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.​

  • Elecciones a Cortes Generales y Valencianas de 28 de abril de 2019

    Si desea votar en las elecciones a Cortes Generales y Valencianas de 28 de abril de 2019, debe solicitarlo no más tarde del día 30 de marzo de 2019
  • 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 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
    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).

Twitter@SpainMFA

  • 29 Jul @SpainMFA * The Government of Spain is deeply saddened by the death of Cardinal Jaime Ortega and expresses its condolences to h… https://t.co/jJdVf7qY9a
  • 29 Jul @SpainMFA * The components contributed by #Spain to @NASA's #Mars2020 mission have already been integrated in the #Rover! The… https://t.co/QyAvBWpjRv
  • 26 Jul @SpainMFA * A spectacular mural by the Australian urban artist of Spanish descent #Rone, called "Sarah", decorates part of the… https://t.co/iduoRne5Ov
  • 26 Jul @SpainMFA * @EmbajadaEspAust @CasaReal The @EmbajadaEspAust hosts works from the exhibition “From #Atapuerca to #Uluru” by… https://t.co/ha6vLQHk9p
  • 26 Jul @SpainMFA * Today we are introducing our first Embassy of the Month: 🇪🇸🇦🇺 The @EmbajadaEspAust! 🎂 #Spain's Embassy in… https://t.co/1L3m8wMxp0
  • 26 Jul @SpainMFA * @AECID_es @EmbEspSenegal The results of the workshop are now showcased in the exhibition "The parliament of #women"… https://t.co/ehWVBKIL7q
  • 26 Jul @SpainMFA * As part of the #cooperation programme #ACERCA, the @AECID_es has recently organized a photography workshop in… https://t.co/ERggCvnhh5
  • 26 Jul @SpainMFA * RT @EmbSpainAddis: Women for Africa Foundation @MujeresxAfrica is launching its 5th call for the "Science by Women" program fellowships, ai…
  • 26 Jul @SpainMFA * 🇹🇳 Spain is deeply saddened by the death of the President of the Republic of #Tunisia, Béji Caïd Essebsi, and sends… https://t.co/gV6iCLuiOu
  • 26 Jul @SpainMFA * 🇸🇴 Spain expresses its vehement condemnation of the suicide bomb attack on the office of the Mayor of #Mogadishu an… https://t.co/d1298nSXnA
  • 25 Jul @SpainMFA * 4️⃣ Spanish cities are candidates to join the @UNESCO Creative Cities Network: #Orihuela, #Valladolid, #Lucena and… https://t.co/Sbi69ROC8t
  • 25 Jul @SpainMFA * 🎞️ The Spanish films "#Madre", by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, and "#Zumiriki", by Oskar Alegria, and the Spanish-Chilean co-… https://t.co/Cyeah2V03U
  • 25 Jul @SpainMFA * Happy Day of #Galicia and happy Saint James' Day, patron saint of this beautiful land of pilgrimage, nature and cul… https://t.co/agig7Em7ZO
  • 25 Jul @SpainMFA * Congratulations to #Bilbao, one of the finalists of the 2019 #iCapitalAwards 🇪🇺! ➡️ https://t.co/FOJxArSnnr 🌆💡 Thi… https://t.co/xYSdnbgqcG
  • 25 Jul @SpainMFA * RT @Moedas: Congratulations to the winner of the 1000th @ERC_Research Proof of Concept grant – 🇪🇸 based engineer M. González-Herráez! For t…
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Links of Interest

  • MAEUEC / Sede Palacio de Santa Cruz
    Plaza de la Provincia, 1
    28012 MADRID
    Tfno: 91 379 97 00
  • MAEUEC / Sede Palacio de Viana
    Duque de Rivas, 1
    28071 MADRID
    Tfno: 91 379 97 00
  • MAEUEC / 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
    C/ Pechuán, 1
    28002 MADRID
    Tfno: 91 379 17 00
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