Address and Contacts

Consulate General of Brazil

300 Montgomery Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, CA, 94104

Phone: (415) 981-8170

Fax:(415) 598-7230

Business hours to the public:

• Working hours: business days, from Monday to Friday.

• Request of service:  9AM to 13PM (by appointment only). Please visit our e-Consular webpage.

• Emergency cases: these are situations involving risk of life, loss/theft of documents required to return to Brazil on the same day or detention by the police. Examples of situations involving risk of life: traffic accidents, serious illness and acts of violence. Attention: visa or passport requests are only considered an emergency case if they are related to one of the above-mentioned situations. Lack of planning is not considered an emergency case.

Please click here for instructions on how to get to the Consulate General.

Brazil has ten Consular Offices in the US, besides the Embassy in Washington DC, to assist you with consular, business and other matters. In order to expedite the answers to your inquiries, please check here which Consular Office has jurisdiction over your state.

We appreciate your cooperation in directing your e-mail to the right office, and please remember to include your name, complete address, phone and fax (if available) numbers in all your correspondence. Please note that due to the high volume of inquiries that we receive on a daily basis, we will only reply those messages that contain questions that are not answered on our webpage. Please read all the instructions carefully. We appreciate your comprehension.
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For inquiries regarding visas, please read also General Information on All Types of Visas, as well as the available information on specific visa categories and Visa FAQs. We will be happy to answer those questions not covered on our website.

The Consulate General fo Brazil in San Francisco has jurisdiction over the states of Oregon, Washington, Alaska and, in California, the counties of Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Ladera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benedito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuma.

Email Addresses:

Proof of Residency / Proof of Life: procuracao.sf@itamaraty.gov.br
Accounting: contabil.sf@itamaraty.gov.br
Community: comunidade.sf@itamaraty.gov.br
Legalization: legal.sf@itamaraty.gov.br
Passports (Brazilian): passaporte.sf@itamaraty.gov.br
Power of Attorney: procuracao.sf@itamaraty.gov.br
Science and Technology: sectec.sf@itamaraty.gov.br
Trade Promotion: secom.sf@itamaraty.gov.br
Visas: visa.sf@itamaraty.gov.br

How to get to the Consulate General

The Consulate General is conveniently located in the Financial District of San Francisco with easy access to public transportation.

Coming from the South on 280 or 101:

Take I-280 North toward San Francisco. Take the US-101 North exit toward Civic Center/Bay Bridge. Take fork onto I-80 East toward US-101 North/Oakland/Seventh Street/Bay Bridge. Take the Fourth Street exit onto Bryant Street toward Embarcadero. Turn left on Third Street. Third Street becomes Kearny Street. Turn right on California Street. Turn right on Montgomery Street. The Consulate General is located at 300 Montgomery Street between California and Pine Streets.

Coming from the Golden Gate:

Take ramp onto US-101 South toward San Francisco. US-101 South becomes Richardson Avenue. Continue on Lombard Street. Turn right on Gough Street. Turn left on Broadway Street. Broadway Street becomes Broadway Tunnel. Continue on Broadway Street. Turn right on Columbus Avenue. Bear right on Montgomery Street. The Consulate General is located at 300 Montgomery Street, between Pine and California streets.

Coming from the Bay Bridge:

Take the I-80 West toward San Francisco. Take the Harrison Street exit onto Fremont Street toward Embarcadero. Fremont Street becomes Front Street. Turn left on Sacramento Street. Turn left on Montgomery Street. The Consulate General is located at 300 Montgomery Street, between Pine and California streets.

Parking lots:

There are quite a few parking lots located in the the Consulate neighborhood. The most affordable one is located 5 blocks away from the Consulate at 733 Kearny Street at Washington Street (Portsmouth Square Parking Garage). There are meters on the streets nearby as well (restrictions apply).

Public transportation:

Muni lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 20 and 41, among others, have stops close to the Consulate General. BART/MUNI station (Montgomery Station) is only 3 blocks away from the office. Please click here to plan your trip using the trip planner services of the site 511.org.