British Consulate General Barcelona
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-04)

The British Consulate General in Barcelona represents the UK government in Catalonia, Aragon and Andorra.

If you have difficulty getting through to our regional number xx-xxxx-xxxx), call xx-xxxx-xxxx.

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 General in Barcelona 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-general-barcelona)

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
Other consular services

Notarial and documentary services

See the full list of notarial and documentary services for British people abroad (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/documents-for-british-people-abroad).

Consular fees

See the full list of consular fees (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/consular-services-fees).

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)
- 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)
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife (https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-consulate-santa-cruz-de-tenerife?utm_source=Tenerife&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).