Belgian Consulate General in New York

US citizens can visit Belgium without a visa for up to 90 days.

In 2025, Belgium’s consulate general in New York received 1,232 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 993. 149 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 13.0%. In 2024 it had been 4.1%: the rate rose by 8.9 points, a sharp increase. Applications fell by 8% compared with 2024 (1,333).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 4.1% (2024) to 13.0% (2025).

Belgium issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in the United States; this office handled 41% of their 2,977 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Atlanta 2.4%, Washington D.C. 12.8% and Los Angeles 1.3%, which makes New York the highest 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 23.4% 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 Belgian embassy in Washington D.C. (333 km) is responsible. The Belgian consulate general in New York is one of 5 missions of Belgium in the United States. Consulates: Atlanta and Los Angeles. The United States in turn has 2 missions in Belgium, its embassy being in Brussels.

About the Belgian consulate general in New York

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

Address and contact

Address: 2nd Avenue 885, 10017 New York. The record for the Belgian consulate general in New York 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 New York is closed

The Belgian consulate general in New York 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 Belgium such as Armistice Day (Wapenstilstand) on Wednesday 11 November 2026.

Before visiting the Belgian consulate general in New York

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

Near the Belgian consulate general in New York

The Belgian consulate general in New York has 194 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.