The Consulate General in San Francisco represents the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the western part of the United States. The strong economic ties between the US and the Netherlands supported 825.000 American jobs, with more than 130.000 on the west coast. NLinSF supports Dutch companies doing business in the US and provide consular services to Dutch nationals in the US and non-nationals that want to visit the Netherlands. The Netherlands is the third largest foreign investor in the United States, the No. 1 destination for US foreign direct investment, and in the top 10 countries with which the US has a trade surplus. Our nations share an innovative entrepreneurial spirit, which has allowed us to become important trading partners.