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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

Spanish citizens residing abroad must register with the Consular Register corresponding to the district where they live.
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

Facts concerning the civil status of people and other situations determined by law are recorded in the Civil Register.
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

Legalisation is an administrative act whereby a foreign public document is validated, by verifying the authenticity of the signature on the document, and the capacity in which the signatory of the document has acted.
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

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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Links of Interest

MAEC / Sede Palacio de Santa Cruz

Plaza de la Provincia, 1

28012 MADRID

Tfno: 91 379 97 00
MAEC / Sede Palacio de Viana

Duque de Rivas, 1

28071 MADRID

Tfno: 91 379 97 00
MAEC / Sede Torres Ágora

Serrano Galvache, 26

28033 MADRID

Tfno: 91 379 97 00
AECID

Avda. Reyes Católicos, 4

28040 MADRID

Tfno: 91 583 81 00 / 01

Fax: 91 583 83 10 / 11
Dirección General de Españoles en el Exterior y de Asuntos Consulares y Migratorios

C/ Pechuán, 1

28002 MADRID

Tfno: 91 379 17 00

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