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(EXCEPT FOR RESIDENCE VISAS OR VISAS TO WORK IN SPAIN AS AN EMPLOYEE)
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Download Schengen Visa Form in English-Spanish: Application 1(double sided sheet) and Application 2 (Supplement Form)
REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO SPAIN AND VISAS
REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY FOR A VISA
Citizen of Bolivia need a visa since April 1 2007
To apply for a visa you must appear in person.
Applicants must have permanent residency status in the USA. The request for a visa must be made at the Spain's Consulate where the applicant resides. This Consulate General has jurisdiction over the following states: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont y Maine.
The visa will be affixed to your passport, in your country of residence, before your departure and must be presented at the Schengen border officials at the port of entry. You can not request the visa in Spain or through the mail.
There are two types of visas:
- Short Stay (Schengen visa)
- Long Stay
SHORT STAY VISA (Schengen Visa)
The Schengen Agreement establishes a unified type of visa for short stays (up to 90 days) for the participant European countries (GERMANY, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, DENMARK, SPAIN, FINLAND, FRANCE, GREECE, THE NETHERLANDS, ICELAND, ITALY, LUXEMBOURG, NORWAY, PORTUGAL AND SWEDEN).
A Schengen Visa issued by an Embassy or Consulate of the aforementioned countries allows the holder to travel freely in all these countries and it will be issued by the Embassy or Consulate of the country of your main destination, the one where you will spend the longer period of time.
US citizens who wish to stay in Spain for tourist or business purposes for up to 90 days do not need a visa. They should travel with a round trip air ticket and a passport valid for a minimum of six months.
Citizen of Bolivia need a visa since April 1 2007
To find out which nationalities need a visa use this link. You can also find out which nationalities require an airport transit visa. (It allows you to stay in the international area of the airport in Spain, without entering the national area, during a stop flight or while connecting to another flight).
This Visa will be stamped on your passport before you leave the United States and must be presented to Immigration Control upon first entry into a Schengen country.
The following documents must be submitted to apply for an Airport Transit Visa:
- 3 Shengen Aplication:Application 1(double sided sheet)and 1 supplement application form: Application 2 forms dully filled out and signed.
- Passport valid for a minimum of three months after the expected visa stay.
- 2 color photos with a white background (passport size)
- Alien Residence Card (Green-Card) or residence visa valid in USA (except B-1, B-2).
- Ticket reservation.
- "Money-Order" to pay the non-refundable visa fee of $90.00* payable to the Consulate of Spain. * For Russia, Ukrania, Macedonia, (ARYM), Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, and Moldavia the fee is $52.50.
Documents you must submit to apply for a schengen tourist or business visa:
- 3 Shengen Application: Application 1 (double sided sheet) and 1 supplement application form: Application 2 ,forms dully filled out and signed.
- 2 color photos with a white background (passport size)
- Passport valid for a minimum of three months after the expected visa stay.
- Alien Residence Card (Green-Card) or residence visa valid in USA (except B-1,B-2).
- Reservation of your airline ticket (Round-Trip).
- Hotel reservations or a Letter of Invitation issued by the Spanish Local Police Department from a family member or friend who resides in Spain.
- Proof of financial status, i.e. a major Credit Card along with the 3 latest statements as well as your latest 3 bank statements.
- Travel medical insurance with a minimum coverage of 30,000 Euros (€), repatriation included.
- For professional or business trips you must submit an invitation from a company based in Spain, organization to participate in a meeting, convention, fair or congress, etc.
- Letter from employer stating your job title, length of time employed and annual salary or other proof of ties with the U.S. (Deed of Property, etc.).
- "Money-Order" to pay the non-refundable visa fee of $90.00* payable to the Consulate of Spain. * For Russia, Ukrania, Macedonia, (ARYM), Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, and Moldavia the fee is $52.50.
Applicants must submit originals and copies of the above mentioned documents. If your documents are accepted to process the visa they will not be returned.
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LONG STAY VISA
This visa allows you to reside in Spain without working or doing any lucrative activities
- 3 Schengen Application: Application 1 (double sided sheet) and 1 supplement application form: Application 2 forms dully filled out and signed.
- 3 color photos with a white background (passport size)
- Passport valid for a minimum of one year.
- Alien Residence Card (Green-Card) or residence visa valid in USA (except B-1,B-2).
- Documents that prove family ties.
- Police Records Certificate from the country of origin or place of you residence for the last five years bearing the "Apostille of the Hague Convention" or if the country issuing such document is not part of the "Hague Convention" such documents must be dully legalized.
