Consulado De El Salvador

Excelent Services, I was Impresed by how profesional their services are. At first I had my concerns due to people posting bad reviews. So I was prepared for anything. I got there on Tuesday 9÷8÷15 at 5 am. there were about 20 people waiting inline already. So I waited until 2 gentlemans came out at 7:00:am giving out numbers, they divided them one side for passports and the other side for DUI. Then we proceded to go upstairs to the emmbasy. There they started organizing people by numbers and by departments. The location has been expanded and that helps them be more efficient. The employees were professional and efficient. I was done by 8:45.
I dont know why this other people are complainning. I think if you come in with a bad attitude you will get the same back. At you. So I recomend be prepared with all your copies, documentation, patients and a good attitude. By the way you can park in the back of the building maximum us $ 16 dollars you can ask for validation at the emmbasy and will cut your bill in half.
If you show up on Monday I heard its more crowded
Its worth it. Piece of mind. If you park outside you are risking a $ 65.00 dlls ticket.
I hope this help people make a good choice.

Worst service experiencrd ever. This place it’s so unorganized, lack of professional image and documents with personal information are every where. Employees seem that they clearly hate their job and treat their own people like worst then s. I’m very disappointed.

Wow the most hellish experience I have ever gone through! These people are supposed to help you they are supposed to be from the same country as you and they treat you like complete trash; I went with my dad this morning trying to help him get his papers since 3 am six hours later and a huge argument with the FAT cow that works there just to tell us that we have to wait 4 – 7 weeks for that damn DUI! Be prepared to sit there actually stand for a long time and fair warning there’s attitude all over the place. Most important if your birth certificate is not a year or newer they won’t even help you at all

Es un completo dolor de cabeza venir a este consulado. Aparte el que atiende citas on line es un despoto, el govierno de El Salvador deberia entrenar bien a esta gente antes de mandarlos a trabajarar a el consulado. Estamos pagando por un servicio, pero es un mal servicio a los ciudadanos salvadorenos. Consulado de Las Vegas es mejor y mas rapido la atencion.

If you want to avoid this place and are planing a weekend trip to Vegas. I would recommend stopping by the Consulado de El Salvador in Las Vegas. You can stop by before they close on Friday or Monday before heading back home. My mother came out to Vegas back in June to get her passport. Walked out with her new passport in 30 mins. I also went to get my passport there. Took about a hour for mine. I needed 2 witnesses. It was my 1^st time getting a Salvadorian passport. My sister came here a few days ago and took about 2 hours to get hers. On a side note. When my sister applied for hers she was informed that they keep you’re original birth certificate. Told us they started doing that last week. No need to wake up 12:00 am to get in line at 2:00am in hopes of getting a ticket.
Just a fun tip if you need a copy of your salvadorian birth certificate. You can order it online. It’s around $ 52 to ship to the U.S. and $ 4 per copy.
Or you can call here 011 503 2511 6011
How to register your birth if born outside Salvador.
How to amend your birth certificate if your parents didn’t put their full birth names on your California issued birth certificate. If just changing the names of your parents you do not to get a court or to get this done. You will need to mail in docouments to support the updating of their names. Copy of Salvy ID, Passport or Birth certificate will do the trick. You will need form VS-​24. You can order it online or call Telephone: (916) 445‑2684. If you call in to request this form you can request for the form to be typed up. Once you get it you will need to sign it, notarized and Mail it in. It takes about 2 months to get your newly amended birth record. The cost is $ 23 and that covers the cost of the amendment and your new birth certificate. You can also use this form to correct the age of your parent on your birth certificate. I wish I would of had all this info handed to me 5+ years ago.

la gente de aqui es muy floja mucha gente esperando y solo un señor mayor que ni mira bien atendiendo deberian de mejorar el sistema es muy lento todas los cubicolos estan vacios no trabajadores y mucha gente esperando los disque trabajadores solo baboseando pasan platicando y comiendo moscas todo viejo y un calorrrrr que parecia encubadora de pollos los microfonos para llamar ala gente no sirven este consulado deberian de tumbarlo y hacerlo nuevo y hagarrar empleados que deverdad quieran trabajar en el consulado mexicano entras alas 8 y alas 10 estas afuera y aki todo esta leeeeeentoooo cochino y todos tragando ai t todos unos puercos tmb dejan su basura no la ponen en el basurero

I was here a week ago and everything went through smooth and easy, just come prepared.

