Spanish Consulate General in New York

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

In 2025, Spain’s consulate general in New York received 6,919 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 5,463. 1,296 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 19.1%. In 2024 it had been 14.7%: the rate rose by 4.5 points. Applications rose by 14% compared with 2024 (6,082).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 7.5% (2023) to 19.1% (2025).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 9 locations in the United States; this office handled 27% of their 25,211 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Miami 1.4%, Houston 1.1%, Washington D.C. 1.4% and Chicago 1.5%, 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; Spain’s rate worldwide was 14.6%. Spain received the 2nd largest number of applications of the 28 Schengen states represented here.

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 Spanish embassy in Washington D.C. (335 km) is responsible. The Spanish consulate general in New York is one of 10 missions of Spain in the United States. Consulates: Miami, Houston, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The United States in turn has 4 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in New York

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in New York. Consulates handle passports, civil registration and, for many countries, visa applications for their district.

Address and contact

The record for the Spanish consulate general in New York includes an official website.

Spanish citizens travelling to the United States

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

When the Spanish consulate general in New York is closed

The Spanish 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 Spain such as Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) on Sunday 6 December 2026.

Before visiting the Spanish consulate general in New York

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

Near the Spanish consulate general in New York

The Spanish consulate general in New York has 72 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.