Spanish passport

A Spanish passport (Spanish: pasaporte español) is an identity document issued to Spanish citizens with right of abode in the Iberian mainland, Ceuta, Melilla, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, for travel outside Spain.

The passport, along with the national identity card, allows for free rights of movement and residence in any of the states of the European Union, European Economic Area, and Switzerland.

Spanish citizens have visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 192 countries and territories, which places Spanish passport holders is in the 2nd-ranking group in the world according to September 2024 Henley Passport Index.

[2] As of November 2024, Spanish passport holders had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 192 (compared to 195 as the most) countries and territories, placing the ordinary Spanish passport in the second-ranking group according to the number of destinations that their holders can access without a prior visa.

[3] Spanish citizens can live and work in any country within the EU due to the right of free movement and residence granted in Article 21 of the EU Treaty.

Visa requirements for Spanish citizens
Spain
Freedom of movement
Visa not required / ESTA / eTA / eVisitor
Visa on arrival
eVisa
Visa available both on arrival or online
Visa required prior to arrival