Make sure you have the amount you need in cash only. $ 50 or $ 100 bills are NOT accepted. Also, have copies of your passport or any other document that you think you might need. You cannot bring someone with you into the actual room. Had to have husband relax in our car and McDonald’s. Bring your own pen, the staff will not lend you one. My major gripe is that they can reduce their worked by offering some services online. Catch up with the times mi gente!

Worst place ever. the people are rude, lazy, and unorganized. We went to try and get our DUI on the last Saturday of the month, which is stated when you call the number they give out, which always hangs up, and we were told that they only do passports and DUIs M-​F. We got there at 2:00 in the morning to wait until 8 am, not even 7am like they say, to be told we weren’t going to be helped because the people who deal with this didn’t go to work. HOW UNPROFESSIONAL IS THAT?!
This is the most terrible place. Not even the Social Security Office is this horrible. You’d think these people would want to help their own and do everything they possibly can. To top it all off they have the audacity o ask for volunteers when they dont even do enough. they are lazy people and this place should be audited or reviewed because they do not do their jobs and they only make it harder for people to get their papers in order. We are hard working people, not lazy good for nothing people who are just coming just because, there’s a reason why we go and make that stupid line.

This a totally fucked up system the salvadorian «consulado» has. As a United states citizen I see the diffrence in treatment and system that salvadorians have. This is why all these other people from other countries want to come to the United states even thought there isn’t as much perfect as we appear to have. its worst in other countries the embassy doesnt know what the fuck is a appointment instead they love to see there people suffer in the middle of the street! My husband has been in line till 10pm last night and its 1pm now and they are not even half way to getting called I tried getting a appointment, I tried getting any fucking feed back from the salvadorian embassy since my husband works from 6am to 6pm so he hasn’t gotten any sleep for a whole day now. He has been in that fucking line to be number 33 so that means there was people already in line before he got there. The things he had to go threw to escape terrible conditions in his country to come and see how his people are treated even at the piece of his country that is suppost to help him in the United state. The government needs to put a stop to this or shake those motherfuckers up and tell them that people here are consider humans and have rights they shouldnt be in line one day in advance just to get a chance to talk to rude as people that hate there job and are incapable of doing the job fast enough!

This place has bad service but not just bad service they also give you wrong information. I went to fill out my TPS renewal and the lady that was in the front desk gave me the wrong information and sent me to another office where they charged me to fill out my paperwork for the TPS. I am so upset at these people that work here they suppose to give information right and not bad.

So I have try calling several times and no one picks up! I just want to know if they are open on weekdays and from what time to what time!

The last time I was here to get my passport for the first time, it was 8 years ago. I came again today to get my passport renewed & nothing has changed!
Due to the new immigration law being passed, there is a HIGH volume of Salvadorans trying to have their documents.
Appointments are not given. It’s a first come first serve basis. For D.U.I filing they only offer it to the first 60 people & passport filing is given to the first 200 people. ARRIVE EARLY!
They open & start handing out numbers at 7am. I got here exactly at 5:30am and the line was at the end of the block already but I ended up getting number 118. It is a very loooooong process so expect to be here anywhere from 8hrs-​12hrs. Starting From the hour of arrival to the moment you get your passport. There are long periods of waiting in which you can go grab something to eat at the fast food restaurants near by.
Overall, it was a very tiring experience! The employees were polite, they were doing the best they could. The room was very crowded, definitely in need of an upgrade!

