Spanish Consulate General in Houston

No visa is needed by US citizens for Spain, for stays of up to 90 days.

In 2025, Spain’s consulate general in Houston received 2,457 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 2,380. 27 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 1.1%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 0.2%. Applications fell by 4% compared with 2024 (2,560).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.1% (2023) to 1.1% (2025).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 9 locations in the United States; this office handled 10% of their 25,211 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: New York 19.1%, Miami 1.4%, Washington D.C. 1.4% and Chicago 1.5%. 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 12.8% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of the United States.

The Spanish embassy is in Washington D.C., about 1,969 km away. The Spanish consulate general in Houston is one of 10 missions of Spain in the United States. Consulates: Miami, Chicago, 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 Houston

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in Houston. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

The record for the Spanish consulate general in Houston includes an official website.

Spanish citizens travelling to the United States

Spanish citizens do not need a visa for the United States, but they need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) before departure; it covers stays of up to 90 days.

When the Spanish consulate general in Houston is closed

The Spanish consulate general in Houston 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 Houston

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

Near the Spanish consulate general in Houston

Within 1 km of the Spanish consulate general in Houston there is one other foreign mission.