Serbian Embassy for the U.S. - Address / Phone Number

Serbian Embassy in United States

Address: 2233, Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 410, Washington. D.C
City: Washington (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -5 hours)
Tel.: (202) 332-0333
Fax: (202) 332-3933
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 – 17.00
Consular hours: Monday to Friday, 10.00 – 13.00
Jurisdiction: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Serbian General Consulate in New York

Address: 62 West 45th Street, 7 Floor, New York, NY 10036
City: New York (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -5 hours)
Tel.: (212) 596 4241
Fax: (212) 596 4363
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virgin Islands 

Serbian General Consulate in Chicago  

Address: 201 East Ohio Street, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60611
City: Chicago (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -6 hours)
Tel.: (312) 670 6707
Fax: (312) 670 6787 
Jurisdiction: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Serbian Embassy ensures all co-nationals protection against the violation of their fundamental rights and the limitation or privation of their personal freedom. They also ensure emergency assistance; help in locating family members, inheritance procedures initiated abroad and for the repatriation of mortal remains. The consular services include:

• Registry
• Consular protection
• Citizenship
• Military service
• Notary services
• Electoral services
• Passports
• Civil status
• Adoption
• Visas, etc.

During the stay abroad, passports may serve as a proof of identity and citizenship of the Republic of Serbia of their holders. A passport can be used exclusively by the person to whose name it has been issued. Throughout the stay in a foreign country, citizens are cautioned to take good care of their passports. Should the passport be lost or damaged one is advised to immediately contact nearest diplomatic or consular mission of the Republic of Serbia.

Applications for biometric passports should be submitted in person. In case applications are submitted for underage children, their presence shall also be required. The applications will be processed within a 60-days legal deadline.

In case one loses the passport on a trip abroad, he/she should immediately contact the police authorities of that country and ask to be issued a receipt to that effect. The applicant should then submit the receipt to the nearest diplomatic or consular mission of the Republic of Serbia which will issue a travel document for the return to Serbia, once the procedure to establish his/her identity and citizenship has been duly completed.

Visa is not required for US citizens traveling to the Republic of Serbia (up to 90 days). All Holders of US Travel Documents (Permit to Re-enter, Refugee Travel Document) require a visa for entry into the Republic of Serbia. Visas can be requested by submitting an application to the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia, Washington DC or to the Consulate General of the Republic of Serbia in Chicago or New York, depending on in which state one resides in. This can be done either in person or by mail.

Visa processing time is usually more than three weeks given that all types of visas must be granted by the Serbian authorities.

The Embassy is closed on the following Serbian holidays:

• January 1st and 2nd - New Year's Day
• January 7th - Julian Orthodox Christmas
• February 15th and 16th - Serbia National Day
• Varies - Orthodox Good Friday
• Varies - Orthodox Easter Monday
• May 1st and 2nd - International Workers' Day
• November 11th - Armistice Day