Spanish Consulate General in Monterrey

Mexican citizens do not need a visa for Spain: stays of up to 90 days are visa-free.

2025 figures: 79 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Spain’s consulate general in Monterrey, and 73 visas were issued. 5 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 6.4%. The refusal rate fell by 30.9 points from 37.3% in 2024, a clear improvement for applicants. Applications rose by 30% compared with 2024 (61).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 6.4% (2025) to 37.3% (2024).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 3 locations in Mexico; this office handled 8% of their 954 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Mexico City 3.6% and Guadalajara 0.0%, which makes Monterrey the highest 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.

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

The Spanish embassy is in Mexico City, about 704 km away. Besides the Spanish consulate general in Monterrey, Spain has 4 other missions in Mexico. Consulates: Guadalajara. Honorary consulates: Morelia. Mexico in turn has 3 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in Monterrey

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in Monterrey. 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 Monterrey includes an official website.

Spanish citizens travelling to Mexico

Mexico admits Spanish citizens without a visa for stays of up to 180 days.

When the Spanish consulate general in Monterrey is closed

Expect the Spanish consulate general in Monterrey to be shut on Revolution Day (Día de la Revolución) on Monday 16 November 2026 and Christmas Day (Navidad) on Friday 25 December 2026, 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 Monterrey

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