Travel to Spain for Portugal citizenship

1. Airport Transit. You can apply for this visa if you need to transit through an airport in Spain to change your flight and reach your destination.
2. Seafarers Transit. You must apply for this visa if you are a seafarer and need to disembark in a Spanish port to send a ship to a country outside the Schengen area.

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Congo
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Iran
• Iraq
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Somalia
• Sri Lanka

• Identify the animal with a microchip or tattoo.
• Be vaccinated against rabies with a valid vaccine at the time of travel.
• A European pet passport is required. 
• In the passport, you must fill in the sections "Owner", "Description of the animal", "Marking", "Issuance of the passport" and "Rabies vaccination".
• The sections "Serological test", "Treatment against ticks", "Treatment against echinococcus", "Other vaccinations", "Clinical examination", "Legalization" and "Other" are not mandatory for travel from other Member States to Spain.

• The minimum age for vaccination is 12 weeks.
• At least 21 days must have passed since the date of vaccination for the vaccine to be valid.

Emergency numbers in Spain:

• The emergency phone number in Spain is 112
• National police phone number - 091
• Local police phone number - 092
• Phone number of the service for victims of gender violence - 016

What can be imported to Spain: customs regulations

Before traveling to Spain, you need to know what goods can or cannot be transported across the border, how much money, cigarettes, alcohol, and other items can be imported duty-free to avoid a fine.

Below is a list of goods and items that can be imported duty-free by passengers arriving on the Spanish mainland, as well as on the Canary and Balearic Islands from non-EU countries (in particular, from Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus):

Currency

Rules for importing and exporting currency:

• Amounts exceeding EUR 10,000 or more, or the equivalent in another currency (including bank transfers and checks of any kind), must be declared.

Tobacco products

• 200 cigarettes
• 50 cigars;
• 250 g of smoking tobacco.

Tobacco products may be imported by persons aged 17 years and older.

Alcoholic beverages

• 1 liter of strong alcoholic beverages over 22% or undenatured ethyl alcohol over 80%;
• 2 liters of alcoholic beverages or aperitifs made from wine or similar beverages with a strength of less than 22%, sparkling wines or liqueurs
• 4 liters of wine;
• 16 liters of beer.

Alcoholic beverages may be imported by persons aged 17 years and older.

Medicines

According to the needs of the traveler.

Products of animal origin

Not allowed to be imported into Spain: 

• Meat and milk and any products from non-EU countries, except for limited quantities from Andorra, Croatia, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and small quantities of certain products from other countries. 

Weapons and ammunition

• Imports from Russia and Syria are completely prohibited.
• For other countries, you must first obtain a permit from the police (Spain).
• For hunting weapons: no special requirements apply for temporary importation, except that hunting weapons must be declared upon arrival.

Airport tax

• Airport taxes are not charged to passengers when they land at Spanish airports.

For more information and tips on Spanish customs regulations, please visit the official website of the Federal Customs Administration.

A driver's license issued in another country is accepted if it is written in English, French, German or Italian, otherwise drivers are strongly advised to obtain a special driver's license of a generally accepted international standard. 

Many people wonder whether Ukrainian driving licenses are valid in Spain. The answer is no. Only holders of an internationally recognized document are entitled to drive and only for a period of up to six months.

For more information on driving in Spain, please follow the link.

The Spanish embassies in different countries can be found here: https://www.exteriores.gob.es/en/EmbajadasConsulados/Paginas/index.aspx