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Spanish passport

{{Short description|Passports issued to Spanish nationals}}

{{Infobox Identity document

| document_name = {{ubl|Spanish passport|{{lang|es|Pasaporte español}}}}

| image = Pasaporte_ES.svg

| image_caption = Front cover of a contemporary Spanish biometric passport (with chip 20px)

| image2 = ESPpassportdatapage.png

| image_caption2 = The data page of a contemporary Spanish biometric passport

| date_first_issued = 14 August 2006 (biometric passport){{br}}2 January 2015 (current biometric version 3.0)

| using_jurisdiction = {{flagdeco|Spain}} National Police Corps
{{flagdeco|Spain}} Guardia Civil
{{flagdeco|Spain}} Spanish embassies and consulates

| valid_jurisdictions =

| document_type = 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 and above

| cost = €30.00[http://www.interior.gob.es/web/servicios-al-ciudadano/tasas/pasaporte Pasaporte]

}}

A Spanish passport ({{langx|es|pasaporte español}}) is an identity document issued to Spanish citizens with right of abode in the Iberian mainland, Ceuta, Melilla, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, for 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.

Spanish citizens have visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 192 countries and territories, which places Spanish passport holders is in the 2nd-ranking group in the world according to September 2024 Henley Passport Index.{{cite web|url= https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking | title=Henley Passport Ranking September 2024| publisher=Henley & Partners|date=2024|accessdate=28 September 2024}}

Types

  • Ordinary Passport ({{langx|es|Pasaporte ordinario}}) – issued for ordinary travel, such as vacations and business trips
  • Collective Passport ({{langx|es|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 ({{langx|es|Pasaporte diplomático}}) – issued to Spanish diplomats, top-ranking government officials, and diplomatic couriers.
  • Official and Service Passports ({{langx|es|Pasaportes oficiales y de servicio}}) – issued to individuals representing the Spanish government on official business

Visa requirements map

{{main|Visa requirements for Spanish citizens}}

[[File:Visa requirements for Spanish citizens.png|450px|thumbnail|right|Visa requirements for Spanish citizens

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{{legend|#1191E5|Freedom of movement}}

{{legend|#22B14C|Visa not required / ESTA / eTA / eVisitor}}

{{legend|#B5E61D|Visa on arrival}}

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{{legend|#79D343|Visa available both on arrival or online}}

{{legend|#ABABAB|Visa required prior to arrival}}]]

As of November 2024, Spanish passport holders had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 192 (compared to 195 as the most) countries and territories, placing the ordinary Spanish passport in the second-ranking group according to the number of destinations that their holders can access without a prior visa.{{cite web |title=Henly Passport Index {{!}} Global Passport Ranking |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Henley & Partners |url=https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking |language=en}}

Spanish citizens can live and work in any country within the EU due to the right of free movement and residence granted in Article 21 of the EU Treaty.[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:115:0047:0199:EN:PDF Treaty on the Function of the European Union] (consolidated version)

Visa duration (in some countries)

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Gallery

File:Pasaporte de un exiliado español emitido por el consulado en Burdeos, Francia (2).jpg|Passport issued to a Spanish republican in exile by the Spanish consulate in Bordeaux, France, in 1948.

File:19520809 Spanisch-Ifni Reisepass.jpg|Passport issued to a Spanish resident in Ifni province, 1951

File:Spanish passport year 1988.jpg|Leather "green cover" Spanish ordinary passport, issued in 1988

See also

References

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{{Commons category|Passports of Spain}}

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Category:Passports by country

Category:Foreign relations of Spain

Category:European Union passports