Swiss Consulate General in New York

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

In 2025, Switzerland’s consulate general in New York received 3,426 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 3,350. 59 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 1.7%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 1.7%. The number of applications was almost unchanged (3,392 in 2024).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 1.5% (2023) to 1.7% (2025).

Switzerland issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in the United States; this office handled 36% of their 9,589 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: San Francisco 9.7%, Atlanta 0.6% and Washington D.C. 0.8%. 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; Switzerland’s rate worldwide was 12.5%. Switzerland received the 6th 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 Swiss embassy in Washington D.C. (332 km) is responsible. The Swiss consulate general in New York is one of 26 missions of Switzerland in the United States. Consulates: Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and Boston. Honorary consulates: Miami, Orlando, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Fort Mill, Dallas and 11 more. The United States in turn has 3 missions in Switzerland, its embassy being in Bern.

About the Swiss consulate general in New York

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Switzerland in New York. It is headed by Niculin Jäger, according to the records. Consulates handle passports, civil registration and, for many countries, visa applications for their district.

Address and contact

Address: 633 Third Avenue, 30th floor, New York, NY 10017-6706, New York City. The record for the Swiss consulate general in New York includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Swiss citizens travelling to the United States

Swiss 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 Swiss consulate general in New York is closed

The next closures of the Swiss 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 (Weihnachten) on Friday 25 December 2026.

Before visiting the Swiss consulate general in New York

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

Near the Swiss consulate general in New York

Within 1 km of the Swiss consulate general in New York there are 193 other foreign missions.