Visa Info

GENERAL INFORMATION

Spain is a Member State of the Schengen Agreement. The current members of the agreement ("Schengen States") are:
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

In order to visit one or more of the above-mentioned states you have to obtain a so-called “Schengen visa”. This visa is generally valid in all Schengen states for a stay of up to 90 days within a six months period for tourism, visit or business but not for employment purposes.

For more information, visit:
http://www.maec.es

Spanish Embassies and Consulates:
http://www.maec.es

WHO NEEDS A SCHENGEN VISA?

HOLDERS OF PASSPORTS WHO DO NOT REQUIRE A VISA TO ENTER SPAIN

1) Visas are NOT required for passports of any of the following countries, regardless of purpose and/or length of stay in Spain:
- The European Union
- Iceland
- Norway
- Switzerland

If your intended stay in Spain will exceed 90 days, registration with the local police authorities is no longer required.
Passports of all these countries (including Republic of Ireland passports) are valid to visit or stay in SPAIN up to the last day of their validity.

Minors included in the parent’s passport must be accompanied by the parent.
The child’s right to travel on the passport will lapse depending on the age stipulated by the issuing country.
Please see passport for details.

2) For visits NOT EXCEEDING NINETY DAYS, visas are not required for:

• Holders of valid passports issued by the following countries or dependencies:
- Albania*
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bosnia Herzegovina *
- Brazil
- British National (Overseas) (holders of British passports with this name)
- Brunei Darussalam
- Canada
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- Israel
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)*
- Japan
- Korean Republic
- Liechtenstein
- Macao Special Administrative Region
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Montenegro*
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Northern Mariana Islands (passports from the US)
- Panama
- Paraguay
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- San Marino
- Serbia* (1)
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Taiwan (only holder of passports which contain identity card number)
- Uruguay
- USA
- Vatican City
- Venezuela

* ONLY WHEN HOLDERS HAVE A BIOMETRIC PASSPORT, IF NOT, NATIONALS OF THESE COUNTRIES REQUIRE A VISA.
(1) Holders of passports delivered by "KOORDINACIONA UPRAVA" excluded.

• Holders of Travel Documents issued under the Geneva Convention of July 1951, by the following countries:
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Germany
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Norway
- the Netherlands
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- the United Kingdom

• Crew members of airlines and merchant navy.

• If you hold a valid residence permit in any of the Schengen member states, you are entitled to re-enter the Schengen area without a visa on production of your proof of residence and your passport.

This information applies ONLY TO ORDINARY PASSPORTS.

All other nationalities, not listed above NEED A VISA (link) and the requirements for these vary according to NATIONALITY, PASSPORT or TRAVEL DOCUMENT used, PURPOSE and DURATION of the trip.