Spanish Honorary Consulate in Cotonou

Visits to the Spanish Honorary Consulate in Cotonou are strictly by appointment. For specific services, visitors must visit the designated section at the embassy and book an appointment accordingly on the email addresses mentioned above. For instance, if you want to apply for consular services, you should visit the Consular Section. To book an appointment, you can directly mail the high commission or consular email section or email on espagnebenin@gmail.com.

The Spanish Honorary Consulate in Cotonou offers a wide range of consular services, including the processing of visas and passports and document legalization. To apply for a new passport, renew your old passport, want to change the particulars on your current passport, or need to report about a lost or damaged passport, book an appointment with the high commission's passport service.

These consulate services are listed below:

• Process Passport Applications
• Marriage Registration Process
• Military Service Procedures
• Citizenship Procedures
• Birth Registration
• Civil Registration
• Death Registration
• Notary Procedures

Visa types granted by Spain are;

• Spain Transit Visa
• Spain Airport Transit
• Spain Seamen Transit
• Spain Tourist Visa
• Spain Visitor Visa
• Spain Business Visa
• Spain Medical Treatment Visa
• Spain EEA/EU Dependent Visa
• Spain Visa for Missing Residence Permit
• Spain Study or Training Visa
• Spain Visa for Diplomatic Passport Holder

The Spain and Benin enjoy cordial bilateral relations. The high commission's diplomatic mission's mandate is to forge stronger and closer ties between the two countries. Pursuing bilateral and multilateral cooperation in diverse sectors, including culture, defense, tourism, trade and investments, science and technology, security, and other fields while safeguarding mutual benefits, is vital for their relations. The countries are cooperating to resolve global issues like climate change, piracy, terrorism, cybersecurity, etc. The Spain is the most important source market for tourism in Benin.