Note: The Chinese Consulate-General in Houston was closed in late July 2020. Since then, all consular services originally handled by the Houston Consulate—including China visa applications, Chinese passports, notarization, and authentication—have been taken over by the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.
On June 29, 2024, after mutual consultation, China and the United States reached an agreement to simultaneously adjust the consular jurisdictions of their respective embassies and consulates. The adjusted consular jurisdictions of Chinese diplomatic missions in the U.S. are as follows:
Chinese Embassy in the United States (Washington, D.C.)
Jurisdiction:
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Kentucky
- Tennessee
- Delaware
Chinese Embassy in the United States Also covers (formerly under the Houston Consulate):
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Puerto Rico
Chinese Consulate-General in New York
Jurisdiction:
- Connecticut
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Vermont
- Rhode Island
Chinese Consulate-General in San Francisco
Jurisdiction:
- Northern California
- Alaska
- Nevada
- Oregon
- Washington
- Idaho
- Montana
- Wyoming
Chinese Consulate-General in Los Angeles
Jurisdiction:
- Southern California
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Utah
- Colorado
- Hawaii
- Pacific Islands
Chinese Consulate-General in Chicago
Jurisdiction:
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Wisconsin
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
The Chinese Embassy and Consulates General in the United States of America will perform consular functions in the respective consular jurisdictions from June 29, 2024.
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