Spain Consulate General Hamburg

Before your visit

The Spanish Consulate General is at Mittelweg 37 in Hamburg-Rotherbaum, near the Outer Alster.

• Online appointment required for passports and NIE numbers (consulate notice, August 2026).
• E-mail: cog.hamburgo@maec.es.

About the Spanish Consulate General in Hamburg

The Hamburg consulate general covers five northern states, from the North Sea to the Baltic coast. Since August 2026, it requires an online appointment for every passport and NIE application, so walk-in visits for these services are no longer possible.

Which Spanish office is responsible for me?

Consular services

• Passports (by online appointment)
• NIE numbers for foreigners (by online appointment)
• DNI identity cards and consular registration
• Civil register, notarial acts and voting from abroad

How do I get an appointment?

Book through the online cita previa system on the consulate’s website. Without a booked slot, passport and NIE applications are not accepted.

Documents checklist

What Spanish citizens usually need to bring for the most common requests, based on official Spanish government information:

Spanish passport (application abroad)

• Registration in the consular register (Registro de Matrícula Consular) of the consulate where you live
• Personal appearance with an appointment – applications cannot be made by post or through agencies
• Your previous passport, even if expired or damaged
• Your DNI, if you have one
• A recent passport photo
• A literal birth certificate (issued for the passport, less than 6 months old) if you have neither DNI nor passport or both expired more than 3 years ago

Sources: Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs – consular services: passports (exteriores.gob.es) (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the consulate before your visit.

Visa information

Germans can enter Spain with an identity card or passport. Spain accepts documents expired for less than a year at land borders, but airlines require a valid one.

Other consulates and embassies in Hamburg

90 other countries are represented in Hamburg, among them: Angola (honorary), Argentina (consulate general), Armenia (honorary), Austria (honorary), Belarus (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Sri Lanka (honorary), Sweden (honorary), Switzerland (honorary), Tajikistan (honorary), Tanzania (honorary), Thailand (honorary), Trinidad and Tobago (honorary), Tunisia (consulate), Türkiye (consulate general), Ukraine (consulate general), United Kingdom (honorary), United States (consulate general), Uruguay (consulate general), Yemen (honorary). The full list of all 91 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

Closed on Hamburg public holidays and on Spanish holidays such as Epiphany (6 January), Maundy Thursday, National Day (12 October), Constitution Day (6 December) and the Immaculate Conception (8 December).

Emergency assistance

Spanish citizens in northern Germany can use the consulate’s emergency number in urgent cases. Germans in Spain are helped by the German Embassy in Madrid.

Spanish missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Hamburg, the nearest other Spanish office is the Embassy in Berlin (about 250 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Hamburg.

• Berlin (250 km) – Embassy of Spain
• Düsseldorf (340 km) – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Frankfurt am Main (390 km) – Consulate General (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
• Hamburg – Consulate General (Hamburg, Bremen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein) (this page)
• Munich (610 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria)
• Stuttgart (530 km) – Consulate General (Baden-Württemberg)
• Dresden (380 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony and Thuringia)