Spanish Embassy for New Zealand - Address / Phone Number

Spanish Embassy in New Zealand

Address: Level 11, BNZ Trust House Bldg, 50 Manners Street, Wellington 6142
City: Wellington (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +12 hours)
Tel.: (04) 802 5665
Fax: (04) 801 7701
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 – 17.30

Spanish Consulate in Christchurch

Address: 7 Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch 8013
City: Christchurch (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +12 hours)
Tel.: (03) 365 2700
Fax: (03) 379 2258

The Spanish Embassy in Wellington is the formal communication link between the Spanish and the New Zealand governments. The Ambassador heads the Embassy and is the official representative to New Zealand of the Spanish Government. The Embassy fulfills the role of a Spanish public authority when it comes to consular and migration-related matters, which include issuance of passports and different kinds of certificates, visas for students, residence and work permits as well as assistance to Spanish in emergency situations.

Spanish citizens residing abroad must register with the Consular Register corresponding to the district where they live. Registration allows them to renew their documentation, to be able to prove their residence abroad and to participate in elections called in Spain, except municipal elections, as well as to request consular assistance in situations of need.

It is very important to take into account that if a Spanish citizen residing abroad changes his or her address in the future, he or she must communicate this to the Consulate so that their registration is always up to date.

Spanish citizens registered in the Register of Spanish citizens living abroad in Spanish consular offices have the right to renew and apply for Spanish passports. Although passports must be processed in their place of residence, Spanish citizens travelling abroad can apply for a new passport at the consular offices along their route in case of:

• Loss or theft
• Expiry
• Approaching the expiry date
• Damage
• Lack of free pages

To be issued with a passport, applicants must present one of the following documents: original valid national identify card (DNI), the passport to be replaced or official birth certificate. If none of these documents is available, the consular office will consult the central authorities and, when Spanish identity and nationality has been verified, it will issue the passport, with the possibility of limiting its validity to three months.

To return to Spain, the consular office may issue a laissez-passer travel document valid solely for returning to Spain.