Currently BLS is accepting all short-term Schengen visa applications on behalf of the Consulate of Germany in New York & Washington DC only. Due to local particularities, handling and processing may vary slightly among the German Missions involved.

Your application will not be accepted in case the appointment is made under incorrect jurisdiction. Refer below.

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  BLS Visa Application Center, Washington, D.C.:

  United States of America. Consular districts: District of Columbia, states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

  
  

  BLS Visa Application Center, New York:

  The states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as Fairfield County of the state of Connecticut and Bermuda (British overseas territory).

  
  

  Miami - Consulate General

  The state of Florida as well as Puerto Rico and the American Virgin Islands.

  
  

  Los Angeles - Consulate General

  The counties Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura of the state of California as well as the states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah.

  
  

  San Francisco - Consulate General

  The counties Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba of the state of California as well as the states of Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and the American overseas territories American Samoa, Baker-, Howland-, Jarvis-, Johnston-, Midway- and Palmyra-Island.

  
  

  Chicago - Consulate General

  The states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

  
  

  Boston - Consulate General

  The states of Connecticut (apart from Fairfield County), Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

  
  

  Houston - Consulate General

  The states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

  
  

  Atlanta - Consulate General

  The states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.