"Airport Transit Visa" means a visa valid for transit through the international transit areas of one or more airports of the Member States.
Application for visa must be submitted in person with no more than 180 days in advance to your trip and at least 15 days before. Applications with more than 180 days in advance to your trip will not be accepted. Crew members can apply 9 months in advance.
Nationalities that need/don't need Airport Transit Visa: List I / List II / List III
Please note:- Citizens from Dutch overseas territories will no longer need a visa to
transit EU airports (citizens from Aruba, Curaçao, San Martín, Bonaire, San
Eustaquio and Saba).
Airport Transit Schengen Visa is destined for those travelers that have to stop and wait for several hours for their next flight in the International Transit Area of the designated airport. These travelers cannot leave the International Transit Area of the airport, therefore accommodation in the city is off the limits.
The maximum validity period of an airport transit visa cannot be higher than 6 months. The holder can only transit once, twice o multiples times through the international transit area of the airport.
Applications for transit visas will be presented at the Foreign Mission of the country in which the first airport transit will take place. Spain will only process transit visas if a Spanish airport is the first point of entry.
Application for visa must be submitted in person with no more than 90 days in advance to your trip and at least 15 days before. Applications with more than 180 days in advance to your trip will not be accepted.
Nationals of the following countries shall be required to hold an airport transit visa when passing through the international transit areas of airports situated on the Territory of the Member States:
Nationals of the following countries shall be required to hold an airport transit visa when passing through the international transit areas of airports situated on Spain:
You may be exempt from the airport transit visa requirement:
The Revised visa fee and BLS service charge are as follows:
Duration | Amount in USD |
Airport Transit | 99 |
Children between 6-12 years | 49 |
Nationals of North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia | 38 |
Nationals of Cabo Verde | 64.00 |
Nationals of Cabo Verde (Children between 6-12 years) | 32.00 |
Note: Exemption of Visa Fee for a child is applicable only in the case of Short Term category, if the child's age is less than 6 years at the date of submission.
BLS International Service charge
Applicants applying at the Spanish visa application Centre shall be levied a service charge of 18 USD /- (inclusive tax) payable in cash or Debit Card.
-Please note flights and hotels/accommodation do not need to be paid for in advance, just reserved.
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The applicant shall be given a receipt for the visa fee paid.
During the examination of an application the Spanish Consulate may call the applicant for an interview and request additional documents.
Applications shall be decided on within 15 calendar days of the date of the lodging, even though that period may be extended up to a maximum of 30 calendar days. Exceptionally, when additional documentation is needed in specific cases, the period may be extended up to a maximum of 60 calendar days.
Any fake document will lead to your application being rejected. An incomplete file may lead to a visa denial, even though a complete file does not guarantee the issuance of a visa.
Note: We regret we cannot accept photographs that do not meet these requirements
Please provide one recent photograph (not more than 6 months old) of yourself, which should not have been used previously in the passport. The photograph should be in colour and:
Note: Please follow these instructions carefully. If photographs presented do not meet these requirements your application will be considered incomplete. A photo booth meeting these requirements is available at the centre.
Applications accepted at the Spain Visa Application Centre will be submitted on the next working day at the Consulate General of Spain. Once the application has been submitted, the applicant can be further requested additional documentation in support of the same. Please note as per the instructions received from Consulate General of Spain minimum processing time is 15 working days (It may delay depending on case to case).
All applications must be submitted at least 15 days prior to the proposed date of travel to accommodate any unforeseen processing delays.
Below mentioned forms/checklist are mandatory for all visa categories accepted by BLS
Note: All application form/checklist has to be filled by Blue pen
Schenghen Visa Application Form
All Application submitted at visa application centre should have English/Spanish Application forms only.
Parental Authorization Letter for Minors
Visa Collection Acknowledgement Notice
Please Note:
The forms are in PDF format.
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To download the Application Form and Information Leaflet:
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