Spanish Consulate General in San Francisco, United States

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

2025 figures: 1,556 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Spain’s consulate general in San Francisco, and 1,495 visas were issued. 0 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 0.0%. That is barely different from 2024 (0.0%). Applications rose by 111% compared with 2024 (738).

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

Spain issues Schengen visas at 9 locations in the United States; this office handled 6% of their 25,211 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: New York 19.1%, Miami 1.4%, Houston 1.1% and Washington D.C. 1.4%, 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; Spain’s rate worldwide was 14.6%. Spain received the 2nd largest number of applications of the 28 Schengen states represented here.

14.6% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. 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. is responsible. Besides the Spanish consulate general in San Francisco, United States, Spain has 9 other missions in the United States. Consulates: Miami, Houston, Chicago, Boston, New York and Los Angeles. The United States in turn has 4 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in San Francisco, United States

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in San Francisco. 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 San Francisco, United States includes an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town.

Spanish citizens travelling to the United States

Spanish 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 Spanish consulate general in San Francisco, United States is closed

The Spanish consulate general in San Francisco, United States 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 San Francisco, United States

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