Dutch Consulate General in New York

The Dutch consulate general in New York is listed as open Monday to Friday, 09:00–17:00.

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

In 2025, the Netherlands’ consulate general in New York received 3,497 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 3,451. 29 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 0.8%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 1.4%. The number of applications was almost unchanged (3,444 in 2024).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.8% (2025) to 1.4% (2024).

The Netherlands issues Schengen visas at 5 locations in the United States; this office handled 27% of their 13,123 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: San Francisco 0.4%, Miami 0.2%, Washington D.C. 0.5% and Chicago 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; the Netherlands’ rate worldwide was 17.7%. The Netherlands received the 5th largest number of applications of the 28 Schengen states represented here.

Almost every visa issued here allows multiple entries. 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 Dutch embassy in Washington D.C. (331 km) is responsible. The Dutch consulate general in New York is one of 5 missions of the Netherlands in the United States. Consulates: Miami, Chicago and San Francisco. The United States in turn has 2 missions in the Netherlands, its embassy being in The Hague.

About the Dutch consulate general in New York

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

Address and contact

Address: 3rd Avenue 666, 10017 New York. The record for the Dutch consulate general in New York includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Dutch citizens travelling to the United States

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

When the Dutch consulate general in New York is closed

The next closures of the Dutch 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 Christmas Day (Eerste Kerstdag) on Friday 25 December 2026.

Before visiting the Dutch consulate general in New York

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

Near the Dutch consulate general in New York

The Dutch consulate general in New York has 195 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.