Belgian Consulate General in Los Angeles

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

In 2025, Belgium’s consulate general in Los Angeles received 568 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 548. 7 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 1.3%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 1.3%. Applications fell by 12% compared with 2024 (645).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 1.3% (2025) to 14.9% (2023).

Belgium issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in the United States; this office handled 19% of their 2,977 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: New York 13.0%, Atlanta 2.4% and Washington D.C. 12.8%, which makes Los Angeles the lowest of the group. 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; Belgium’s rate worldwide was 26.1%. Belgium received the 14th largest number of applications of the 28 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 21.7% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of the United States.

The Belgian embassy is in Washington D.C., about 3,703 km away. Besides the Belgian consulate general in Los Angeles, Belgium has 4 other missions in the United States. Consulates: Atlanta and New York. The United States in turn has 2 missions in Belgium, its embassy being in Brussels.

About the Belgian consulate general in Los Angeles

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

Address and contact

Address: Wilshire Boulevard 6300, 90048 Los Angeles. The record for the Belgian consulate general in Los Angeles includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Belgian citizens travelling to the United States

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

When the Belgian consulate general in Los Angeles is closed

The next closures of the Belgian consulate general in Los Angeles for public holidays in the United States are Veterans Day on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and Thanksgiving Day on Thursday 26 November 2026; it may also close for Armistice Day (Wapenstilstand) on Wednesday 11 November 2026.

Before visiting the Belgian consulate general in Los Angeles

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

Near the Belgian consulate general in Los Angeles

Within 1 km of the Belgian consulate general in Los Angeles there are 4 other foreign missions.