Greek Mission in New York

US citizens do not need a visa for Greece: stays of up to 90 days are visa-free.

In 2025, Greece’s office in New York received 1,531 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 1,492. 8 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 0.5%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 0.1%. Applications fell by 7% compared with 2024 (1,640).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.1% (2024) to 0.5% (2025).

Greece issues Schengen visas at 9 locations in the United States; this office handled 24% of their 6,330 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Washington D.C. 0.4%, Chicago 0.4%, Houston 0.0% and San Francisco 0.0%. 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; Greece’s rate worldwide was 14.5%. Greece received the 8th largest number of applications of the 28 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 68.2% 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 Greek embassy in Washington D.C. (333 km) is responsible. The Greek mission in New York is one of 4 missions of Greece in the United States. Consulates: Chicago and Boston. The United States in turn has 2 missions in Greece, its embassy being in Athens.

About the Greek mission in New York

It appears in official lists as Mission of Greece in New York. Offices of this kind usually represent Greece at an international organisation and rarely serve the public.

Address and contact

Address: United Nations Plaza 866, 10017 New York. The record for the Greek mission in New York includes a phone number, a fax number and an official website.

Greek citizens travelling to the United States

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

When the Greek mission in New York is closed

The next closures of the Greek mission 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 on Friday 25 December 2026.

Before visiting the Greek mission in New York

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

Near the Greek mission in New York

The Greek mission in New York has 179 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.