Japanese consulate in Irvine: no office

There is no Japanese consulate in Irvine.

Which Japanese consulate covers Irvine?

Your office is Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles. It is 40 miles from Irvine, roughly 50 min of driving.

California is divided by county: nine southern counties belong to Los Angeles and the rest of the state to San Francisco. Irvine is in Orange County, which is one of the nine, so its office is the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles.

Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles

There is an honorary consul in Fresno, closer than the consulate general. It can help in an emergency and with local matters, but it issues no passports and no visas.

What you can settle without going

You can order a koseki copy from your registered domicile in Japan by mail.
You can get an apostille for a U.S. document from the Secretary of State of the issuing state, not from a Japanese consulate.
You can register your address abroad through ORR net instead of at the counter.

Other places in the same district

San Jose, 49 miles from its consulate
Sacramento, 86 miles from its consulate
Oakland, 10 miles from its consulate

If you only need a certificate or a registration, check whether it can travel by mail before you plan the drive.

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