The Power of the Spanish Passport
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As of June 2019, Spanish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 186 (of 189 as the maximum) countries and territories, ranking the ordinary Spanish passport 4th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index.
Spanish citizens can live and work in any country within the EU as a result of the right of free movement and residence granted in Article 21 of the EU Treaty.
Visa duration (in some countries)
Africa
Botswana: 90 days
Comoros (visa on arrival)
Djibouti: 1 month (visa on arrival)
Egypt:1 month (visa on arrival, 38 €)
Ethiopia: 3 months (visa on arrival)
Kenia: 3 months (visa on arrival)
Lesotho: 14 days
Madagascar: 3 months (visa on arrival)
Malawi: 3 months
Mauritius: 6 months
Mayotte: unlimited access
Morocco: 3 meses
Mozambique: 1 month (visa on arrival)
Namibia: 3 month
Réunion: unlimited access
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cuhna: 90 days
Senegal: 3 months
Seychelles: 1 month
South Africa: 3 months
Eswatini (visa free on arrival)
Tanzania (visa on arrival)
Togo: 7 días (visa on arrival)
Tunisia: 4 months
Uganda (visa on arrival)
Zambia (visa on arrival)
Zimbabwe: 3 months (visa on arrival)
Americas
Anguilla: 3 months
Antigua and Barbuda: 1 month
Dutch Caribbean: 14 days
Argentina: 3 months
Aruba: 3 months
Bahamas: 3 months
Barbados: 6 months
Belize: 1 month
Bermuda: 6 months
Bolivia: 3 months
Brazil: 3 months (hotel booking + return ticket)
Canada: 6 months (previous authorization of eTA system)
Cayman Islands: 1 month
Chile: 3 months
Colombia: 3 months
Costa Rica: 3 months
Dominica: 6 months
Dominican Republic: 1 month (With tourist card of 10 USD $)
Ecuador: 3 months
El Salvador: 3 months
French Guyana: unlimited access
Greenland: 3 months
Grenada: 3 months
Guadeloupe: unlimited access
Guatemala: 3 months
Guyana: 3 months
Haiti: 3 months
Honduras: 3 months
Jamaica: 3 months
Martinique: unlimited access
Mexico: 6 months
Montserrat: 3 months
Nicaragua: 3 months
Panama: 3 months
Paraguay: 3 months
Peru: 3 months
Puerto Rico: 3 months (previous authorization of ESTA system)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 3 months
Saint Lucia: 28 days
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 3 months
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1 month
Trinidad and Tobago: 3 months
Turks and Caicos Islands: 1 month
United States: 3 months (previous authorization of ESTA system)
Uruguay: 3 months
Venezuela: 3 months
British Virgin Islands: 1 month
US Virgin Islands: 3 months (previous authorization of ESTA system)
Asia
Armenia: 21 days (visa on arrival)
Azerbaijan: 30 days (visa on arrival)
Bahrain: 90 days (visa on arrival 75 €)
Bangladesh: 15 days (visa on arrival)
Brunei: 90 days
Cambodia: 1 month (visa on arrival US$30)
Hong Kong: 3 months
Indonesia: 30 days (visa on arrival)
Iran: 15 days (visa on arrival – only in international airports)
Iraq: visa on arrival
Israel: 3 months
Japan: 90 days (extendable until 180 days)
Jordan: 1 month (visa on arrival, 10JOD)
Kuwait: 3 months (visa on arrival)
Kirgysztan: 1 month (visa on arrival)
Laos: 30 days (visa on arrival, US$35)
Lebanon: 15 days (visa on arrival, 25000LL)
Macau: 1 year
Malaysia: 3 months
Maldives: 30 days
Nepal: 60 days (visa on arrival)
Oman: 1 month (visa on arrival)
Philippines: 30 days
Qatar: 21 days (visa on arrival)
South Korea: 3 months
Singapore: 30 days
Sri Lanka: 30 days
Thailand: 30 days by air, 15 days by land/sea
Taiwan: 90 days
East Timor: 30 days (visa on arrival)
United Arab Emirates: 30 days (visa on arrival)
Yemen: 3 months (visa on arrival)
Europe
Albania: 1 month
Andorra:
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 90 days
Faroe Islands: 90 days
Georgia: 1 year
Guernsey:
Iceland: unlimited access
Isle of Man:
Jersey:
Liechtenstein: unlimited access
Macedonia: 90 days
Moldova: 90 days
Monaco: 90 days
Montenegro: 90 days
Norway: unlimited access
San Marino: 90 days
Serbia: 90 days
Switzerland: unlimited access
Ukraine: 90 days
Vatican City: 90 days
Oceania
American Samoa: 30 days
Australia: e-visa (Electronic Travel Authority)
Norfolk Island: e-visa (Electronic Travel Authority)
Fiji: 4 months
French Polynesia: 90 days
Guam: 90 days
Kiribati: 28 days
Marshall Islands: 30 days (visa on arrival)
Micronesia: 30 days
New Caledonia: 90 days
New Zealand: 3 months
Northern Mariana Islands: 30 days
Cook Islands: 31 days
Niue: 30 days
Palau: 30 days (visa on arrival)
Papua New Guinea: 90 days (visa on arrival)
Samoa: 60 days
Solomon Islands: 3 months
Tonga: 31 days
Tuvalu: 1 month (visa on arrival)
Vanuatu: 30 days
Wallis and Futuna: 90 days