Spanish consulates in Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland is covered from Scotland: its consulate general is Edinburgh, across the water. Locally there is an honorary vice-consulate, with no public address, that takes appointment requests by email only.
For a Spanish procedure in Northern Ireland you go to the office the district assigns, even if an honorary consulate is closer.
Which Spanish consulate covers you in Northern Ireland?
For Northern Ireland, the competent office is the Consulate General of Spain in Edinburgh: its own jurisdiction page and the Embassy's list both say so.
There is an honorary office in Belfast. It helps with assistance and passports for children under 12, not with adult passports, visas or powers of attorney.
Cities in Northern Ireland and their consulate
| City | Distance* | Consulate |
|---|---|---|
| Bangor | 132 mi (212 km) in a straight line, by sea or air | Edinburgh |
| Newtownards | 136 mi (219 km) in a straight line, by sea or air | Edinburgh |
| Ballymena | 142 mi (229 km) in a straight line, by sea or air | Edinburgh |
| Lisburn | 150 mi (241 km) in a straight line, by sea or air | Edinburgh |
| Craigavon | 163 mi (262 km) in a straight line, by sea or air | Edinburgh |
| Derry | 174 mi (280 km) in a straight line, by sea or air | Edinburgh |
* By road, at speed limits and without traffic (OSRM): the distance is the reliable part. Across the sea, the distance in a straight line. The consulate is the one the published split assigns, not the nearest.
What you can sort out without going to the consulate
- Book a BLS visa appointment and fill in the forms online before you go: the visa itself is lodged at BLS, not at the consulate.
- Apply for the Spanish criminal record certificate online with a digital certificate, without the consulate.
- Check whether you need a visa at all: with a British passport you can visit Spain for up to 90 days in any 180 without one.
Keep this page: the split rarely changes, but addresses and booking systems do.
Checked against the official pages on 10 November 2026.
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