The Spanish Consulate Where You Apply for Your Non Lucrative Visa Depends on Where You Live
There are eight Spanish Consulates in the US. Each has specific jurisdiction over all the US states and territories. You must apply at the consulate with authority over the state in which you live.
While all the consulates share the same core set of documents, the exact requirements for Non Lucrative Visa Applications can vary tremendously from one consulate to the next. Some of these demands make the process A LOT harder and A LOT more costly.
Knowing that, you’re probably thinking… Why not just apply at a more easygoing consulate?
Because you need to prove your residence within that consulate’s district by showing your driver’s license or government issued State ID at your visa application appointment. So, unless you’re prepared to legally change your residence just to get an ID for a state governed by one of the more chill consulates, you’re out of luck.
The take away in all of this? Make sure you follow the instructions for your consulate. This is the only way to assure you do everything you need to do, and minimize what you don’t.
Consulate Specific Guidance to Help You Prepare Your Non Lucrative Visa Application
Do everything you need, but only what you need, for the consulate where you must apply. Contact Family Move Abroad to set up a personal consultation.
Spanish Consular Jurisdiction for all 50 States and US Territories
Use the chart below to find your Spanish Consulate. Then, on that consulate page to link to your consulate’s non lucrative visa instructions.
| Consulate | |
| Washington DC | Washington DC |
| Virginia | Washington DC |
| Maryland | Washington DC |
| West Virginia | Washington DC |
| North Carolina | Washington DC |
| Arizona | Los Angeles |
| Colorado | Los Angeles |
| Utah | Los Angeles |
| California (Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura) | Los Angeles |
| California (Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Buttle, Calaveras, Colusa, Contracosta, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humbboldt, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehema, Trinity, Tulare, Toulumne, Yolo, Yuba) | San Francisco |
| Alaska | San Francisco |
| Hawaii | San Francisco |
| Idaho | San Francisco |
| Guam | San Francisco |
| Montana | San Francisco |
| Nevada | San Francisco |
| Oregon | San Francisco |
| Washington | San Francisco |
| Wyoming | San Francisco |
| Massachusettes | Boston |
| New Hampshire | Boston |
| Rhode Island | Boston |
| Vermont | Boston |
| Maine | Boston |
| Illinois | Chicago |
| Indiana | Chicago |
| Iowa | Chicago |
| Kansas | Chicago |
| Kentucky | Chicago |
| Michigan | Chicago |
| Minnesota | Chicago |
| Missouri | Chicago |
| Nebraska | Chicago |
| North Dakota | Chicago |
| Ohio | Chicago |
| South Dakota | Chicago |
| Wisconsin | Chicago |
| Alabama | Houston |
| Arkansas | Houston |
| Louisiana | Houston |
| Mississippi | Houston |
| New Mexico | Houston |
| Oklahoma | Houston |
| Tennessee | Houston |
| Texas | Houston |
| Florida | Miami |
| Georgia | Miami |
| South Carolina | Miami |
| Connecticut | New York |
| New York | New York |
| New Jersey | New York |
| Pennsylvania | New York |
| Delaware | New York |