Lost your passport in Spain? Breathe. Here’s the way home.
Where your embassy or consulate is in Spain, the number to call, and what your government asks you to bring for an emergency passport.
Your mission in Spain
- US: 2 missions, Madrid, Barcelona
- UK: 9 missions, Madrid, Alicante, Barcelona
- Canadian: 2 missions, Madrid, Barcelona
- Australian: Australian Embassy in Madrid.
- Indian: 2 missions, Madrid, Barcelona
- Mexican: 2 missions, Madrid, Barcelona
Your mission in Spain
US Embassy, Madrid
US Consulate General, Barcelona
British Embassy, Madrid
British Consulate, Alicante
British Consulate General, Barcelona
British Consulate, Bilbao
British Consulate, Ibiza
British Consulate, Las Palmas
British Consulate, Malaga
British Consulate, Palma
British Consulate, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Canadian Embassy, Madrid
Canadian Consulate, Barcelona
Indian Embassy, Madrid
Indian Consulate General, Barcelona
Mexican Embassy, Madrid
Mexican Consulate General, Barcelona
Get the right document, first time
Emergency passport
Report it with Form DS-64, then apply in person at a US embassy or consulate on Form DS-11. If you need to travel before a full passport can arrive, ask for a limited-validity emergency passport, valid for up to a year.
Emergency travel document
Apply online for an emergency travel document if you need to travel within 6 weeks. It costs £125, isn’t refunded, and is usually ready to collect 2 working days after you apply.
Emergency passport
Contact the nearest Government of Canada office as soon as you can; if you urgently need to travel, you can apply for an emergency passport there. Replacing a lost or stolen passport that was still valid costs an extra CAN$45 on top of the passport fee.
Emergency passport
Contact the nearest Australian embassy, high commission or consulate, or the 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre on +61 2 6261 3305. With a genuine, urgent need to travel you can apply for an emergency passport, valid for up to 12 months.
Emergency Certificate
Report the loss to the local police and the nearest Indian embassy, high commission or consulate at once. To return to India, the mission usually issues an Emergency Certificate after it verifies your nationality and details.
Emergency passport
File a report (acta) with the local police, then go to the Mexican embassy or consulate with proof of nationality and photo ID. Consulates can issue an emergency passport for travellers who must get home; it costs 30% more than an ordinary passport.
Border rules in Spain
- Passport validity: the safe standard for Spain is a passport 3 months beyond the day you leave. Entry rules for your passport.
- Spain uses the EU Entry/Exit System: visitors from outside the EU give fingerprints and a face photo at the border instead of getting a passport stamp. It has been fully running since 10 April 2026.
- Schengen short stays are capped at 90 days in any 180. ETIAS, the EU travel authorisation, isn’t running yet and has no start date, so there is nothing to apply for.
- Spain visa and travel authorisation: who needs one and the official fee.
Lost it at the airport?
Each airport page shows the nearest mission for your passport and how far it is.
- MAD · Madrid
- BCN · Barcelona
- PMI · Palma de Mallorca
- AGP · Málaga
- ALC · Alicante
- LPA · Gran Canaria Island
- VLC · Valencia
- TFS · Tenerife
- SVQ · Seville
- IBZ · Ibiza
- ACE · San Bartolomé
- BIO · Bilbao
- FUE · El Matorral
- TFN · Tenerife
- MAH · Mahón
- SCQ · Santiago de Compostela
- GRO · Girona
- OVD · Ranón
- REU · Reus
- RMU · Corvera
- ZAZ · Zaragoza
- SPC · Sta Cruz de la Palma
- LCG · Culleredo
- VGO · Vigo
- SDR · Santander
- XRY · Jerez de la Frontera
- GRX · Granada
- LEI · Almería
- MLN · Melilla
- EAS · Hondarribia
- VIT · Alava
- VDE · El Hierro Island
- PNA · Pamplona
- VLL · Valladolid
- BJZ · Badajoz
- LEN · La Virgen del Camino
- ODB · Córdoba
- SLM · Salamanca
- RJL · Logroño
- ILD · Lleida
- CDT · Castellón de la Plana
- LEU · La Seu d'Urgell Pyrenees and Andorra
Phone stolen with it? You’ll need data to reach the embassy, your airline and your bank. A travel eSIM for Spain installs in minutes on a replacement phone.
Questions people ask
Where is the US embassy in Spain?
US Consulate General in Barcelona; US Embassy in Madrid. Check the mission’s own site for hours and appointments.
Where is the British embassy in Spain?
British Consulate in Alicante; British Consulate General in Barcelona; British Consulate in Bilbao; British Consulate in Ibiza; British Consulate in Las Palmas; British Embassy in Madrid; British Consulate in Malaga; British Consulate in Palma; British Consulate in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Check the mission’s own site for hours and appointments.
Where is the Canadian embassy in Spain?
Canadian Consulate in Barcelona; Canadian Embassy in Madrid. Check the mission’s own site for hours and appointments.
What’s the emergency number in Spain?
In Spain: 112 for any emergency. Call first if you’re in danger or were robbed; the passport comes second.
Can I leave Spain without a passport?
Not on an international journey. Get an emergency passport or travel document from your own embassy or consulate first, and check the exit rules with it.
Can Num get me a new passport?
No. Only your government issues passports. Num finds your mission, the documents to bring and the fastest way to rearrange your trip.
NUM is not a government agency and does not issue passports or travel documents. Only your government can, and its fees are paid to it directly. Embassy and consulate locations come from the governments’ own office lists where we have them, and from public data (Wikidata, Wikipedia’s lists of diplomatic missions, the UK Foreign Office’s list of posts, and © OpenStreetMap contributors under the ODbL); confirm opening hours and appointments on the mission’s own site. Steps checked on government pages, 6 Nov 2026.