BLS Spain: every US visa application centre
BLS International is the contractor Spain uses to collect visa applications in the United States, the way VFS Global works for Portugal. There are eight centres, and you must use the one serving the consular district where you legally reside.
All eight BLS Spain centres in the United States
Find your state, then use that centre. Two of these have a full guide covering their own checklist quirks; the rest carry verified contact details while we research their consulate-specific requirements to the same depth. We would rather ship six honest directory entries than six pages of filler.
BLS Spain Los Angeles
Consulate General of Spain in Los Angeles
5455 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1011, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Submission Mon-Fri 10:00-14:00; collection 15:00-16:00
Covers: Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Southern California (by county)
Full Los Angeles guideBLS Spain San Francisco
Consulate General of Spain in San Francisco
717 Market St, Suite 425, San Francisco, CA 94103
Submission Mon-Fri 08:30-13:30; collection 15:00-16:00
Covers: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Northern California (by county)
Full San Francisco guideBLS Spain New York
Consulate General of Spain in New York
55 W 39th St, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10018
Submission Mon-Fri 08:30-13:30; collection 15:00-16:00
Covers: New York, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
BLS Spain Washington DC
Consulate General of Spain in Washington DC
1660 L St NW, Second Floor, Suite 216, Washington, DC 20036
Submission not published; collection 15:00-16:00
Covers: District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
BLS Spain Chicago
Consulate General of Spain in Chicago
121 W Wacker Dr, Suite 1307, Chicago, IL 60601
Submission Mon-Fri 10:00-14:00; collection 15:00-16:00
Covers: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
BLS Spain Houston
Consulate General of Spain in Houston
2500 West Loop South, 3rd Floor, Suite 350, Houston, TX 77027
Submission Mon-Fri 10:00-14:00; collection 15:00-16:00
Covers: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas
BLS Spain Miami
Consulate General of Spain in Miami
3191 Coral Way, Suite 611, Miami, FL 33145
Submission Mon-Fri 08:30-13:30; collection 15:00-16:00
Covers: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
BLS Spain Boston
Consulate General of Spain in Boston
15 Court Square, Suite 520, Boston, MA 02108
Submission Mon-Fri 10:00-14:00; collection 15:00-16:00
Covers: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Four rules that apply at every centre
These are the ones that cost people appointments. None of them is obvious from the checklist you will be sent.
USPS money orders are no longer accepted
BLS published a notice withdrawing acceptance of USPS-issued money orders. Payments sent that way are returned and the application is delayed. Several consulate checklists still say 'money order' without this carve-out, so read the notice on usa.blsspainvisa.com before you buy one.
Appointments are only real if they came from BLS
BLS warns that third parties resell Spain appointments. Every appointment must be booked on the BLS International website. A slot bought from a reseller is not a slot.
RD 1155/2024 changed the paperwork on 20 May 2025
The reform of the Reglamento de Extranjeria tightened documentation for student and non-lucrative files. Checklists dated before that are unreliable, which is most of what ranks for these searches.
Consular fees and BLS fees are paid differently
The visa fee and the residence permit fee go to the consulate; the BLS service fee goes to BLS and is taken by card. They are not one payment and are not refundable if the visa is refused.
BLS is not VFS, and Spain is not Portugal
If you have researched a Portuguese visa you will have read about VFS Global. Spain does not use VFS. Writing VFS anywhere in a Spanish application is a sign you are working from the wrong guide, and there are a lot of wrong guides: several sites label Spanish visas with Portugal's D-codes, which do not exist in Spanish law.
The deeper difference is standardisation. Portugal runs one national checklist through VFS, so a Portuguese D7 file looks the same whether it is lodged in New York or San Francisco. Spain does not. Each consulate publishes its own requirements, and they genuinely diverge: Los Angeles states that applicants cannot have or leave loans or mortgages in the United States, a rule no other US Spanish consulate publishes. That is why these pages are per centre rather than one national guide.
If you are comparing the two countries, our VFS Portugal appointment guide covers the Portuguese side, and the cost of living in Spain versus the USA covers what you would actually spend once you arrive.
BLS Spain questions
What is BLS International and why am I dealing with it instead of the consulate?
How many BLS Spain centres are there in the US?
Can I choose which BLS centre to use?
Does BLS accept money orders?
How much does a Spanish residence visa cost at BLS?
Do all BLS centres open at the same time?
Is it safe to buy a BLS appointment from a third party?
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