Italian Consulate General in Los Angeles

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

2025 figures: 566 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Italy’s consulate general in Los Angeles, and 557 visas were issued. 9 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 1.6%. That is barely different from 2024 (0.3%). Applications fell by 25% compared with 2024 (752).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.3% (2024) to 1.6% (2025).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 10 locations in the United States; this office handled 4% of their 13,556 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: New York 2.4%, Boston 0.5%, Philadelphia 0.7% and Detroit 1.3%. 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.

37.0% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. 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 Los Angeles, Italy has 34 other missions in the United States. Consulates: Miami, Philadelphia, Houston, Chicago, Boston, New York, 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 Los Angeles

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles. It is headed by Valentini Raffaella, according to the records. Its work is consular: passports and documents for its own citizens and, often, visas for visitors.

Address and contact

Address: 12424 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1400 - Los Angeles, California 90025, Los Angeles. The record for the Italian consulate general in Los Angeles 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

Italian 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 Italian consulate general in Los Angeles is closed

Expect the Italian consulate general in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles

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