Spanish consular procedures in the UK

These are the 20 Spanish consular matters people in the UK search for most, each with what to bring, what it costs in pounds and where it happens.

Four facts change most plans. A British citizen needs no visa to visit Spain for 90 days, the Spain visas that do exist are lodged at BLS, not at the consulates, the golden visa ended in April 2025, and the DNI is only issued in Spain.

And one rule that costs nationalities: a Spaniard who becomes British has three years to declare they keep Spanish nationality.

The 20 guides

Spain Schengen visa from the UK

BLS Spain Visa centres in London, Manchester and Edinburgh

Do UK citizens need a visa for Spain? The 90/180 rule

Spain non-lucrative visa from the UK

Moving to Spain from the UK after Brexit

Spain digital nomad visa from the UK

Spain work visa from the UK

Spain student visa from the UK

Spain golden visa

Spanish passport in the UK

NIE number from the UK

Spanish DNI from the UK

Spanish driving licence in the UK

Spanish nationality from the UK

Spanish consular registration in the UK

Spanish birth certificate and birth registration from the UK

Getting married in the UK as a Spaniard

Spanish criminal record certificate from the UK

Spanish power of attorney in the UK

Voting in Spanish elections from the UK

Travelling to Spain

What you need to get in, starting with what few people say: a British citizen needs no visa for 90 days, and the BLS Schengen visa is for other nationalities.

Residence visas

The over-90-day ones: non-lucrative, digital nomad, work and student, all lodged at BLS. And the one that no longer exists.

Identity and documents

The passport and the NIE are consular; the DNI and the driving licence are not.

Nationality

What to do so as not to lose it when becoming British, and what closed in October 2025.

Registration and civil registry

The consular register, births and marriages: much of it is done by post.

Records, notary and voting

What Spain certifies, what the consul signs as a notary and how to vote from here.

Checked against the official pages on 10 November 2026.

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