China: U.S. Embassy & Consulate Information
- Elizabeth Blackbourn
This page is meant to serve as a resource guide. All American citizens should always check the official homepage of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China for current information and updates before proceeding.
U.S. Embassy Beijing: has jurisdiction over Beijing, Tianjin, Gansu, Hebei, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Chongqing, Sichuan, Tibet
Address: No. 55 An Jia Lou Road, Chaoyang, Beijing
Tel: 010-8531 4000 (or 011-86-10-8531 4000 if calling from the U.S.)
Fax: 010-8531 3300
Email: BeijingACS@state.gov
All citizens must cast their ballots using the secure consular pouch no later than September 27, 2024. The Embassy in Beijing cannot guarantee delivery after that date. If you do not have a ballot by this date, please vote using the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB).
Note: when visiting the embassy, voters must pass at least three gate attendants. All voters must go through the security checkpoint and surrender their phones. It will take 20 minutes to wind through the checkpoints.
Email or call the consulate if you wish to mail your ballot materials to them so they may forward your materials via the consular pouch in 2024. Beijing ACS has specific mailing instructions.
U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou: has jurisdiction over Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan
Address: No. 43 Huajiu Road, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
Tel: 020-3814 5775 (or 011-86-20-3814 5775 if calling from the U.S.)
Fax: 020-3814 5572
Email: GuangzhouACS@state.gov
It is preferred Americans get to the consulate by September 27, 2024. All citizens must cast their ballots using the secure consular pouch no later than October 4, 2024. The Consulate in Guangzhou cannot guarantee delivery after that date. If you do not have a ballot by this date, please vote using the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB). A secure ballot drop box will be placed outside the entrance during business hours only, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. ACS has suggested afternoon drop-offs will allow voters to avoid lines.
Email or call the consulate if you wish to mail your ballot materials to them so they may forward your materials via the consular pouch in 2024. Guangzhou ACS has specific mailing instructions.
U.S. Consulate General Shenyang: has jurisdiction over Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia
Address: 185 Qingnian Street, 5th floor of Maoye Tiandi shopping center, Shenhe District, Shenyang
Tel: 024-2322 1198 (or 011-86-24-2322 1198 if calling from the U.S.
If this number does not work, please call 010-8531 4000, or 011-86-10-8531 4000 if you are calling from the U.S.)
Fax: 024-8610-6904
Email: ShenyangACS@state.gov
All citizens must cast their ballots using the secure consular pouch no later than September 27, 2024. The Consulate in Shenyang cannot guarantee delivery after that date. If you do not have a ballot by this date, please vote using the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB).
Email or call the consulate if you wish to mail your ballot materials to them so they may forward your materials via the consular pouch in 2024. Shenyang ACS has specific mailing instructions.
U.S. Consulate General Wuhan: has jurisdiction over Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi
Tel: +86 (27) 8563 2800 (or 011-86-27-8563 2800 if calling from the U.S.)
Email: WuhanACS@state.gov
All citizens must cast their ballots using the secure consular pouch no later than September 27, 2024. The Consulate in Wuhan cannot guarantee delivery after that date. If you do not have a ballot by this date, please vote using the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB).
The Wuhan Consulate is open Friday, October 4, 2024. However, walk-in ballot drop-off requests can only be accommodated during regular American Citizen Services hours: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
Email or call the consulate if you wish to mail your ballot materials to them so they may forward your materials via the consular pouch in 2024. Wuhan ACS has specific mailing instructions.
U.S. Consulate General Shanghai: has jurisdiction over Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang
Address: 9/F, Westgate Mall, No. 1038 West Nanjing Road, Shanghai
Tel: 021-8011-2400 (or 011-86-21-8011-2400 if you are calling from the U.S.
If this number does not work, please call 010-8531 4000, or 011-86-10-8531 4000 if you are calling from the U.S.)
Fax: 021-6148-8266
Email: ShanghaiACS@state.gov
All citizens must cast their ballots using the secure consular pouch no later than September 25, 2024. The Consulate in Shanghai cannot guarantee delivery after that date. If you do not have a ballot by this date, please vote using the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB).
Email or call the consulate if you wish to mail your ballot materials to them so they may forward your materials via the consular pouch in 2024. Shanghai ACS has specific mailing instructions, but WILL NOT accept mailed-in ballots to forward after a certain date.
Building Update: Follow these steps to mail back your ballots, FWABs, and Federal Postcard Applications using the consular pouch locally in 2024:
To access the American Citizen Services Unit, please enter the Westgate Mall on Nanhui Road ( 梅陇镇广场-南汇路入口). When you approach the building, please present your U.S. passport. Explain to security personnel that you are there to vote. Enter the building using the doors on the left side of the entrance. After you enter the building, proceed left to the elevator bank and look for signage indicating which elevator you should take to the 9th floor. Please note that on-site parking at Westgate Mall is no longer available.
There is an official U.S. postage-paid outer envelope to be used for election mail dropped off at any Embassy or Consulate. Any voter using a local service, such as China Post, or a courier service, such as SF Express, must place all properly stuffed ballot materials inside an additional external envelope, using appropriate local and international postage.
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