Sao Tome and Principe 
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Sao Tome and Principe passport holders need a visa for Spain, issued by an embassy or consulate before travel.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing visa-required and visa-exempt nationalities, consolidated text — EUR-Lex · checked 13 Oct 2026
Spain visa options for Sao Tome and Principe citizensChildren 6–11: EUR 45; under 6: free (EU Visa Code). Spain's Order AUC/891/2024 says the EUR 90 fee for A and C visas has applied since 11 June 2024.
Official application site →Sao Tome and Principe citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Spain. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Schengen Short-Stay Visa (Type C), which costs 90 EUR with a processing time of —.
Whatever your visa status, Spain applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
Spain lets 93 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 105. Sao Tome and Principe citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana and Burkina Faso. Overall the Sao Tome and Principe passport ranks #155 in the world with 26 visa-free destinations.
Planning a longer trip in Europe? With a Sao Tome and Principe passport you can also visit 1 country in the region without a visa, including Kosovo.
In the other direction, Spain citizens can visit Sao Tome and Principe visa-free.
Entry requirements for SpainThe UK government says British visitors' passports must have been issued less than 10 years before arrival and expire at least 3 months after the day they plan to leave the Schengen Area.
Spanish Ministry of the Interior — Entrada en España (border control)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
EUR-Lex — Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (Visa Code), consolidated 11 June 2024✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The EU Visa Code requires Schengen visa applicants to hold travel medical insurance with minimum cover of EUR 30,000, valid throughout the Schengen states for the whole stay.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required to enter Spain. The Schengen Borders Code (Annex I) lists a return or round-trip ticket among the supporting documents that may be used to verify that entry conditions are met.
Spanish Ministry of the Interior — Entrada: requisitos y condiciones✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Spain's Order PRE/1282/2007 sets the minimum at 10% of the gross national minimum wage per person per day, and at least 90% of the minimum wage in total. The European Commission's table of reference amounts gives these as EUR 122.10 a day and EUR 1,098.90 in total.
Boletín Oficial del Estado — Orden PRE/1282/2007 on the means of subsistence required of foreigners entering Spain (consolidated text)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Non-EU travellers arriving at a Schengen border crossing point for the first time since the EU Entry/Exit System started have a photo of their face taken and/or their fingerprints scanned, and passports are not stamped; the EU says this can be quicker if you register some data in advance. The UK government's travel advice says there is no cost for EES registration.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Spain travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
ETIAS is the EU's new travel authorisation for visa-exempt travellers to enter 30 European countries. It is not yet in operation, and no applications are being collected; the EU will announce the start date several months before launch.
European Union — ETIAS: frequently asked questions✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Accommodation providers collect their guests' data. Every guest over 14 signs the entry form (parte de entrada). The provider sends the data to the competent authorities immediately, and in any case within 24 hours of the booking and of the start of the service. The data are kept in files of the Secretary of State for Security and may be processed only by the security forces. Missing records or communications are serious infringements by the provider (fine EUR 601 to 30,000 under LO 4/2015); late communication is a minor one (EUR 100 to 600).
Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) — Real Decreto 933/2021 on documentary registration and information obligations of accommodation and car-rental providers, consolidated text✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Being irregularly in Spain because a stay extension was not obtained, or because the person has no residence authorisation or it expired more than three months ago without a timely renewal application, is a serious infringement fined EUR 501 to 10,000. Instead of the fine, expulsion may be applied, on the principle of proportionality, after an administrative procedure. Expulsion and a fine are never imposed together. Expulsion carries an entry ban, set case by case, of at most five years, and exceptionally up to ten years for a serious threat to public order, public security, national security or public health.
Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) — Ley Orgánica 4/2000 on the rights and freedoms of foreigners in Spain, consolidated text✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The EU says cash of €10,000 or more (or the equivalent) must be declared when entering or leaving the EU.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0). Entry rules can change — confirm with official sources before travel.
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