For the Hungarian community in San Mateo, this is the practical link to the administration back home — documents, identity, civil status, and help when something goes badly wrong far from home.
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: 2000 Alameda De Las Pulgas 250, San Mateo
- Phone: (650) 573-7351
- Type of office: Honorary Consulate
🛂 Services normally available
In broad terms, expect the following. Anything unusual is worth confirming by telephone first:
- Documents: legalisation and certification. Ask the office that will receive the paper which certification it accepts before paying for any of it.
- Visas: entry permission for those whose nationality requires it. Ask whether your trip needs one at all before assuming it does.
- Consular protection: help for nationals in serious trouble, which is the one thing every post does regardless of size.
- Civil status: births, marriages and deaths occurring here have to be entered in the home register, and that is done through the consulate.
- Powers of attorney: property sales, inheritance and banking are the usual reasons. Registries are strict about wording, so vague drafting gets rejected.
📅 Getting an appointment
Assume you need one. The exceptions are rare and tend to exist for emergencies rather than for convenience.
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.
🤝 Before you make the trip
Districts get redrawn. If you last used this office years ago, confirm it still covers you.
Check that names and dates match across every document you bring. Mismatches stop files more often than missing papers do.
Consular processing is slower than any commercial service and the timetable is not negotiable. Start early.
Before you travel to the consular office in San Mateo
Does this consular office cover my state?
Consular districts are drawn by each country, and the nearest office is not always the competent one. Confirm the district before booking anything in San Mateo.
Do I need a visa to visit Hungary?
That depends on your nationality and the length of the trip. Where Hungary does require one, it is increasingly applied for online rather than at a counter.
Does this office handle passports?
It usually does, by appointment and with personal attendance for biometrics. Ask whether the booklet is collected at the counter or posted out.
What is the address in San Mateo?
It is 2000 Alameda De Las Pulgas 250. Many posts share a building with unrelated offices, so find the specific door before you turn up.
How do I confirm the requirements before travelling there?
By telephone on (650) 573-7351. Ask about the documents and the exact fee: both change without much notice, and many posts take only cash or a money order.
What if I lose my passport days before a flight?
That does not go through the ordinary appointment queue. Call and say it is an emergency: for imminent travel most networks issue a travel document valid for a single journey.