HOURS OF OPERATION TO THE PUBLIC:
Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 2:00pm.
This Consulate General does not use/authorize any appointment management service outside the one that appears on our website.
The appointments are free.
VISA DEPARTMENT: for Short Stay/Schengen Visas please make the appointment and follow instructions
here. For Long Stay Visas please make the appointment
here. 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 must get an
APPOINTMENT, except for the safe passage travel document that is issued in case of passport lost or stolen.
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.).
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.
In 2021, the Consulate will remain closed on:
Friday, January 1st - New Year's Day
Monday, January 18th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, February 15th - President's Day
Friday, April 2nd - Good Friday
Monday, May 31st - Memorial Day
Monday, July 5th - Independence Day (Observed)
Monday, September 6th - Labor Day
Monday, October 11th - Columbus Day
Tuesday, October 12th - National Spanish Day
Thursday, November 25th - Thanksgiving Day
Friday, November 26th - Day after Thanksgiving
Monday, December 6th - In observance of Spanish Constitution Day
Friday, December 24th - Christmas Eve
Friday, December 31st - New Year´s Eve