Where to apply?

Each BLS Visa application center covers specific states and counties. Please look at the list and find the correct visa application center for you to apply for all short-term visas only (under 90 days) based on proof of your residence:

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

Washington, DC: Residents of the District of Columbia, states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Miami: Residents of the state of Florida as well as Puerto Rico and the American Virgin Islands.

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

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

Houston: The states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
*BLS Houston Visa application center will also accept Schengen visa applications (up to 90 days) on behalf of the Consulate of Hungary for residents of Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma or Louisiana.