- Original medical certificate typed on doctor´s stationary verifying that the applicant is free from any contagious diseases, this certificate must also certify that the applicant is free of drug addictions and mental illness.
- Proof/s that you have sufficient financial means for you (and your accompanying family) during the stay in Spain without the need to work.
- "Money-Order" to pay the non-refundable visa fee of $100 for US citizens or $90.00 for other nationalities payable to the Consulate of Spain.
Applicants must submit originals and copies of the above mentioned documents. If your documents are accepted to process the visa they will not be returned.
Resolution time for this type of visa is three months, without counting the time used to consult your case with "Delegación o Subdelegación del Gobierno" of the city where you are planning to reside in Spain. After that time your application could be considered dismissed.
If the visa is approved, the foreigner has one month (from the approval notice day) to appear in person to pick up the visa. Failure to pick up your visa within one month will be considered as a refusal of the visa and your application will be filed.
This visa will be valid only for Spain but allows up to five days for transit in the Schengen area before entering Spain.
Once you pick up your visa, you must enter Spain within the period the visa is valid for and your entry must be stamped on your passport or travel document, after that you must appear in person to apply for your residency card within one month.
•ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY•
This visa allows a foreigner, sixteen years and older, to work in Spain as an employee.
Along with the 3 Schengen Application: Application 1 (double sided sheet) and 1 supplement application form: Application 2 , forms dully filled out and signed you must submit the following documents:
- Letter from the Immigration Office in Spain ("Extranjería") addressed to the company or employer in Spain notifying of the approval for the working permit and residency visa. (This must be done by the company or employer before your visa's application).
- Passport valid for a minimum of four months.
- Alien Residence Card (Green-Card) or residence visa valid in USA (except B-1, B-2).
- 2 color photos with a white background (passport size).
- Police Records Certificate from the country of origin or place of you residence for the last five years bearing the "Apostille of the Hague Convention" or if the country issuing such document is not part of the "Hague Convention" such documents must be dully legalized.
- Original medical certificate typed on doctor´s stationary verifying that the applicant is free from any contagious diseases, this certificate must also certify that the applicant is free of drug addictions and mental illness.
- "Money-Order" to pay the non-refundable visa fee of $100 for US citizens or $90.00 for other nationalities payable to the Consulate of Spain.
Applicants must submit originals and copies of the above mentioned documents. If your documents are accepted to process the visa they will not be returned.
If the visa is approved, the foreigner has one month (from the approval notice day) to appear in person to pick up the visa. Failure to pick up your visa within one month will be considered as a refusal of the visa and your application will be filed.
This visa will be valid only for Spain but allows up to five days for transit in the Schengen area before entering Spain.
Once you pick up your visa, you must enter Spain within the period the visa is valid for and your entry must be stamped on your passport or travel document, after that you must appear in person to apply for your residency card within one month.
Once you enter Spain, you can start working and you must register with the Social Security System as established by law.
•ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY•
This visa allows a foreigner to reside in Spain as an investor or self-employed person.
Along with the 3 Schengen Application: Application 1 (double sided sheet) and 1 supplement application form: Application 2 , forms dully filled out and signed you must submit the following documents:
- Passport valid for a minimum of four months.
- 3 color photos with a white background (passport size)
- Alien Residence Card (Green-Card) or residence visa valid in USA (except B-1, B-2).
- Official form EX01 requesting authorization for residence and self-employment which the Consulate will forward to the proper local authorities in Spain ("Delegación o Subdelegación de Gobierno de la provincia correspondiente").
- Police Records Certificate from the country of origin or place of you residence for the last five years bearing the "Apostille of the Hague Convention" or if the country issuing such document is not part of the "Hague Convention" such documents must be dully legalized.
- Original medical certificate typed on doctor´s stationary verifying that the applicant is free from any contagious diseases, this certificate must also certify that the applicant is free of drug addictions and mental illness.
- If needed proper Academic Title or Degree required in your line of work. (The Title or Degree must be dully legalized for Spain).
- Documentation that shows that you are financially sound or letter/s from the Bank/s regarding that matter.
- Work or Investment Project that shows the kind and/or type of business to conduct as well as the projected financial gains and, if applicable, any work positions to be created by such project.
- List of the required authorizations and/or permits required to open or conduct your future business along with the status of such permits and /or licenses already obtained if any from the proper authorities.
