This visa is applied for when a foreign national who is a legal resident in Spain and does not possess a residence card due to the loss or theft of the same. The entry visa that is issued permits the foreign national who is legal resident to return to Spain.
Required documents
- Schengen visa application form. Duly filled out, signed in blue ink by the applicant and one recent passport size coloured photograph with a white background pasted on the form.
- Passport with a minimum validity of 6 months and photocopy of all pages of the passport.
- Photocopy of the page or pages of the passport that contain biometric data, previous visas from different countries and migration stamps.
- Documents that justify the status of the legal residency of the foreign national in Spain (Copy of residence permit card, Authorisation to return certificate, etc.)
- Documents that justify the time period that the applicant has been out of Spain.
- Police complaint report before the police authorities notifying the loss or theft of the Residence Permit Card.
- A letter explaining the entire situation, duly signed by the applicant bearing his/her phone number and email ID.
- Payment of the visa fee. Consult the visa fees here .
Procedure
- The visa application must be submitted at the Consular Section in Mumbai with prior appointment booked from BLS International website: https://blsspainvisa.com
- This visa application requires a prior enquiry to the central authorities in Spain. The processing time could take up to few days/weeks.
THE CONSULAR SECTION MAY REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION IF NECESSARY.
Data protection
The processing of personal data of visa applicants is done in accordance with the General Data Pr otection Regulation.
Persons wishing to exercise their rights of access, rectification and erasure of their personal data in the Visa Information System (VIS) may do so by addressing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation
Inspección General de Servicios
Postal address: Plaza de la Provincia, 1, Madrid, España
Email: dpd@maec.es
The following forms may be used to do so:
Persons whose visa application has been refused because they are banned from entering the Schengen area may exercise their rights of access, rectification and erasure of their personal data in the Schengen Information System (SIS) by addressing the Ministry of the Interior.
To obtain more information on your rights and duties and on how to exercise your rights of access, rectification and erasure of data included in the SIS, please refer to the website of the Spanish Data Protection Agency.
Basic legislation
Community Code on Visas
- Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code).
- Regulation (EU) 2019/1155 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code).