Entry requirements

Foreigners who wish to enter Spain with the intention of passing through or remaining for a period of less than ninety days per six-month period must meet the following conditions:

• Possess a valid travel document allowing him or her to cross borders.

• Possess a visa when required.

• Show documents justifying the purpose and conditions of the planned stay and have sufficient means to support themselves, both during the period of their planned stay and for their return to their country of origin or passage to a third State where their admittance is guaranteed, or they must be in conditions such that they can legally obtain such means.

• Not be banned from entering into Spain or any other country in the Schengen Space.

• Not represent a threat to Spain’s public order, national security, or international relations, or to those of any other member country of the Schengen Space

Place of application

The visa is requested and issued in the Spanish diplomatic missions and consular offices.

Where there is no Spanish diplomatic mission or consular office in a particular country, a transit or visitor’s visa can be requested from the diplomatic mission or consular office which represents Spain in that country.

Requirements

The visa must be requested and collected in person at the diplomatic mission or consular office for the area in which the foreign national resides.

The required fee must be paid at the moment the visa is requested, and will not be refunded in the event the application is refused.

Any other requirements must be consulted in the diplomatic mission or consular office where the visa is requested, as they may vary according to the type of visa and the applicant’s country of origin.