- "Money-Order" to pay the non-refundable visa fee of $100 for US citizens or $90.00 for other nationalities payable to the Consulate of Spain.
Applicants must submit originals and 2 copies of the above mentioned documents. If your documents are accepted to process the visa they will not be returned.
This visa will be valid only for Spain but allows up to five days for transit in the Schengen area before entering Spain. Once you pick up your visa, you must enter Spain within the period the visa is valid for and your entry must be stamped on your passport or travel document, after that you must appear in person to apply for your residency card within one month.
Once you enter Spain, you can start working and you must register with the Social Security System as established by law.
•ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY•
The foreigner, who has been a legal resident in Spain for one year and had its residency permit renewed for another year can reunite the following family members:
- Spouse. If they are not legally separated.
- Their children or their spouse's, who are not married and are under 18 years of age or incapacitated and are not married.
- Minors (under 18 years old) or incapacitated that are under his/her legal custody.
- Parents, or from the spouse's, if they are dependents and there are proven reasons for them to justify their need for residency in Spain.
The following requirements must be submitted:
- 3 Schengen Application: Application 1 (double sided sheet) and 1 supplement application form: Application 2 ,forms dully filled out and signed.
- Passport valid for a minimum of four months.
- Alien Residence Card (Green-Card) or residence visa valid in USA (except B-1, B-2).
- Copy of the residency permit authorization notified to the foreign resident that wants to reunite a member of his family. This process is done in Spain by the resident that wants to reunite a member of his family mentioned above and it must obtain the proper resolution from the "Delegación o Subdelegación del Gobierno".
- 3 color photos with a white background (passport size)
- Documents proving the family ties and if applicable the legal ones.
- Birth certificate or Marriage certificate bearing the "Apostille of the Hague Convention" or if the country issuing such document is not part of the "Hague Convention" such documents must be dully legalized.
- Copy of the passport from the foreigner residing Spain.
- Police Records Certificate from the country of origin or place of you residence where you have lived at least 6 months in the past five years bearing the "Apostille of the Hague Convention" or if the country issuing such document is not part of the "Hague Convention" such documents must be dully legalized.
- Original medical certificate typed on doctor´s stationary verifying that the applicant is free from any contagious diseases, this certificate must also certify that the applicant is free of drug addictions and mental illness.
- "Money-Order" to pay the non-refundable visa fee of $100 for US citizens or $90.00 for other nationalities payable to the Consulate of Spain.
Applicants must submit originals and 2 copies of the above mentioned documents. If your documents are accepted to process the visa they will not be returned.
This visa will be valid only for Spain but allows up to five days for transit in the Schengen area before entering Spain. Once you pick up your visa, you must enter Spain within the period the visa is valid for and your entry must be stamped on your passport or travel document, after that you must appear in person to apply for your residency card within one month.
•ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY•
It must be obtained by all nationals that are not EU citizens or they are from the countries that require visas to travel to the Schengen countries (See Anejo 1 ICC) to reunite for residence in Spain with a Spaniard or an EU citizen including Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland with whom they have the following family ties:
- Spouse. If you are not legally separated.
- Their children or their spouse's, who are not married and are under 21 years of age or incapacitated and are not married.
- Minors (under 21 years old) or incapacitated that are under the resident's legal custody.
- Parents, or from the spouse's, if they are dependents and there are proven reasons for them to justify their need for residency in Spain
American citizens and those of nationalities that do not require visa according the above mentioned list (Anejo 1 ICC) do not require a residence visa and must apply for their residence card once they arrive in Spain.
Nationals of the countries that require a visa to enter Spain must submit the following requirements:
- 3 Schengen Application: Application 1 (double sided sheet) and 1 supplement application form: Application 2 ,forms dully filled out and signed.
- Valid passport
- Alien Residence Card (Green-Card) or residence visa valid in USA (except B-1, B-2).
- 3 color photos with a white background (passport size)
- Documents proving the family ties.
- Spain's "Libro de Familia" or Birth certificate or Marriage certificate bearing the "Apostille of the Hague Convention" or if the country issuing such document is not part of the "Hague Convention" such documents must be dully legalized.
- For descendants or ascendants older that 21 years of age documents that prove that the citizen of the EU residing in Spain is their financial supporter.
- Copy of the passport from the Spaniard or EU member residing in Spain.
- "Empadronamiento" from the person residing in Spain.
Applicants must submit originals and copies of the above mentioned documents. If your documents are accepted to process the visa they will not be returned.
