Spanish Consulate in Cape Town

South African citizens must obtain a visa before travelling to Spain. Whether the Spanish consulate in Cape Town takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

In 2025, Spain’s consulate in Cape Town received 11,002 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 10,572. 246 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 2.3%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 2.4%. Applications rose by 3% compared with 2024 (10,639).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 2.1% (2023) to 2.4% (2024).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in South Africa; this office handled 51% of their 21,450 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Pretoria 2.4%, which makes Cape Town 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 South Africa, 5.3% of applications were refused in 2025; Spain’s rate worldwide was 14.6%. Spain received the 5th largest number of applications of the 21 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 11.3% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of South Africa.

For matters it cannot handle, the Spanish embassy in Pretoria is responsible. The Spanish consulate in Cape Town is one of 2 missions of Spain in South Africa. South Africa in turn has 3 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate in Cape Town

It appears in official lists as Consulate of Spain in Cape Town. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

The record for the Spanish consulate in Cape Town includes an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town.

Spanish citizens travelling to South Africa

South Africa admits Spanish citizens without a visa for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Spanish consulate in Cape Town is closed

Expect the Spanish consulate in Cape Town to be shut on Day of Reconciliation on Wednesday 16 December 2026 and Christmas Day 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 in Cape Town

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