Spanish Consulate General in Chengdu

Chinese citizens must obtain a visa before travelling to Spain. Check with the Spanish consulate general in Chengdu whether visas are handled at its counter or by an appointed visa centre.

2025 figures: 21,301 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Spain’s consulate general in Chengdu, and 20,610 visas were issued. 294 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 1.4%.

Spain issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in China; this office handled 7% of their 310,436 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Beijing 3.0%, Shanghai 4.1% and Guangzhou 3.0%, which makes Chengdu 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 China, 4.0% of applications were refused in 2025; Spain’s rate worldwide was 14.6%. Spain received the 2nd largest number of applications of the 27 Schengen states represented here.

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

For matters it cannot handle, the Spanish embassy in Beijing is responsible. Besides the Spanish consulate general in Chengdu, Spain has 5 other missions in China. Consulates: Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing. China in turn has 4 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in Chengdu

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in Chengdu. 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 Chengdu includes an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town.

Spanish citizens travelling to China

No visa is needed by Spanish citizens for China, for stays of up to 30 days.

When the Spanish consulate general in Chengdu is closed

Expect the Spanish consulate general in Chengdu to be shut on New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027 and Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) on Saturday 6 February 2027, and often on Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) on Sunday 6 December 2026, a holiday in Spain.

Before visiting the Spanish consulate general in Chengdu

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