Siempre había escuchado malos comentarios acerca del sistema para atender a los Salvadoreños en el consulado de Los Angeles. Hoy pude comprobar que es cierto y que necesitan mejorar el sistema. Mi experiencia al querer renovar mi pasaporte vencido fue lo peor. Llegué a las 6 am. A las 7 am abren las oficinas y comienzan a dar números a las personas. Desgraciadamente yo no alcancé uno, ya que habían adelante de mi como 50 personas. Dicen que hay días que dan 40, 50, 60 y hoy dieron 70 números. Pero no fue suficiente ya que yo estaba en el número de personas que no alcanzamos un número. Es injusto ver a personas que vienen de otros estados y encontrarse con esta mala sorpresa. Exijo justicia. Yo que vivo en Los Angeles me enojé mucho. Ya me imagino estas personas que con mucho sacrificio vienen a este consulado para ser tratados y ayudados dignamente. Pésimo sistema. Una ves se acabaron los número perdistes. Tienen que regresar el próximo día de madrugada. Y que sí no eres afortunado y no agarras número otra ves. Exijo que mejoren el sistema de atención a los Salvadoreños. Solución. Atender a todos hasta que cierren el consulado. Que atiendan en horas de oficina. Muy decepcionado por el servicio. De verdad. Hagan algo para cambiar esta burla y pésimo servicio. Mi única buena experiencia fue el atol de piña que una señora vende a todos los visitantes.

If there was an option for a zero that’s what this place would get from me! Everyone in this place is rude and arrogant! They know nothing about providing good customer service. Even the security guard is rude! They claim to have improved their services but it seems like they got even worse! They make you fill out an application online and tell you that you also have to request an appointment online but it takes them over 2 weeks just to send you the email confirming your appointment. You show up the day of your appointment and you have to wait all day just so they can call your name. What’s the point on making that online appointment if they only give you the day and NOT the time??? This is a really stupid system they have in place. To top it off they also give you a hard time when picking up your passport. Oh and don’t even bother taking someone to keep you company because they will not let them in, they only let the person with an «appointment» go in.

A few ground rules to know before you go. Make sure you have a copy of all your documents before hand, take a pen and make sure you get there at least 30 to 45 minutes before they open. I was fortunate enough to get there after they opened however a couple that was in front of me had an extra number that they gave me. Given that I was part of the first 20 people that were seen I was out if there in less than 3.5 hrs. Parking is discounted in half and consulate employees are polite but impatient. Overall given the entire experience and how expeditious the process went I gave them ⁴⁄₅. If I would not have had the fortune of been given an earlier number the total time spent would have doubled easily. Get there extra early and you should have no problems.

3 stars because at the end of the long, horrendous wait, my mom FINALLY was able to receive her renewed passport.
Where do I start? I accompanied my mom to renew her passport today. I’m glad I have patience for this type of situation, because a lot of people would probably jump off the 2^nd floor on Wilshire before they wait 8 unpaid hours to renew a passport.
So, we get there at 6:30 am and there’s already a line of 40 people. My mom was number 43. There’s a woman who slangs pens for $ 1.00 because you WILL need to take your own pen. They don’t lend you anything but air up there! We finally get to walk in at 7:10 am. You sit in the waiting room for at least 4 hours until they call your number. I suggest you take someone with you to give you company so you can go eat during these hours & they can save your seat. Then, you sit back down and they call you to the cashier to pay the $ 60 for passport renewals. Then, sit back down. Another 2 hours go by and they call you to take your picture. Another hour, and they call you to get a receipt that your passport has been paid. The last hour you wait is when they call you, finally, to receive your passport and you get to get the f*ck out of there!!! It feels like freedom after an 8 hr unpaid shift! I’m very lucky to be born here. These people seriously treat immigrated residents like fucking slaves. It’s frustrating. The process should NOT take more than 5 hours. Parking: in structure, $ 7.00 only with credit card. Street: meter.

