Do you need a visa for Spain with a Tunisian passport?

Visa required, filed at a consulate before departure. Applications go through Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores. It is the only source that counts.

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Spain, on a Tunisian passport

Visa required, filed at a consulate before departure.

The record sets no duration. Check the stay limit with the consulate before a long stay.

All visa-free countries with a Tunisian passport

What changed

Unchanged between the 12 January 2025 and 17 February 2026 datasets: visa required, through a consulate.

The official portal

Applications go through Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores. It is the only source that counts.

Open the official portal

Medical insurance

Many consulates require proof of medical insurance among the supporting documents — the Schengen area, for instance, asks for €30,000 of cover. The exact list is on the official portal above: that is the authority, not us.

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Spain consulates: refusal rates

Schengen visa applications filed with Spain in Tunisia, 2025 (European Commission):

Tunis — 30.0% refused, 7,346 applications · 2024: 30.1% (−0.1 pts)

All Schengen consulates in this country

A layover in Spain

Madrid · MAD — airside connection, nothing to show
Barcelone · BCN — airside connection, nothing to show

International-to-international connection, single booking, same airport. Exemptions for holders of certain visas or residence permits are not assumed.

All 166 layovers for this passport

How much money can you take out of the country

Staying longer

This country has a scheme for remote workers: Visa nomade numérique (2023). It takes over when the entry period is no longer enough.

The other way round

A Spain passport travelling to Tunisia: visa-free.

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Same region, same passport

Western Europe: with a Tunisian passport, none of the 23 other countries in the region opens visa-free or with a simple online authorisation.

Consulate visa (23): Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Once you are there

The country guide What a stay costs When to go

Cities rated for working there

Las Palmas 88 Barcelone 86 Bilbao 86 Grenade 86 Madrid 85 Séville 85

The same country, on another passport

France Belgium Switzerland Luxembourg Monaco Morocco Algeria Senegal

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What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave.

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