Spanish Consulate General in Bordeaux

The Spanish consulate general in Bordeaux is listed as open Monday to Friday, 09:00–13:00.

French citizens need no visa for Spain: under European free movement rules they can travel, live and work there with a valid passport or national ID card.

In 2024, Spain’s consulate general in Bordeaux received 1 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 1.

Spain issues Schengen visas at 3 locations in France; this office handled 2% of their 60 applications in 2024. Refusal rates elsewhere: Paris 0.0%. 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 France, 2.5% of applications were refused in 2024; Spain’s rate worldwide was 15.7%. Spain received the largest number of applications of the 15 Schengen states represented here.

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

For matters it cannot handle, the Spanish embassy in Paris (497 km) is responsible. Besides the Spanish consulate general in Bordeaux, Spain has 18 other missions in France. Consulates: Toulouse, Strasbourg, Perpignan, Pau, Paris, Montpellier, Marseille, Lyon and 1 more. Honorary consulates: Toulon, Rennes, Lille, Le Havre, La Rochelle, Grenoble and Besançon. France in turn has 10 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in Bordeaux

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in Bordeaux. A consulate does consular work for a region: passports, certificates and help for nationals in difficulty.

Address and contact

Address: Rue Notre-Dame 1, 33000 Bordeaux. The record for the Spanish consulate general in Bordeaux includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

When the Spanish consulate general in Bordeaux is closed

The next closures of the Spanish consulate general in Bordeaux for public holidays in France are Armistice Day (Armistice 1918) on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and Christmas Day (Noël) on Friday 25 December 2026; it may also close for Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) on Sunday 6 December 2026.

Before visiting the Spanish consulate general in Bordeaux

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

Near the Spanish consulate general in Bordeaux

Within 1 km of the Spanish consulate general in Bordeaux there are 24 other foreign missions.