British Consulate Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-04)

The British Consulate in Santa Cruz de Tenerife represents the UK government in Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.

Find out more about our work with Spain on the UK and Spain news page (https://www.gov.uk/world/spain/news?utm_source=News&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain).

Travelling to the UK and visas

If you plan to visit the UK check what documents you’ll need to enter the UK (https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control/before-you-leave-for-the-uk?utm_source=Check-documents&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Template) and check if you need a UK visa (https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa?utm_source=Check-visa&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Template).

For questions about applying for a visa or your visa status, contact UK Visas and Immigration (https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk?utm_source=Contact-UKVI&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain) (UKVI). The British Consulate in Santa Cruz de Tenerife cannot help with travel or visa enquiries.

Getting help in Spain

Passports

If you’re abroad and cannot use your passport, for example if it’s been lost, stolen or damaged, you can apply for a replacement passport (https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports?utm_source=Passport&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain).

If you need to travel before your replacement passport is issued, you can apply for an emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/travel-urgently-from-abroad-without-uk-passport?utm_source=ETD&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain).

Emergency assistance

Contact your travel provider and insurer if you’re involved in a serious incident or emergency abroad. They’ll tell you if they can help and what you need to do to make a claim.

We can help British nationals in emergencies abroad. We prioritise people who are vulnerable and need our help the most. Read what to do if you need help:
- finding English-speaking lawyers (https://find-a-professional-service-abroad.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/find/lawyers?country=Spain?utm_source=Lawyer&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain), funeral directors (https://find-a-professional-service-abroad.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/find/funeral-directors?country=Spain?utm_source=Funeral&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain) and translators and interpreters (https://find-a-professional-service-abroad.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/find/translators-interpreters?country=Spain?utm_source=Translator&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain) in Spain
- dealing with a death in Spain (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-to-do-after-a-british-person-dies-in-spain?utm_source=Bereavement&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain)
- following an arrest in Spain (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spain-prisoner-pack?utm_source=Arrest&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain)
- as a victim of crime (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/victim-of-crime-abroad?utm_source=Crime&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain)
- with hospitalisation (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/in-hospital-abroad?utm_source=Hospital&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain) due to a medical emergency
Getting help

If you cannot get the support you need from local services, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can help British people abroad.

We prioritise emergencies and people who are vulnerable, for example, if someone’s:
- ill, injured, or involved in a crime
- with a British person who’s died
Get help from FCDO (https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/spain/british-consulate-santa-cruz-de-tenerife)

Living in Spain

Read our guidance about moving to or living in Spain (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-spain?utm_source=Living&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain), including information about:
- healthcare
- driving
- accessing your pension
- working (including tax)
- studying
Request official documents

You can:
- apply for the UK documents you’ll need to get married in Spain (https://www.gov.uk/marriage-abroad/y/spain?utm_source=Married&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain)
- find out how to request letters, certificates or document services (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/notarial-and-documentary-services-guide-for-spain?utm_source=Documents&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain) from the UK government
Other British consulates in Spain

We also provide services in:
- Alicante (https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-consulate-alicante?utm_source=Alicante&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain)
- Barcelona (https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-consulate-general-barcelona?utm_source=Barcelona&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain)
- Ibiza (https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-consulate-ibiza?utm_source=Ibiza&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain)
- Las Palmas (https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-consulate-las-palmas-de-gran-canaria)
- Madrid (https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-embassy-madrid)
- Malaga (https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-consulate-malaga?utm_source=Malaga&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain)
- Palma de Mallorca (https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-consulate-palma-de-mallorca?utm_source=Mallorca&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain)
There is a full list of UK help and services in Spain (https://www.gov.uk/world/spain?utm_source=World&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain) and find out more about our work on the UK and Spain news page (https://www.gov.uk/world/spain/news?utm_source=News&utm_medium=Embassy&utm_campaign=Spain).