Spanish Consulate General in Bahía Blanca

No visa is needed by Argentine citizens for Spain, for stays of up to 90 days.

In 2025, Spain’s consulate general in Bahía Blanca received 10 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 12. Applications fell by 29% compared with 2024 (14).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 5 locations in Argentina; this office handled 2% of their 422 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Buenos Aires 14.2%. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Argentina, 11.1% of applications were refused in 2025; Spain’s rate worldwide was 14.6%. Spain received the largest number of applications of the 18 Schengen states represented here.

The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Argentina.

For matters it cannot handle, the Spanish embassy in Buenos Aires (575 km) is responsible. The Spanish consulate general in Bahía Blanca is one of 14 missions of Spain in Argentina. Consulates: Buenos Aires, Rosario, Mendoza, Córdoba, Mar del Plata and San Juan. Honorary consulates: Mar del Tuyu, Puerto Madryn, Neuquén and Bariloche. Argentina in turn has 6 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in Bahía Blanca

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in Bahía Blanca. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

Address: Luis María Drago 45, B8000 Bahía Blanca. The record for the Spanish consulate general in Bahía Blanca includes a phone number and an official website.

Spanish citizens travelling to Argentina

No visa is needed by Spanish citizens for Argentina, for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Spanish consulate general in Bahía Blanca is closed

The Spanish consulate general in Bahía Blanca closes on Argentina’s public holidays, the next being National Sovereignty Day (Día de la Soberanía Nacional) on Monday 23 November 2026 and Immaculate Conception Day (Día de la Inmaculada Concepción de María) on Tuesday 8 December 2026, and usually on holidays of Spain such as Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) on Sunday 6 December 2026.

Before visiting the Spanish consulate general in Bahía Blanca

Current procedures for the Spanish consulate general in Bahía Blanca, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Spanish consulate general in Bahía Blanca

Within 1 km of the Spanish consulate general in Bahía Blanca there are 3 other foreign missions.