Spanish Consulate General in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Bolivian citizens must obtain a visa before travelling to Spain. Applications may be taken here or by a visa centre working for Spain.

In 2025, Spain’s consulate general in Santa Cruz de la Sierra received 6,258 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 3,671. 3,101 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 45.8%. In 2024 it had been 40.3%: the rate rose by 5.5 points, a sharp increase. Applications fell by 22% compared with 2024 (8,008).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 33.0% (2023) to 45.8% (2025).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Bolivia; this office handled 45% of their 13,790 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: La Paz 47.3%, which makes Santa Cruz de la Sierra the lowest of the group. 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 Bolivia, 43.4% of applications were refused in 2025; Spain’s rate worldwide was 14.6%. Spain received the largest number of applications of the 4 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 15.3% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Bolivia.

For matters it cannot handle, the Spanish embassy in La Paz is responsible. Besides the Spanish consulate general in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Spain has 2 other missions in Bolivia. Honorary consulates: Cochabamba. Bolivia in turn has 5 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

The record for the Spanish consulate general in Santa Cruz de la Sierra includes an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town.

Spanish citizens travelling to Bolivia

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

When the Spanish consulate general in Santa Cruz de la Sierra is closed

The next closures of the Spanish consulate general in Santa Cruz de la Sierra for public holidays in Bolivia are Christmas Day (Navidad) on Friday 25 December 2026 and New Year's Day (Año Nuevo) on Friday 1 January 2027; it may also close for Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) on Sunday 6 December 2026.

Before visiting the Spanish consulate general in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Current procedures for the Spanish consulate general in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.