Spanish Consulate General in Bata

Citizens of Equatorial Guinea need a visa for Spain, obtained before travel. Whether the Spanish consulate general in Bata takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

In 2025, Spain’s consulate general in Bata received 2,141 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 1,326. 561 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 29.4%. In 2024 it had been 23.0%: the rate rose by 6.4 points, a sharp increase. Applications fell by 9% compared with 2024 (2,358).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 23.0% (2024) to 29.4% (2025).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Equatorial Guinea; this office handled 24% of their 8,846 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Malabo 32.8%, which makes Bata 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 Equatorial Guinea, 32.5% of applications were refused in 2025; Spain’s rate worldwide was 14.6%. Spain received the largest number of applications of the 2 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 16.9% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Equatorial Guinea.

The Spanish embassy is in Malabo, about 237 km away. The Spanish consulate general in Bata is one of 2 missions of Spain in Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea in turn has 2 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in Bata

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in Bata. Its work is consular: passports and documents for its own citizens and, often, visas for visitors.

Address and contact

The record for the Spanish consulate general in Bata includes an official website.

Spanish citizens travelling to Equatorial Guinea

Spanish citizens need a visa for Equatorial Guinea, which they can apply for online as an e-Visa.

When the Spanish consulate general in Bata is closed

The Spanish consulate general in Bata closes on Equatorial Guinea’s public holidays, the next being Immaculate Conception on Tuesday 8 December 2026 and Christmas Day on Friday 25 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 Bata

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

Near the Spanish consulate general in Bata

The Spanish consulate general in Bata has 3 other foreign missions within 1 km.