Spanish Consulate General in Guadalajara

Spain admits Mexican citizens without a visa for stays of up to 90 days.

In 2025, Spain’s consulate general in Guadalajara received 139 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 136. 0 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 0.0%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 0.0%. Applications fell by 3% compared with 2024 (143).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.0% (2023) to 0.0% (2025).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 3 locations in Mexico; this office handled 15% of their 954 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Mexico City 3.6% and Monterrey 6.4%, which makes Guadalajara 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 Mexico, 5.5% of applications were refused in 2025; Spain’s rate worldwide was 14.6%. Spain received the largest number of applications of the 17 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 14.0% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Mexico.

For matters it cannot handle, the Spanish embassy in Mexico City is responsible. Besides the Spanish consulate general in Guadalajara, Spain has 4 other missions in Mexico. Consulates: Monterrey. Honorary consulates: Morelia. Mexico in turn has 3 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in Guadalajara

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

Spanish citizens travelling to Mexico

No visa is needed by Spanish citizens for Mexico, for stays of up to 180 days.

When the Spanish consulate general in Guadalajara is closed

The Spanish consulate general in Guadalajara closes on Mexico’s public holidays, the next being Revolution Day (Día de la Revolución) on Monday 16 November 2026 and Christmas Day (Navidad) 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 Guadalajara

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