slots at the busier posts are released in batches and disappear the same morning.
The office publishes its own booking arrangements. Booking through official channels costs nothing; sites charging to secure or speed up a slot are intermediaries, and consulates regularly warn against them.
Check what the office takes as payment. Exact change, or a money order made out precisely as instructed, is a common requirement.
🤝 Practical notes for Greek nationals in Los Angeles
Before anything else, confirm that this post covers where you live. It is the single most common reason a trip to Los Angeles is wasted.
Bring more documentation than you think you need. Being sent home over one missing paper costs another appointment.
Fees move with the calendar year and, in some networks, with the exchange rate every quarter. Confirm before paying.
Questions people ask about this consulate general
Where exactly is this consulate general?
At 12424 Wilshire BLVD 1170, in Los Angeles. Check the floor or suite number before travelling — it is the detail that ruins more visits than anything else.
Do they deal with emergencies outside opening hours?
Genuine emergencies — detention, hospitalisation, the death of a relative, a stolen passport — are handled outside the appointment system. Say so when you call.
Can I renew a Greek passport here?
Passport work is standard across the Greek consular network, though not every post performs it. Confirm before travelling.
How do I get hold of this office?
By telephone on (310) 826-5555. Note who you speak to and what you are told, because requirements differ between posts of the same country.