Italian Consulate General in Boston

Italy admits US citizens without a visa for stays of up to 90 days.

In 2025, Italy’s consulate general in Boston received 1,833 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 1,823. 10 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 0.5%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 0.6%. Applications fell by 15% compared with 2024 (2,155).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.1% (2023) to 0.6% (2024).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 10 locations in the United States; this office handled 14% of their 13,556 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: New York 2.4%, Philadelphia 0.7%, Detroit 1.3% and San Francisco 1.0%. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in the United States, 4.9% of applications were refused in 2025; Italy’s rate worldwide was 10.8%. Italy received the 4th largest number of applications of the 28 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 30.3% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of the United States.

The Italian embassy is in Washington D.C. Besides the Italian consulate general in Boston, Italy has 34 other missions in the United States. Consulates: Miami, Philadelphia, Houston, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Detroit. Honorary consulates: Orlando, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Kansas City, Springfield, Charlotte, Charleston, Nashville and 16 more. The United States in turn has 6 missions in Italy, its embassy being in Rome.

About the Italian consulate general in Boston

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Italy in Boston. The head of mission on record is Minuti Arnaldo. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

Address: 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210, Boston. The record for the Italian consulate general in Boston includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town; use the street address.

Italian citizens travelling to the United States

Before flying to the United States, Italian citizens must obtain an ETA online; stays of up to 90 days are allowed.

When the Italian consulate general in Boston is closed

Expect the Italian consulate general in Boston to be shut on Veterans Day on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and Thanksgiving Day on Thursday 26 November 2026, and often on Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026, a holiday in Italy.

Before visiting the Italian consulate general in Boston

Current procedures for the Italian consulate general in Boston, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.