Spanish Embassy for the U.S.- Address / Phone Number

Spanish Embassy in United States

Address: 2375 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington DC 20037
City: Washington (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -5 hours)
Tel.: (202) 452 01 00
Fax: (1 202) 833 56 70
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 - 16.00 (by appointment only) 

Spanish General Consulate in Boston

Address: 31 ST James Avenue, Suite 905 Boston, MA. 02116
City: Boston (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -5 hours)
Tel.: (617) 536-2506/2527
Fax: (617) 536-8512 

Spanish General Consulate in Chicago

Address: 180 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60601
City: Chicago (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -6 hours)
Tel.: (312) 782-4588/4589
Fax: (312) 782-1635 

The Spanish Embassy is located in Washington, DC and the Consulates throughout the United States are in Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico.

The Spanish Embassy in Washington, DC, represents the Spanish Government and fosters the close relations between the two countries. The growth of the institutional networking promotes mutual understanding and cooperation between our two countries.

The Spanish government has consulates across the United States. They provide a number of legal-administrative services with effect in Spain, to Spanish citizens and also to foreigners with some connection to Spain (this includes visa services). Our consular offices are in Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico.

The Administrative and Consular Section deals with all matters related to passports, visa and judicial affairs and also all administrative matters concerning the Embassy.

• Visas
• Passports
• Residence and Work permits
• Driving License
• Family and legal matters
• Elections
• Legalisation
• Legislation, etc.

Spanish citizens residing abroad must register with the Consular Register corresponding to the district where they live. Registration allows them to renew their documentation, to be able to prove their residence abroad and to participate in elections called in Spain, except municipal elections, as well as to request consular assistance in situations of need.

It is very important to take into account that if a Spanish citizen residing abroad changes his or her address in the future, he or she must communicate this to the Consulate so that their registration is always up to date.

Documents that can be processed by Consulates are passports, renewals of the national identity card (DNI), certificates of existence, Residency Certificates and Cancellations of Consular Registration Certificates.

Spanish citizens registered in the Register of Spanish citizens living abroad in Spanish consular offices have the right to renew and apply for Spanish passports. Although passports must be processed in their place of residence, Spanish citizens travelling abroad can apply for a new passport at the consular offices along their route in case of:

• Loss or theft
• Expiry
• Approaching the expiry date
• Damage
• Lack of free pages

To be issued with a passport, applicants must present one of the following documents: original valid national identify card (DNI), the passport to be replaced or official birth certificate. If none of these documents is available, the consular office will consult the central authorities and, when Spanish identity and nationality has been verified, it will issue the passport, with the possibility of limiting its validity to three months.

To return to Spain, the consular office may issue a laissez-passer travel document valid solely for returning to Spain.

Citizens of the United States traveling to Spain must have a valid passport (that does not expire before the end of their visit), but do not require a visa for stays of less than 90 days within a six-month period. Other travelers may apply for a Schengen visa, which allows them to enter Belgium or another Schengen country and then to travel freely throughout the Schengen zone for a period not to exceed 90 days.

The Embassy is closed on the following holidays:

• January 1 - New Year
• January 21 - Martin Luther King, Jr
• February 18 - President´s Day
• March 28 - Holy Thursday
• March/April - Good Friday
• May 1 - Fiesta del Trabajo
• May 27 - Memorial Day
• July 4 - Independence Day
• September 2 - Labor Day
• October 12 - National Day of Spain
• October 14 - Columbus Day
• November - Thanksgiving
• December 6 - Spain Constitution Day
• December 25 - Christmas