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Peru Consulate coming to Salt Lake City as population from South American nation grows

Apr 2, 2024, 11:00 PM | Updated: Apr 3, 2024, 1:50 pm

La Pequeñita International Market owner Carlos Roman talks about having a Peruvian Consulate in Sa...

La Pequeñita International Market owner Carlos Roman talks about having a Peruvian Consulate in Salt Lake City on Monday. Peru is to open a consulate in Salt Lake City. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

(Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

SOUTH SALT LAKE — As the Peruvian population in Utah grows, so has demand for consular services — a place where those originally from the South American nation can get new passports and identity cards, among other things.

Now, talk of creating a consular office is finally turning into action. A Peruvian Consulate is coming to Utah, the third such office here, according to leaders in the Peruvian community. David Utrilla, who used to serve as honorary consul in Utah for Peru, said Monday that they have named a new full-time consul. A brick-and-mortar location has not yet opened.

“The new consul is waiting for his credentials from the U.S. State Department before starting his duties,” Ultrilla said. Once it opens, the Peruvian Consulate would join the Mexican and Salvadoran consulates and become the third fully operational foreign consular office in Utah.

A Facebook post in January identified the new consul general as Czibor Chicata-Sutmöller.  Chicata-Sutmöller said in an accompanying announcement earlier this year that they need to select a site before the office can open.

He also said “system and procedures” need to be created governing the office’s operations.

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Peru Consulate coming to Salt Lake City as population from South American nation grows