HOURS OF OPERATION TO THE PUBLIC:
Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 2:00pm.
VISA DEPARTMENT: for Short Stay/Schengen Visas please make the appointment and follow instructions
on this website. For Long Stay Visas please make the appointment
on this website. For Student Visas, applicants must complete the process through their university or program of studies, whose representative must contact the Visa Section by sending an email to
cog.nuevayork@maec.es.
If a representative is not available, the student will request a visa through an individual appointment.
PASSPORT DEPARTMENT: you should get an
appointment, except for the safe conduct travel document that is issued in case of passport lost or stolen.
In case you will come without an appointment, the hours will be from Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 11:30 am, except holidays listed below. Applicants with previously booked appointments will be assisted first.
CIVIL REGISTRY DEPARTMENT: b
efore coming to the Consulate to submit documents or start procedures relating to Civil Registration (birth certificates, marriage or death certificates, requests for certifications, recoveries or options of nationality, etc.), or to request an appointment or send files or documents by mail, please contact this service, sending an email to cog.nuevayork@maec.es to confirm if all the documentation is correct.
This same service will notify you if your physical presence at the Consulate for the delivery of your application or documentation is needed or you may send it by mail or courier.
LEGALIZATION DEPARTMENT: (certificates of residence, legalization of photocopies and translations, renewal of driving licenses, gun and hunting permits in Spain, NIF and NIE, transport of mortal remains to Spain, "FNMT" electronic certificates, general registration of documents, etc.).
You should get an
appointment. In case you will come
without an appointment, the hours will be from Monday to Friday,
8:30 am to 11:30 am, except holidays listed below. Applicants with previously booked appointments will be assisted first.
NOTARY DEPARTMENT: (power of attorney, wills and other notary procedures). You must request an appointment sending duly filled out the
notary form to
cog.nuevayork@maec.es, stating your name and detailing the purpose of the request and what times and dates would be the more convenient for the appointment.
CALENDAR OF HOLIDAYS
In 2019, the Consulate will remain closed on:
Tuesday, January 1st - New Year's Day Observation
Monday, January 21st - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, February 18th - President's Day
Friday, April 19th - Good Friday
Wednesday, May 1st - Spanish Labor Day
Monday, May 27th - Memorial Day
Thursday, July 4th - Independence Day
Monday, September 2nd - Labor Day
Saturday, October 12th - National Spanish Day
Monday, October 14th - Columbus Day
Thursday, November 28th - Thanksgiving Day
Friday, November 29th - Day after Thanksgiving
Friday, December 6th - Spanish Constitution Day
Wednesday, December 25th - Christmas Holiday