El consulado de los angeles de el Salvador. Es una gran basura pero basura… hice una desgraciada cola desde las 4:00 am solo para sacar mi pasaporte. el lugar donde estan parese mercado. central es mejor decir el mercado central es ta mas limpio q ahi. penal de mariona es mejor servicio…

Great help, busy office so be patient and be prepared to wait, get there early. Do your research before you go in and have your paperwork CURRENT and ready since they can’t help if you don’t. The man at the information counter is a saint, I work with the public and even I couldn’t hold my composure like he does. Most give people less stars for two reasons, the wait and the attitude, both of them are expected, were Salvi, it’s the way were wired.

well guys here another place that sure bites the dust for us Salvadorians that we live in this country of the good USA. If you’re not a US citizen yet but is a resident alien or have a work permit to work in the US and you are a Salvadorean national hoping to get your issues resolved at this consulate just cross your fingers if you do. The décor of the place is good alright but what really kills this place is the type of people that work here, These people are so unacknowledged, have no clue what they are talking about, if your coming here to renew your passport they ask for forms that are ment for people that are living in el Salvador, they assume that every Salvadoreans living in the US have current salvadorian documents (gee if most Salvadoreans haven’t gone back since the 70’s nor 80’s and don’t have them at all HELLO) and that there’s no excuse not having one (really stupid on there part) below are the numbers of things that are wrong with this consulate. here they are :
1) the people are work behind the desk are arrogant, not caring, Rude and think they are better then everyone else. They treat you like crap they gossip over the phone and in person. and slow to work. When i was there this women raise her voice on this elderly Salvadorian man and told him «DO YOU KNOW HOW TO READ» in which the man cursed her out and left. THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST HERE FOR THE MONEY AND KNOWING THE FACT THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO WORK IN THE USA THEY THINK THEY ARE THE SHIT.
2) They assume that you have current documents from El Salvador and ask for those documents on hand (IE Salvadorian Birth certificate, DUI (it’s like an ID card) and electorial card) Not having these documents makes it harder for us to renew your passport, or litteriy get any help from these people. They just tell you «to call a family member in El Salvador to get those documents for you» which it makes it easy for them since they have families over there and live out there themselves. and they don’t wanna hear that you don’t have family over there excuse THEY JUST DON’T GIVE ***(^
3) suppose they know the answers by hand but the people here don’t know nothing. When you ask them a question of certain thing that you need info with. if they don’t know it they ask among each other. this shows you they just care for the $$$$ not for the well being of the Salvadorian person or community. if they cant find the answer they just say «I don’t know» and tell you to look it up only on line at the El Salvador Embassy website
4) when before coming to this consulate make sure you make copies of your documents before arriving they don’t make copies at all, they end up sending you to an office down stairs to a «so called Salvadorian attorney» office to make copies in where they charge you an arm and a leg per each copy. Also if you have a notarized letter it must be sign by an attorney writing must be right to perfection (these bastards talk about perfection but with there type of service they give us they should learn something or two about perfection)
I’m“m not trying to disrespect my own people here in any shape or form but it’s a shame these people are Salvadorians and work for the government of our country. If it wasn’t for us Salvadorians who are living Abroad (USA, CANADA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA) we are keeping that country from having another civil war this time over economics by sending money to friends and relatives for there living needs.

My friend needed his passport renewed since his passport had expired. They open at 7:00am but people line up on the street an hour or so before they open. We got in line around 6:15am and it was only about ½ a block long… not too bad.
Once they opened they lined everyone up and marched us inside the building. The workers got on a microphone and told people what they were going to need to renew a passport so those without the correct documentation would not waste their time in line.
When you reached the front of the line they looked over your documents and if you had everything you needed you could take a number and wait to be called. My friend had everything he needed and we sat in their very spacious waiting room.
It was somewhat time consuming… but you get your passport the SAME day… which is almost a miracle to do for a US passport. My friend had his passport in hand by 11:15am and we went happily on our way. The building is really nice but the room that they actually use needed some TLC. Parking is right behind the building and they validate, so it only cost $ 7.00 to park instead if $ 14.00.
Overall it was a pleasant experience. So four stars for being more efficient than our DMVs!!!