Spanish Embassy and Consulate. Spain: useful information

Today, Spain is a friend and strategic partner of our country. Historically, Russian-Spanish relations have always been characterized by close mutually beneficial cooperation and warmth. Countries many times came to each other to help ...

Sanctions, sanctions ...

Yes, the Spanish kingdom, playing up to America and Europe, has also imposed sanctions against Russia, some of the products we can not now enjoy - olives, olive oil, wine, hamon ... Nevertheless, the notes of diplomatic relations between the countries are rather major, and, frankly speaking , Sincerely believes that sanctions are superfluous in relations with Russia. This is understandable, since the kingdom has received a shortage of revenue due to a reduction in trade with the Russian Federation. So, negotiations are held on issues related to human rights and the development of democracy, and the Spanish Consulate is visited annually by Russian students and students who wish to study in this country. In addition, experts from both countries constantly share information related to the prevention of terrorist acts. There is also an exchange of specialists who, upon return to their home countries, bring experience to their companies.

Consulates

Modern Spain is one of the most popular resorts, as well as an attractive market for investment in real estate, and Russians are happy to use this as far as possible. Despite the economic crisis, the flow of Russian tourists to this sunny hot country is growing every year, and not one consulate is open to cope with the influx of people. Spain is waiting for its guests all year round. Consulates are taking citizens at two addresses in Moscow. One of them is on Mokhovaya Street, 7, the second - on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street, 50/8.

If you want to get a visa to Spain (you need a Schengen visa ), to legalize the documentation or to endorse the translation, you should contact the Consulate General of Spain in Moscow, whose address and mode of operation we provide below. It is located in Stremyanniy Lane, 31/1, runs from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 3 pm, on Saturday and Sunday no reception specialists. Call and clarify the information by calling 8 (495) 234-22-97.

All in advance - the secret of success

To simply not lose time and not receive a refusal at the visit, visitors must pre-register to specialists before a visit to the consulate. To do this, you can use Informae@maec.es or dial +7 (495) 690-30-02.

Attention: financial issue

The figures below are true in the last resort, so if someone calls you other amounts, know - you are being deceived! The Consulate General of Spain, namely the department for issuing visas, does not require the deposit of security for the documentation, and when submitting documents for each application, only a consular fee of 35 euros must be paid. If you need an urgent visa, you will have to pay 70 euros, as well as pay for the services of the visa center according to the tariff. Consular fees for national visas for permanent residence, training and work is 60 euros. All settlements are made in Russian rubles, if the fee is not paid, your documents will not be considered.

Tasks and functions of the embassy

Today, the embassy departments - consulates and visa centers in Spain, the economic department, the units responsible for the cultural and military component - function in the usual way.

Under the auspices of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Jose Ignacio Carbajal Garaté, the staff conducts work with the population to protect the Spaniards in Russia and resolve all-round conflicts between the Spaniards and the Russians, if they occur. With regard to legal entities the situation is similar: the Spanish Consulate protects the rights and activities of companies operating in the territory of the Russian Federation.

Embassies and consulates of Spain in Russia work with Russian citizens in terms of interviewing and issuing various visas, grants and scholarships that precede travel to Spain.

An important function is performed by the embassy in terms of gathering information about Russia, its systematization, storage, use in the future. The economic and cultural ties of our countries also depend on the work carried out by the Spanish Consulate. For the sake of justice, it must be said that there is a similarity of the mentality of our compatriots and Spaniards, and this greatly simplifies the cooperation of our countries in many areas.

Work in the embassy

Consulates and visa centers in Spain are not top-secret closed institutions, and Russians may well find a job there. This requires fluency in Russian, Spanish and English, knowledge of international law and the basic principles of workflow. The official website of the embassy regularly updates information about the vacancies, so keep an eye on it.

Reception of the visa

Urgently, for example, for a day, no one can get a Spanish visa. Even if everything is normal and there are no obstacles to obtaining an exit permit, the visa will be ready only after five working days. So if you have a burning permit and fly to the country of the Schengen agreement is expected in the next three days, the visa will not work.

Collect the documents carefully so that the trip does not fail, especially if you have time limits. Up to thirty calendar days may be waiting for a visa - be reserved for patience.

Documents for the Schengen visa are sent directly to the consulate of Spain by appointment. The visa can be either tourist, work or educational, so it is necessary to specify the contents of the package of documents in each individual case. The consular department will accept you not earlier than two weeks from the date of the call.

This information is most likely not as popular as obtaining a visa, but it is necessary to know it. On all issues relating to the cancellation of a visa, a person who has it can apply with a written application to the consulate of any Schengen country.

You can apply for a visa without a record, and for this you should apply in Moscow to the visa center near the Oktyabrskaya metro station. Reception of documents and issuance of passports is conducted on working days from 9-00 to 16-00 at Kaluzhskaya Square, Building 1, Building 2.

Visa centers are located throughout Russia. This is not only about Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also about Arkhangelsk, Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Perm, Rostov and Samara - almost all major Russian cities are Spanish visa centers.

At the customs

The visa itself is not a guarantee that you will be missed at the customs. The approval of the consulate does not provide the right to enter the country, so on the border you may well for a number of reasons refuse to enter Spain, even if you have both a visa and a passport. But this is a completely different story.