Spain Consulate General Pau

Before your visit

Address for visitors: 6, place Royale, 64000 Pau.

• Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–13:00, according to the consulate’s official website (checked October 2026). Source: official website.
• Documents: take originals and photocopies, and a valid passport or identity card.

Who does the Spanish consulate general in Pau serve?

The consulate general provides consular services for Spanish citizens living in Pau and the surrounding regions of France. Spain also has consular offices in Bayonne, Bordeaux, Marseille, Montpellier Cédex, Paris, Perpignan, Strasbourg and Toulouse. Pau is in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département (Nouvelle-Aquitaine). For services the honorary consul cannot provide, the closest Spanish career post is in Bayonne (around 87 km). The embassy in Paris is roughly 650 km away.

Consular services

What you can usually arrange here:

• Spanish passports and emergency travel documents
• Registration of births, marriages and deaths
• Certification of documents and signatures
• Powers of attorney and notarial acts
• Citizenship and civil register matters

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.

Do I need an appointment?

Book an appointment where possible – walk-in capacity is limited.

Do French citizens need a visa for Spain?

As EU citizens, French nationals can travel to Spain without a visa; a valid passport or national identity card is enough. Spain is rated “normal vigilance” by the French Foreign Ministry. Details: French travel advice (Conseils aux voyageurs).

Closing days

The consulate general is closed on French public holidays and on the Spanish national holiday (12 October). Bridge days around holidays may bring extra closures.

Emergency assistance

Spanish nationals in urgent need of help can call +33 5 59 27 32 40. Typical emergencies are a lost passport before a flight, a hospital stay or an arrest; costs remain with the person concerned. French citizens who need help in Spain contact the French Embassy in Madrid.

Spanish missions in France

Spain in France

• Paris – Embassy of Spain
• Bayonne – Consulate General
• Bordeaux – Consulate General
• Marseille – Consulate General
• Montpellier Cédex – Consulate General
• Pau – Consulate General (this page)
• Perpignan – Consulate General
• Strasbourg – Consulate General
• Toulouse – Consulate General
• Villeurbanne – Consulate General
• Paris – Consulate
• Grenoble – Consular Agency
• La Rochelle – Consular Agency
• Le Havre – Consular Agency
• Papeete – Consular Agency
• Saint-Pierre – Consular Agency
• St Jean de Bellevue – Consular Agency
• Toulon – Consular Agency
• Besançon – Honorary Consulate
• Fort-de-France – Honorary Consulate
• Lille – Honorary Consulate
• Rennes – Honorary Consulate