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If you live Abroad
If You Are Abroad

This section includes services that could be useful for Spaniards residing abroad, and those who move their usual residence abroad.​

  • Your Consulate Can Help You: Register
    Your Consulate Can Help You: Register
    Spanish citizens residing abroad must register with the Consular Register corresponding to the district where they live.
  • Consular assistance
    Consular assistance
    It is important to be aware of the consular assistance services that are and are not available to persons under arrest, as well as the assistance offered when it is needed
  • Civil Registry
    Civil Registry
    Facts concerning the civil status of people and other situations determined by law are recorded in the Civil Register.
  • Passport and Other Documents
    Passport and Other Documents
    Documents that can be processed by Consulates are passports,  certificates of existence, Residency Certificates and Cancellations of Consular Registration Certificates.
  • Legalisations
    Legalisations
    Legalisation is an administrative act through which a foreign public document is validated, verifying the authenticity of the signature on a document and the capacity in which the document's signatory has acted.
  • Other Consular Services
    Other Consular Services
    Consular services can also perform notary functions, assist in searching for missing persons, and provide information regarding the transfer of bodies and mortal remains to Spain, issuance of criminal records certificates, renewal of driving licences, and online filing of Personal Income Tax and Wealth Tax returns.
  • Participate in Elections
    Participate in Elections
    Those Spaniards that habitually reside overseas and those that move their primary residence there must register as residents in the corresponding Consular Section Register (with jurisdiction in the place where the new residence is located).

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  • 24 Jan @SpainMFA * RT @EUCouncilTVNews: Arrival and doorstep by @jmalbares, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of #Spain, at today's…
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  • 20 Jan @SpainMFA * RT @SpainInTheUSA: While in Washington, @SpainMFA Minister @jmalbares met with Executive Director of Human Rights Watch’s @hrw America’s Di…
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  • 18 Jan @SpainMFA * RT @SpainInTheUSA: Today in DC, @SpainMFA Minister @jmalbares & State Secretary @AMorenoBau met with representatives from Spanish companies…
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  • Sede Palacio de Santa Cruz
    Plaza de la Provincia, 1
    28012 MADRID
    Tel: +34 91 379 97 00
  • Sede Palacio de Viana
    Duque de Rivas, 1
    28071 MADRID
    Tel: +34 91 379 97 00
  • Sede Marqués de Salamanca
    Plaza del Marqués de Salamanca, 8
    28006 MADRID
    Tel: +34 91 379 97 00
  • Sede Pechuán
    C/ Pechuán, 1
    28002 MADRID
    Tel: +34 91 379 17 00
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    28040 MADRID
    Tel: +34 91 583 81 00 / 01
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