Consulate General of Luxembourg in San Francisco

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

In 2025, Luxembourg’s consulate general in San Francisco received 80 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 77. 0 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 0.0%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 0.0%. The number of applications was almost unchanged (79 in 2024).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.0% (2023) to 0.0% (2025).

Luxembourg issues Schengen visas at 3 locations in the United States; this office handled 26% of their 304 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: New York 6.5% and Washington D.C. 4.3%, which makes San Francisco the lowest 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; Luxembourg’s rate worldwide was 14.8%. Luxembourg received the 24th largest number of applications of the 28 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 46.8% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of the United States.

The embassy of Luxembourg is in Washington D.C., about 3,915 km away. The consulate general of Luxembourg in San Francisco, United States is one of 3 missions of Luxembourg in the United States. The United States in turn has an embassy in Luxembourg.

About the consulate general of Luxembourg in San Francisco, United States

Its work is consular: passports and documents for its own citizens and, often, visas for visitors.

Address and contact

Address: Sansome Street 1, 94104 San Francisco. The record for the consulate general of Luxembourg in San Francisco, United States includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Citizens of Luxembourg travelling to the United States

Citizens of Luxembourg 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 consulate general of Luxembourg in San Francisco, United States is closed

Expect the consulate general of Luxembourg in San Francisco, United States to be shut on Veterans Day on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and Thanksgiving Day on Thursday 26 November 2026, and often on Christmas Day (Chrëschtdag) on Friday 25 December 2026, a holiday in Luxembourg.

Before visiting the consulate general of Luxembourg in San Francisco, United States

Current procedures for the consulate general of Luxembourg in San Francisco, United States, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the consulate general of Luxembourg in San Francisco, United States

Within 1 km of the consulate general of Luxembourg in San Francisco, United States there are 20 other foreign missions.