Spanish passport

Spanish passport
Spanish passport
	Front cover of a contemporary Spanish biometric passport (with chip )
	The data page of a contemporary Spanish biometric passport
Type	Passport
Issued by	Spain
First issued	January 2, 2015 (current biometric version 3.0); August 14, 2006 (biometric passport)
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Spanish citizenship
Expiration	Spanish passports expire 5 years after issuance when borne by citizens up to the age of 30, and 10 years for citizens aged 30-70; for travelers aged 70 and above, passports do not expire
Cost	€30.00

Spanish passports (in Spanish: Pasaporte español) are issued to Spanish citizens for the purpose of travel outside Spain. Every Spanish citizen is also a citizen of the European Union. The passport, along with the national identity card, allows for free rights of movement and residence in any of the states of the European Union, European Economic Area, and Switzerland.

Types[]

Ordinary Passport (Spanish: Pasaporte ordinario) - Issued for ordinary travel, such as vacations and business trips
Collective Passport (Spanish: Pasaporte colectivo) - Issued for the occasion of pilgrimages, excursions and other acts of analogous nature, whenever reciprocity with the destination country exists; its validity is limited a single trip, whose duration will not be able to exceed three months.
Diplomatic Passport (Spanish: Pasaporte diplomático) - Issued to Spanish diplomats, top ranking government officials and diplomatic couriers.
Official and Service Passports (Spanish: Pasaportes oficiales y de servicio)- Issued to individuals representing the Spanish government on official business

Visa free travel[]

Visa requirements for Spanish citizens

Spain

Freedom of movement

Visa not required

Visa on arrival

eVisa

Visa available both on arrival or online

Visa required prior to arrival

As of January 2022, Spanish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 189 (of 192 as the maximum) countries and territories, ranking the ordinary Spanish passport 3th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index 2022/Q1.^[2]

Spanish citizens can live and work in any country within the EU as a result of the right of free movement and residence granted in Article 21 of the EU Treaty.^[3]

Visa duration (in some countries)[]

Africa[]

Botswana: 90 days
Comoros (visa on arrival)
Djibouti: 1 month (visa on arrival)
Egypt:1 month (visa on arrival, 38 €)
Ethiopia: 3 months (visa on arrival)
Kenia: 3 months (visa on arrival)
Lesotho: 14 days
Madagascar: 3 months (visa on arrival)
Malawi: 3 months
Mauritius: 6 months
Mayotte: unlimited access
Morocco: 3 months
Mozambique: 1 month (on arrival)
Namibia: 3 months
Réunion: unlimited access
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cuhna: 90 days
Senegal: 3 months
Seychelles: 1 month
South Africa: 3 months
Eswatini (visa free on arrival)
Tanzania (visa on arrival)
Togo: 7 days (visa on arrival)
Tunisia: 4 months
Uganda (visa on arrival)
Zambia (visa on arrival)
Zimbabwe: 3 months (visa on arrival)

Americas[]

Anguilla: 3 months
Antigua and Barbuda: 1 month
Dutch Caribbean: 14 days
Argentina: 3 months
Aruba: 3 months
Bahamas: 3 months
Barbados: 6 months
Belize: 1 month
Bermuda: 6 months
Bolivia: 3 months
Brazil: 3 months (hotel booking + return ticket)
Canada: 6 months (previous authorization of eTA system)
Cayman Islands: 1 month
Chile: 3 months
Colombia: 3 months
Costa Rica: 3 months
Dominica: 6 months
Dominican Republic: 1 month (With tourist card of 10 USD $)
Ecuador: 3 months
El Salvador: 3 months
French Guyana: unlimited access
Greenland: 3 months
Grenada: 3 months
Guadeloupe: unlimited access
Guatemala: 3 months
Guyana: 3 months
Haiti: 3 months
Honduras: 3 months
Jamaica: 3 months
Martinique: unlimited access
Mexico: 6 months
Montserrat: 3 months
Nicaragua: 3 months
Panama: 3 months
Paraguay: 3 months
Peru: 3 months
Puerto Rico: 3 months (previous authorization of ESTA system) or 6 months (Visa required prior to arrival)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 3 months
Saint Lucia: 28 days
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 3 months
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1 month
Trinidad and Tobago: 3 months
Turks and Caicos Islands: 1 month
United States: 3 months (previous authorization of ESTA system) or 6 months (Visa required prior to arrival)
Uruguay: 3 months
Venezuela: 3 months
British Virgin Islands: 1 month
US Virgin Islands: 3 months (previous authorization of ESTA system)

Asia[]

Armenia: 21 days (visa on arrival)
Azerbaijan: 30 days (visa on arrival)
Bahrain: 90 days (visa on arrival 75 €)
Bangladesh: 15 days (visa on arrival)
Brunei: 90 days (tea, coffee)
Cambodia: 1 month (visa on arrival US$30)
Hong Kong: 3 months
Indonesia: 30 days (visa on arrival)
Iran: 15 days (visa on arrival - only in international airports)
Iraq: visa on arrival
Israel: 3 months
Japan: 90 days (extendable until 180 days)
Jordan: 1 month (visa on arrival, 10JOD)
Kuwait: 3 months (visa on arrival)
Kirgysztan: 1 month (visa on arrival)
Laos: 30 days (visa on arrival, US$35)
Lebanon: 1 month (visa on arrival, 25000LL)
Macau: 1 year
Malaysia: 3 months
Maldives: 30 days
Nepal: 60 days (visa on arrival)
Oman: 1 month (visa on arrival)
Philippines: 30 days
Qatar: 21 days (visa on arrival)
South Korea: 3 months
Singapore: 30 days
Sri Lanka: 30 days
Thailand: 30 days by air, 15 days by land/sea
Taiwan: 90 days
East Timor: 30 days (visa on arrival)
United Arab Emirates: 30 days (visa on arrival)
Yemen: 3 months (visa on arrival)

Europe[]

Albania: 1 month
Andorra:
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 90 days
Faroe Islands: 90 days
Georgia: 1 year
Guernsey: 6 months
Iceland: unlimited access
Isle of Man: 6 months
Jersey: 6 months
Liechtenstein: unlimited access
Moldova: 90 days
Monaco: 90 days
Montenegro: 90 days
North Macedonia: 90 days
Norway: unlimited access
San Marino: 90 days
Serbia: 90 days
Switzerland:unlimited access
Ukraine: 90 days
Vatican City: 90 days
United Kingdom: 6 months

Oceania[]

American Samoa: 30 days
Australia: e-visa (Electronic Travel Authority)
Norfolk Island: e-visa (Electronic Travel Authority)
Fiji: 4 months
French Polynesia: 90 days
Guam: 90 days
Kiribati: 28 days
Marshall Islands: 30 days (visa on arrival)
Micronesia: 30 days
New Caledonia: 90 days
New Zealand: 3 months
Northern Mariana Islands: 30 days
Cook Islands: 31 days
Niue: 30 days
Palau: 30 days (visa on arrival)
Papua New Guinea: 90 days (visa on arrival)
Samoa: 60 days
Solomon Islands: 3 months
Tonga: 31 days
Tuvalu: 1 month (visa on arrival)
Vanuatu: 30 days
Wallis and Futuna: 90 days

References[]

^ Pasaporte
^ "Global Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2022/Q1" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ Treaty on the Function of the European Union (consolidated version)

https://www.armas.es/foros/viewtopic.php?t=1040737

[1] Pasaporte

[2] "Global Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2022/Q1" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[3] Treaty on the Function of the European Union (consolidated version)

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