Spanish Embassy in Buenos Aires

The Spanish embassy in Buenos Aires is listed as open Monday to Friday, 09:00–14:30.

Argentine citizens do not need a visa for Spain: stays of up to 90 days are visa-free.

In 2025, Spain’s embassy in Buenos Aires received 371 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 309. 51 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 14.2%. In 2024 it had been 22.8%: the rate fell by 8.6 points, a clear improvement for applicants. Applications fell by 28% compared with 2024 (518).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 14.2% (2025) to 24.2% (2023).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 5 locations in Argentina; this office handled 88% of their 422 applications in 2025. 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.

Multiple-entry visas made up 5.2% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Argentina.

Besides the Spanish embassy in Buenos Aires, Spain has 13 other missions in Argentina. Consulates: Buenos Aires, Rosario, Mendoza, Córdoba, Bahía Blanca, 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 embassy in Buenos Aires

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Spain in Buenos Aires.

Address and contact

Address: Avenida Presidente Figueroa Alcorta 3102, 1425 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. The record for the Spanish embassy in Buenos Aires includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax 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 embassy in Buenos Aires is closed

The Spanish embassy in Buenos Aires 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 embassy in Buenos Aires

Current procedures for the Spanish embassy in Buenos Aires, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Spanish embassy in Buenos Aires

The Spanish embassy in Buenos Aires has 17 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.