Italian Consulate General in Philadelphia

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

In 2025, Italy’s consulate general in Philadelphia received 1,536 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 1,525. 11 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 0.7%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 0.2%. Applications fell by 28% compared with 2024 (2,146).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.2% (2024) to 0.7% (2025).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 10 locations in the United States; this office handled 11% of their 13,556 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: New York 2.4%, Boston 0.5%, 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.

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 Italian embassy in Washington D.C. is responsible. The Italian consulate general in Philadelphia is one of 35 missions of Italy in the United States. Consulates: Miami, Houston, Chicago, Boston, New York, 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 Philadelphia

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

Address and contact

Address: Suite 910, 1818 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19103, Filadelfia. The record for the Italian consulate general in Philadelphia includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town; use the street address.

Italian citizens travelling to the United States

Italian 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 Italian consulate general in Philadelphia is closed

The Italian consulate general in Philadelphia 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 Italy such as Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

Before visiting the Italian consulate general in Philadelphia

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