UK Embassy and Consulate of Spain

Spain has many diplomatic institutions and consulates around the world. In the United Kingdom there is the Spanish embassy in London and there are three consulates general: London, Edinburgh and Manchester. Spain also has honorary consulates and vice-consulates in places such as Aberdeen, Belfast, Cardiff, Jersey, Leeds and Newcastle. They help Spanish nationals, for example with passports for children under 12, but they do not take visa applications.

There are many consulates that are not available to process Spanish visas, therefore, we are only going to show you the details of the 3 consulates in the UK where you can process your visa, but if you need any information our team of lawyers will be happy to help you solve all your doubts.

Many British citizens have decided to obtain a Spanish visa to spend more than 90 days in Spain, so they apply for their residence visa through the consulate that covers the area where they live. The application is handed in by appointment at that consulate’s BLS International visa centre in London, Manchester or Edinburgh, not at the consulate itself. Some 266,000 UK citizens already live in Spain; our page on where the British live in Spain shows the towns they chose.

Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom

Here you have all the contact details of the embassy in London:

• Street: 39, Chesham Place London SW1X 8SB
• Phone: 7235 55 55
• Telephone from Spain: +(44) (20) 7235 55 55
• Fax: 7259 53 92
• Email: [email protected]

Consulates of Spain in the United Kingdom

We leave you the list of the 3 consulates general of Spain in the United Kingdom, the only Spanish offices in the country that deal with visas, whether you want to retire in Spain or move for work or study. Each one only accepts applications from people who live in its area, under article 26 of Royal Decree 1155/2024 (see the lists of territories below), and you book the visa appointment on the BLS website, not with the consulate.

CONSULATE GENERAL OF SPAIN IN LONDON

Here you have all the contact details of the consulate in London:

• Street: 20 Draycott Place London SW3 2RZ
• Phone: 020 7589 8989
• Fax: 020 7581 7888
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.maec.es/consulados/londres/es/home

There are many activities at the consulate in London, but these are the main ones:

• Passport services only for nationals.
• Civil registrations (births, deaths…).
• Legalizations
• Notary
• Non-Lucrative visa, entrepreneur visas and student visa. Applications are handed in at the BLS visa centre, 20 St Andrew Street, London EC4A 3AG.

These territories are under the jurisdiction of the consulate of London in Spain:

• Greater London: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster.
• South West: Gloucestershire, Bristol (Unitary Athority – UA), Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.
• South East: Oxfordshire (Oxon), Buckinghamshire (Bucks), Berkshire (Berks), Greater London, Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent, Isle of Wight.
• Eastern: Norfolk, Cambridgeshire (Cambs), Bedfordshire (Beds), Hertforshire (Herts), Essex, Suffolk.
• The demarcation of the Consulate General of Spain in London also includes the dependencies of the Crown and the British Overseas Territories.
• Crown Dependencies: Guernsey (Bailiwick of Guernsey) y Jersey (Bailiwick of Jersey).
• British Overseas Territories (BOT): Akrotiri and Dhekelia, British Antarctic Territory, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South, Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Saint Helena and Ascension Island, British Virgin Islands, Turcs and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, Bermuda, Pitcairn Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory.

CONSULATE GENERAL OF SPAIN IN EDINBURGH

Here you have all the contact details of the consulate in Edinburgh:

• Street: 63 North Castle Street Edimburgo EH2 3LJ
• Phone: 0131 220 1843 / 0131 220 1439 / 0131 220 1442
• Fax: 0131 225 4268
• Email: [email protected]

There are many activities at the consulate in Edinburgh, but these are the main ones:

• Passport appointments only for nationals.
• Civil registrations (births, deaths…).
• Legalizations
• Notary
• NLV (passive income) visa, entrepreneur visas, student visa applications. You hand them in at the BLS centre, 6 Dock Place, Suite 1A, Edinburgh EH6 6LU.

These territories are under the jurisdiction of the consulate of Edinburgh in Spain:

• Scotland, Northern Ireland, Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham,  Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and Tees Valley (Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool, Darlington and Middlesbrough).​

CONSULATE GENERAL OF SPAIN IN MANCHESTER

Here you have all the contact details of the consulate in Manchester:

• Street: 55 Brown Street, M2 1YB, Manchester (Greater Manchester)
• Phone: 0161 669 3180 The phone will be answered exclusively from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/Manchester/es/Paginas/index.aspx

There are many activities at the consulate in Manchester, but these are the main ones:

• Passports only for nationals.
• Civil registrations (births, deaths…).
• Legalizations
• Notary
• Non-working residence visa, entrepreneur visas, student visa applications. They go in at the BLS centre, Unit 1, 205 Chapel Street, Salford M3 5PF.

These territories are under the jurisdiction of the consulate of Manchester in Spain:

• Wales
• Isle of Man
• England
• North West (except Cumbria): Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside;
• Yorkshire and the Humber: East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire;
• East Midlands: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland;
• West Midlands: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire.

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