Guatemalan Consulate in Seattle, Washington

Address and contact details for the Guatemalan consulate in Seattle

Procedures available at the Guatemalan consulate in Seattle

1. Guatemalan passport: first issue and renewal; the consulate can handle urgent cases for justified imminent travel.
2. DPI (Documento Personal de Identificación): application and renewal of the national identity document for Guatemalans in the Northwest.
3. TICG (Guatemalan consular ID card): consular identification recognised by institutions in Washington and Oregon.
4. Civil registry: registering births of children of Guatemalans born in Washington, Oregon, Idaho or Alaska.
5. Powers of attorney and legalisations: to manage property, businesses or inheritances in Guatemala from the Pacific Northwest.
6. Consular days in Yakima: regular service in the Yakima Valley through the harvest season.
7. Guidance on labour rights: the consulate works with Washington’s L&I (Labor & Industries) to assist Guatemalan workers.

Farm workers in Yakima: check whether a consular day is scheduled before travelling to Seattle.

If you live in Oregon or Idaho, Seattle is your consulate; confirm the district at portal.minex.gob.gt if you are unsure.

Opening hours

IMPORTANT: the public counter closes at 3:00 pm. An appointment is required for every procedure.

Documents you need for the main procedures in Seattle

What you need depends on the procedure. These are the most common documents:

• Passport (adult): DPI or previous passport, a passport-format photograph and payment of the consular fee.
• Minor’s passport: both parents’ DPI or passport, the child’s birth record, a photograph and the fee.
• First-time DPI: an apostilled or legalised Guatemalan birth record and a recent photograph.
• Power of attorney: a valid DPI, the full details of the person you are appointing and a description of what the power covers.
• Birth registration: the state certificate (WA/OR/ID/AK), apostilled, the parents’ DPI and the consular form.

Always check the current document list at portal.minex.gob.gt before your appointment, as requirements can change.

How to reach the Guatemalan consulate in Seattle

The consulate is at 600 University St, Suite 1805, in downtown Seattle. On public transport, take the Link Light Rail to University Street Station (line 1), less than two blocks away. Several King County Metro routes also stop on University St and 6th Ave. If you drive from the north (Everett, Bellevue), take I-5 South and use the Seneca St / Union St exit. There are paid garages around Union Square. From Yakima, the drive takes about two and a half hours on US-12 or I-82.

How to book an appointment at the Guatemalan consulate in Seattle

Every procedure requires an appointment. Go to the official MINEX portal and select "EE.UU. – Seattle" along with the procedure you need. If you have a trip coming up or an urgent case, call (206) 652-0166 directly. Demand here is moderate compared with Los Angeles, so dates are usually easier to find.

If you live in Alaska, reaching the consulate may mean flying; call (206) 652-0166 first to see whether a consular day is planned in Anchorage or another Alaskan city before travelling to Seattle.

The Guatemalan consulate in the US Northwest

The Consulate General of Guatemala in Seattle is at 600 University St, Suite 1805, in downtown Seattle, a few blocks from Pike Place Market and easy to reach from anywhere in the metropolitan area. It is the only Guatemalan consular office for four Pacific Northwest states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska.

Outside the city, the Yakima Valley is the other main area served: the consulate runs consular days there through the harvest season so nobody has to travel downtown. If your first language is a Mayan one you can ask for an interpreter: the guide to Mayan language support explains how.