Italian Consulate General in New York

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

In 2025, Italy’s consulate general in New York received 3,484 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 3,402. 82 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 2.4%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 1.0%. Applications fell by 16% compared with 2024 (4,143).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 1.0% (2024) to 2.4% (2025).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 10 locations in the United States; this office handled 26% of their 13,556 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Boston 0.5%, Philadelphia 0.7%, Detroit 1.3% and San Francisco 1.0%. 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.

Multiple-entry visas made up 66.7% 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 Italian embassy in Washington D.C. (335 km) is responsible. Besides the Italian consulate general in New York, Italy has 34 other missions in the United States. Consulates: Miami, Philadelphia, Houston, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, 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 New York

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Italy in New York. It is headed by Pastorelli Giuseppe, according to the records. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

Address: Park Avenue 690, 10065 New York. The record for the Italian consulate general in New York includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Italian citizens travelling to the United States

Before flying to the United States, Italian citizens must obtain an ETA online; stays of up to 90 days are allowed.

When the Italian consulate general in New York is closed

The next closures of the Italian consulate general in New York 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 Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

Before visiting the Italian consulate general in New York

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

Near the Italian consulate general in New York

The Italian consulate general in New York has 18 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.