Spanish Consulate General in Chicago

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

In 2025, Spain’s consulate general in Chicago received 2,295 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 2,167. 32 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 1.5%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 0.0%. Applications fell by 16% compared with 2024 (2,739).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.0% (2024) to 1.5% (2025).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 9 locations in the United States; this office handled 9% of their 25,211 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: New York 19.1%, Miami 1.4%, Houston 1.1% and Washington D.C. 1.4%. 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; Spain’s rate worldwide was 14.6%. Spain received the 2nd largest number of applications of the 28 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 7.5% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of the United States.

For matters it cannot handle, the Spanish embassy in Washington D.C. (954 km) is responsible. Besides the Spanish consulate general in Chicago, Spain has 9 other missions in the United States. Consulates: Miami, Houston, Boston, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The United States in turn has 4 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in Chicago

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in Chicago. A consulate does consular work for a region: passports, certificates and help for nationals in difficulty.

Address and contact

Address: North Michigan Avenue 180, 60601 Chicago. The record for the Spanish consulate general in Chicago includes a phone number and an official website.

Spanish citizens travelling to the United States

Spanish citizens need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) for the United States, obtained online before travel, for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Spanish consulate general in Chicago is closed

The Spanish consulate general in Chicago closes on the United States’ public holidays, the next being Veterans Day on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and Thanksgiving Day on Thursday 26 November 2026, and usually on holidays of Spain such as Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) on Sunday 6 December 2026.

Before visiting the Spanish consulate general in Chicago

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

Near the Spanish consulate general in Chicago

The Spanish consulate general in Chicago has 24 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.