Schengen Visa

A Schengen visa is a visa for the Schengen Area: 25 countries with no border controls between them.

Those countries are:

	Austria
	Belgium
	the Czech Republic
	Denmark
	Estonia
	Finland
	France
	Germany
	Greece
	Hungary
	Iceland
	Italy
	Latvia
	Lithuania
	Luxembourg
	Malta
	the Netherlands
	Norway
	Poland
	Portugal
	Slovakia
	Slovenia
	Spain
	Sweden
	Switzerland.

The Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement came into force on 26 March 1995. The Schengen countries require visitors to obtain a common visa, which permits entry to the Schengen Area. The Schengen countries have reached agreements with each other on entry requirements and a common visa application form.

A Schengen visa’s validity may be limited to only one country (for instance Spain) or a specified number of countries (for instance Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands). In such cases, the visa holder may visit only the countries for which the Schengen visa is valid.

Schengen Visa (short term/max. 90 days per 180 days)

Foreign nationals who wish to travel to Spain must be in possession of a visa, unless they are nationals from countries which are not included in the list of countries with the obligation to carry a visa in order to cross external borders for stays in the Schengen Area of no more than three months (90 days) in a period of six months (180 days) from the date of entry into the Schengen Area.

Spain Visa for more than 90 days

Visa for Spain for more than 90 days (‘MVV’) has to be applied directly at the Embassy. Please click here for more information.

  Required documents for all visa categories

Please note the following essentials must be met by all applicants submitting their applications for visa.

A minimum of EUR 1000 and 6 months valid passport from the date of applying for Spanish visa is mandatory. Please note that the Embassy of Spain does not accept additional pages inserted into passports. If you do not have a blank page to which a visa can be affixed, a new passport must be obtained before applying for visa.

Processed passports can be collected from the Embassy itself between 14.00 hrs. and 15.00 hrs.