If you hold Emirati nationality and live within reach of Los Angeles, this is the office your paperwork goes through. Consular work is unglamorous and exacting, and knowing what this post does before you turn up saves the wasted morning that catches most people out.
Everything on record about this office follows: where it is, how to reach it, what it does, and what to settle before you go.
📞 Quick Contact
- Address: 1901 Avenue Of The Stars 350, Los Angeles
- Phone: (310) 551-6534
- Type of office: Consulate General
🛂 The consular work done at this post
Emirati consular offices generally handle the following, though not every post offers every service:
- Consular protection: help for nationals in serious trouble, which is the one thing every post does regardless of size.
- Passports: applications and renewals for Emirati nationals, with personal attendance required because of the biometric data.
- Civil status: the paperwork that keeps two legal systems in agreement about who you are and who your family is.
- Visas: applications from people travelling to the UAE, where the category is not handled through an online system.
- Documents: legalisation and certification. Ask the office that will receive the paper which certification it accepts before paying for any of it.
- Powers of attorney: drawn up or witnessed here for use at home. The wording should come from the lawyer or notary who will use it.
📅 Before you book
Appointments are the norm rather than the exception. Plan around the availability at the Los Angeles office rather than around your own calendar.
This post does not publish an online booking route, so contact it directly and ask how appointments are arranged.
Bring originals and copies of everything. Counters keep the copy and return the original, and the reverse is the exception.
🤝 Practical points
Districts get redrawn. If you last used this office years ago, confirm it still covers you.
Names are the other recurring problem. Where the spelling on an American document differs from the Emirati record — accents dropped, surnames ordered differently, a married name — expect to be asked for evidence explaining the difference.
Where a document has to be produced back home, the appointment is the start of the timetable rather than the end of it.
Before you travel to the consulate general in Los Angeles
Is it worth calling ahead?
Yes, and it saves wasted journeys. Call (310) 551-6534 and ask what they need and how they take payment — cards are the exception rather than the rule.
How do I know which office is mine?
By the consular district assigned to it, not by distance. It is the first thing worth asking on the phone.
Do I need a visa to visit the UAE?
That depends on your nationality and the length of the trip. Where the UAE does require one, it is increasingly applied for online rather than at a counter.
How do I find the office once I get there?
It is at 1901 Avenue Of The Stars 350 in Los Angeles. Allow extra time if you are arriving by public transport, because queues tend to form before opening.