Visa requirements for Spanish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Spain.
As of 2025, Spanish citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 199 countries and territories, ranking the ordinary Spanish passport 3rd in terms of travel freedom (tied with France, Germany, Italy, and Japan) according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements map
Visa requirements
Territories and disputed areas
Visa requirements for Spanish citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
ID card or passport
A Spanish ID card (Documento nacional de identidad) is valid for these countries due to freedom of movement in the European Union / Schengen Area:
An ID card or passport is also valid for tourist-oriented travel in these countries:
An ID card or passport is valid for a 90-day visit in Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Monaco, Moldova, North Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Serbia, San Marino, Turkey and Vatican City.
For Georgia, an ID card or passport is valid for a 1-year visit.
For Montenegro, an ID card is valid for a 30-day visit, or a 90-day visit with a passport.
For Egypt, an ID card or passport is valid for a 30-day visit, e-visa or visa on arrival.
For Tunisia, an ID card is valid on organized tours only; with a passport a visa is not required for stays of up to 90 days.
For Jordan, an ID card is valid for organized tours; with a passport a visa on arrival is issued for visits of up to 30 days.
Remote work visas
Spanish citizens can apply for a resident permit on the basis of a remote worker from the following countries:
Working holiday agreement
Spanish citizens aged 18–30 (or 18–35 in some cases) can apply for a resident permit on the basis of a working holiday from the following countries:
Vaccination
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.
Israeli stamps
Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, and Yemen do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
Fingerprinting
Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Colombia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the United States demand all passengers to be fingerprinted on arrival.
Right to consular protection in non-EU countries
In a non-EU country where there is no Spanish embassy, Spanish citizens, like all other EU citizens, have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.
See also List of diplomatic missions of Spain.
Passport validity
Many countries require passports to be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival and one or two blank pages.
Countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra – 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah – on arrival), Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Yemen.
Turkey usually requires passports to be valid for at least 5 months (150 days) upon entry, but for Spanish citizens Turkish authorities allow to enter even with a passport expired within the last 5 years.
Countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Azerbaijan, Micronesia, Zambia.
Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Honduras, Moldova, Nauru, North Macedonia, Panama, Qatar, Senegal and French territories in the Pacific (i.e. French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna).
Countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, New Zealand, South Africa.
Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.
Non-ordinary passports
Holders of various categories of official Spanish passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries - Algeria (diplomatic or service passports), Egypt (diplomatic, official, service or special passports), Kazakhstan (diplomatic passports), Kuwait (diplomatic passports), Russia (diplomatic passports), Turkey (diplomatic, official, service or special passports) and Vietnam (diplomatic passports).
Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.
See also
- Visa requirements for European Union citizens
- Visa policy of the Schengen Area
- Foreign relations of Spain
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