The Honorary Consulate of Malta in San Francisco is an honorary consular post of Malta in Millbrae, California (serving the San Francisco area). It is run by an honorary consul – a volunteer, not a career diplomat – who helps Maltese citizens locally; passports, visas and most other formal consular services are handled by the Embassy of Malta in the United States or one of the career consulates listed below.
Contact Details
| Address | 50 Victoria Avenue, Suite 103, Millbrae, CA 94030, United States |
| maltaconsul.sanfrancisco@gov.mt | |
| Honorary Consul | Louis John Vella |
| Consular district | California (other than the counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Kern, San Luis Obispo and Imperial), Nevada and Hawaii |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published by the Maltese foreign ministry. Call or e-mail the honorary consulate to arrange a visit.
Location of the Honorary Consulate
Before your visit
- The office is in Millbrae, south of San Francisco. Emergency telephone: +1 650-631-8200.
About the Honorary Consulate of Malta in San Francisco
The honorary consul is Louis John Vella, according to the Maltese foreign ministry. The counties of its consular district are listed in the contact details above. It is one of 10 honorary consulates of Malta in the United States listed by the Maltese foreign ministry (2 of them in California). Malta also has 1 career consular post in the United States and its embassy in Washington, D.C. In Malta, the United States is represented by the U.S. Embassy in Attard (mt.usembassy.gov), according to the Congressional Directory.
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Malta and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Maltese citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates in San Francisco
39 other countries are represented in San Francisco, among them: Algeria (consulate general), Australia (consulate general), Austria (consulate), Mexico (consulate general), Mongolia (consulate general), Netherlands (consulate general), Norway (consulate general), Peru (consulate general), Philippines (consulate general), Portugal (consulate general), Romania (honorary), Singapore (consulate general), Slovakia (honorary), Spain (consulate general), Sweden (consulate general), Switzerland (consulate general), Ukraine (consulate general), United Kingdom (consulate general), Uruguay (consulate general), Vietnam (consulate general). The full list of all 40 missions is on the overview page for the United States.
Closing days
Honorary consuls set their own office hours; the honorary consulate is usually closed on US federal holidays, whose dates are published by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and may also close on public holidays of Malta.
Emergency assistance
In an emergency, Maltese citizens should contact the Embassy of Malta in the United States or one of the career consulates listed below. In the United States, dial 911 for an ambulance, the fire service or the police (GOV.UK travel advice). US citizens who need consular help in Malta can contact the U.S. Embassy in Attard.
Diplomatic missions of Malta in the United States
Malta in the United States
Measured in a straight line from San Francisco, the nearest other Maltese office is the Honorary Consulate (California) in Los Angeles (about 560 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from San Francisco.
- Washington, D.C. – Embassy of Malta in the United States
- New York – Consulate General (New York)
- Atlanta – Honorary Consulate (Alabama)
- Denver (1,520 km) – Honorary Consulate (Colorado)
- Houston – Honorary Consulate (Texas)
- Los Angeles (560 km) – Honorary Consulate (California)
- Miami – Honorary Consulate (Florida)
- Philadelphia – Honorary Consulate (Pennsylvania)
- Portland – Honorary Consulate (Oregon)
- Rochester – Honorary Consulate (Minnesota)
- San Francisco – Honorary Consulate (this page)
- Taylor – Honorary Consulate (Michigan)
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Details checked on 22 October 2026. Sources: Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs of Malta – ConsularPlus, United States of America (contact) (accessed 22 October 2026), U.S. Office of Personnel Management – Federal Holidays, GOV.UK foreign travel advice: USA (getting help).
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