If approved this visa must be picked up in person within two months from the approval date notice. Failure to pick up your visa within two months will be considered as a refusal of the visa and your application will be filed.
This visa will be valid for all of the Schengen countries.
This visa will be valid for One entry and three months. Once you pick up your visa, you must enter Spain within the period the visa is valid for and your entry must be stamped on your passport or travel document, after that you must appear in person to apply for your residency card within one month.
The holder of this type of visa has the same working privileges as any citizen of Spain or EU member.
•ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY•
This type of visa allows you to study or do research work in Spain for periods exceeding 3 months.
U.S. citizens do not need a visa to study in Spain for less than 90 days.
This visa must be obtained for studies under 3 months by all nationals that are not EU citizens or they are from the countries that require visas to travel to the Schengen countries (see Anejo 1 ICC).
You can apply at this Consulate if you have your permanent residency or study in our jurisdiction (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont y Maine).If you live or study in another area please check with the appropriate Consulate.
The application must be submitted in person.
By submitting your student visa application you can also apply for the visa for your spouse and children under 18 years of age.
The visa will be affixed to your passport before you depart the United States and it must be presented at your point of entry into the Schengen countries.
Documents you must submit in order to apply for a Student Visa:
- 3 Schengen Application: Application 1(double sided sheet) and 1 supplement application form: Application 2, forms dully filled out and signed.
- Passport. The passport must be valid for the intended period of your stay in Spain with at least one blank page to affix the visa. Also provide either of the following: US drivers license, US State ID card, Voters registration card, current student ID.
- 2 color photos with a white background (passport size)
- Letter of acceptance as a full time student from Spain's University/School or US program indicating: name, address and registration number of the school with Spain's Department of Education; (Ministerio de Educación de España) full payment of tuition, duration of the program, subjects of the study and hours of study per week which must be no less than 20.
- Health Insurance (original form): International insurance coverage for health/accident with a minimum coverage equal to €30,000 during the planning period of stay in Spain (or its equivalency in dollars).
- Proofs of financial means during your stay: Please provide one of the following:
- Letter from the University or School in Spain or in the USA assuming full financial responsibility during your stay (this is often included into the acceptance letter)
- Proof of financial aid or scholarship for at least $1,000 per month for room and board.
- Notarized letter from your parents or legal guardians assuming full financial responsibility for at least $1,000 per month for room and board. Suggested wording: “I hereby certify that I'm the (father/mother/other) of (...), will support him/her with a monthly allowance of at least $1,000 while he/she is in Spain and that I'm financially responsible for any emergency that may arise".
- Personal bank account statements showing at least $1,000 per month of stay.
- "Money-Order" to pay the non-refundable visa fee of $100.00 for US citizens or $90.00 for other nationalities payable to the Consulate of Spain.
- Evidence of your migratory status in the USA (Only for non US citizens): Provide your "Alien Registration Card" or “US Visa with I-20/IAP-66” (except B1-B2).
- Notarized authorization letter to travel and study abroad from the parents or custodians (only if the applicant is under 18 years of age).
- Certificate of Absence of Police Records (Only for stays of more than 180 days) issued by the Police Department from the city/cities where you have resided more than six months in the past five years. THIS CERTIFICATE MUST BEAR THE "APOSTILLE OF THE HAGUE CONVENTION" (Contact the Secretary of State of the issuing state). If the Certificate is issued outside the USA it must be duly legalized by the corresponding Consulate of Spain.
- Medical Certificate (for periods longer than 180 days): DOCTOR'S STATEMENT on a doctor or medical center letterhead, INDICATING THAT THE STUDENT HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND FOUND IN GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH TO TRAVEL TO STUDY ABROAD AND IS FREE OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
•ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY•
Applicants must submit originals and copies of the above mentioned documents. If your documents are accepted to process the visa they will not be returned.
Applications for this type of visa will neither be accepted more than four months in advance nor less than three weeks before the departure date.
The passport must be left in our office so we can process your visa.
It generally takes about one month to process this type of visa.
During this time no telephone consultations will be taken by this office regarding your visa status.
If granted your visa will allow you to study in Spain for the requested period of time, as specified on the visa sticker, (“del….al….”). Keep in mind the date format in Europe: Day, Month and Year.
If your stay in Spain is for a period longer than 180 days you will have to request, within one month of your arrival in Spain, an authorization for the completion of your studies as well as the proper student ID card from the Police Department in Spain ("Policia Nacional").
This visa will allow you for transit in the Schengen countries to and from Spain up to a maximum of 5 days (total).