Each visa application must include:
1. Passport with a validity that covers the period you will stay in Spain. It must have a t least 2 blank pages plus one photocopy of the details page of the passport.
2. One visa application form, duly completed and signed.
3. One passport size photograph on a light coloured background, photo must be glued (not stapled) to the visa application form on the top right hand corner. Photographs must be printed on quality photographic paper.
4. A non-refundable visa fee. Please consult the fee with the Consular Office.
5. Return ticket or sufficient funds to purchase such a ticket
6. Evidence of a minimum of 2 years tertiary study. Foreign documents must be legalized or apostilled and, when aplicable, translated into Spanish. To apostille a private document, you will need to notarize it first. For Australian documents, you may the information at the Smart Traveller website.
7. Evidence of having enough funds for the duration of your stay. Acceptable evidence of sufficient funds can be demonstrated in the form of a bank statement of the last three months, signed and stampd by the branch office. You will need, at least, 100% IPREM per month. In 2025, the IPREM is 600 euros per month.
In the event that a parent or guardian is committed to covering the applicants cost, then they must provide a statutory declaration signed before a Justice of the Peace and include a legalized copy of their passport, a copy of the applicants' birth certificate and a bank statement of the last three months, signed and stamped by their branch office.
8. Comprehensive travel insurance to cover medical and hospital charges, including associated repatriation costs. The insurance must have no excess.
19. Medical certificate that states that the applicant does not suffer from any of the diseases that can have serious implications for public health, pursuant to the provisions of the International Health Regulations 2005. You may use this template.![]()
Medical certificate template.pdf Foreign documents must be legalized or apostilled and, when aplicable, translated into Spanish. To apostille a private document, you will need to notarize it first. For Australian documents, you may the information at the Smart Traveller website.
10.A National police clearance certificate from Australia and any other country where the applicant has lived for the last 5 years (this document must be less than 3 months old and include both name and fingerprints check). Foreign documents must be legalized or apostilled and, when aplicable, translated into Spanish. For Australian documents, you may the information at the Smart Traveller website.
11. Application for an NIE, form 790 duly completed (Foreigner's Identity number) and form EX-15 duly completed. Please follow this link and download a copy of the form MODELO 790 TASA 012 to be filled out and signed, and included in your application. Please consult the NIE fee with the Consular Office.
12. Proof of residence in the consular district. The submitted proof will be assessed by the Consular Office. Additional documents may be requested.
13. Proof of Functional level of Spanish. Any of the 6 following:
- DELE (Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language) level A1 or superior. The Diplomas in Spanish DELE are official qualifications certifying the degree of competence and mastery of Spanish, granted by Instituto Cervantes on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Spain. The DELE can be done in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. More information can be found in this link.
- Spanish course level A1 (2 courses of 30 hours at Instituto Cervantes in Sydney A1.1 and A1.2: Face to face course at the premises of the Instituto Cervantes Sydney. More information can be found in this link.
- Spanish Online Course AVE with Skype Teacher Support Level A1 or higher (two 12 week courses: A1.1 and A1.2.) More information can be found in this link
- At least four semesters of Spanish during secondary education.
- At least two semesters of Spanish during higher education.
- Those applicants who are fluent in Spanish, but who do not hold any Spanish language certificate, will be given the opportunity to prove their fluency at the Embassy through a set of interviews and administrative demarches in Spanish at the moment of lodging their application.
The application may not be lodged earlier than 3 months before the start of entry into Spain.