Cuba Consulate General Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Before your visit

• Good to know: For now all visitors are served without an appointment. Passport applications must be made in person; residents of Tenerife, La Palma and Lanzarote can start the process through authorised agencies. Passport fee from 1 October 2026: €204 (age 16 and over), €164 (under 16).

About the Cuban consulate general

Together with the embassy in Madrid, the consulate general in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is part of Cuba’s consular network in Spain. The office is headed by Consul General Alejandro Padrón Corral (in office since January 2025). It is one of 5 career consular offices of Cuba in Spain. The office is located in the province of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. The embassy in Madrid is roughly 1,735 km away.

Documents checklist

Prepare these documents before your appointment. The lists are taken from official Cuban sources:

Renewing a Cuban passport abroad

• Renewal is possible for passports issued on or after 1 January 2010
• The consular application form (planilla)
• A photocopy of the passport’s main page
• Two colour passport photos, high resolution, light background, no dark glasses
• Cubans born abroad who acquired citizenship: the citizenship resolution and Cuban birth certificate
• Some consulates accept postal applications, others only in person (biometric data) – check with your consulate

Sources: Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs – passport renewal by e-mail or post, Consulate General of Cuba in Madrid (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.

Do I need an appointment?

The official website does not say that every visit needs an appointment, but passport and civil status matters usually do – check before you go.

Travelling from Spain to Cuba

Spanish citizens need a visa for Cuba, to be obtained before travelling. Details: Spanish travel advice (Recomendaciones de viaje).

Other consulates and embassies in Spain

45 other countries are represented in Spain, among them: Equatorial Guinea (consulate general), Estonia (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (honorary), Germany (consulate), Ghana (honorary), Guatemala (honorary), Guinea (honorary), Iceland (honorary), Indonesia (honorary), Ireland (honorary), Italy (honorary), Japan (consulate), Kazakhstan (honorary), Liberia (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Mali (honorary), Mauritania (consulate general), Morocco (consulate general), South Korea (consulate). The full list of all 46 missions is on the overview page for Spain.

Closing days

Like most offices in Spain, the consulate general closes on public holidays; Cuban celebrations on 1 January (national day) usually mean a closure too. In the Canary Islands, Canary Islands Day on 30 May is a regional holiday.

Emergency assistance

In Spain, the general emergency number is 112.

Cuban missions in Spain

Cuba in Spain

Measured in a straight line from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the nearest other Cuban office is the Consulate General in Seville (about 1,350 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

• Madrid (1,740 km) – Embassy of Cuba
• Barcelona (2,170 km) – Consulate General
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Consulate General (this page)
• Madrid (1,740 km) – Consulate General
• Santiago de Compostela (1,760 km) – Consulate General
• Seville (1,350 km) – Consulate General