{"id":201997,"date":"2026-08-08T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/\/2026\/08\/spagna-assistenza-consolare-per-i-cittadini-italiani\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:33:49","slug":"spagna-assistenza-consolare-per-i-cittadini-italiani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2026\/08\/spagna-assistenza-consolare-per-i-cittadini-italiani\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain: consular assistance for Italian citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the Sanchez government\u2019s retaliatory measure to reinstate internal border controls at ports and airports for travellers arriving from Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stepped up the assistance provided by its consulates and offices to Italian nationals in Spain or travelling there. The page dedicated to Spain on the \u2018Viaggiare Sicuri\u2019 portal has been updated (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viaggiaresicuri.it\/find-country\/country\/ESP\">https:\/\/www.viaggiaresicuri.it\/find-country\/country\/ESP<\/a>). All Italian citizens currently in Spain or travelling there are advised to consult this page for the latest updates and to follow the guidance issued by the local authorities. The usual entry requirements remain in force, namely a passport or identity card valid for travel abroad for the entire duration of the stay abroad.<br \/>\nThe Crisis Unit has set up a dedicated WhatsApp channel called \u2018Crisis Unit \u2013 Spain\u2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VbD9FaiFXUuUe0Mu5o3n\">https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VbD9FaiFXUuUe0Mu5o3n<\/a>) and the Crisis Unit\u2019s Operations Room has been reinforced; it is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at <strong>+39 0636225<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe ACI helpline at <strong>+39 06491115<\/strong> is also available during the same hours.<br \/>\nThe following contact details are also available:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 the Consulate-General of Italy in Madrid \u2013 which has jurisdiction over the Autonomous Communities of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country, Navarre, La Rioja, Castile and Le\u00f3n, Castile-La Mancha, Madrid, Andalusia and Extremadura; the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla; the Chafarinas Islands, the Alhucemas Islands and the Rock of V\u00e9lez de la Gomera.<br \/>\nTel: <strong>+34 629842287<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Consulate General of Italy in Barcelona \u2013 with jurisdiction over the region of Aragon (provinces: Huesca, Teruel, Zaragoza), the region of Catalonia (provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona), the region of Valencia (provinces: Alicante, Castell\u00f3n, Valencia), the region of Murcia (province: Murcia), and the Balearic Islands (province: Balearic Islands).<br \/>\nTel: <strong>+34 659 790 266<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Italian Vice-Consulate in Arona (Tenerife) \u2013 with jurisdiction over the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands<br \/>\nTel. <strong>+34 630051176<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the Sanchez government\u2019s retaliatory measure to reinstate internal border controls at ports and airports for travellers arriving from Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stepped up the assistance provided by its consulates and offices to Italian nationals in Spain or travelling there. The page dedicated to Spain on the \u2018Viaggiare Sicuri\u2019 portal has [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":201944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-201997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-italiani-nel-mondo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202000,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201997\/revisions\/202000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}