Guides to sworn translation for Spain
What Spanish consulates and offices ask for, in plain English, with a link to the official page behind every requirement and the date we last checked it.
- Sworn or certified translation for Spain? What each consulate accepts
Which Spanish consulates accept a certified translation and which require a sworn translator registered in Spain. Consulate-by-consulate table with official sources, checked October 2026.
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- Your Spanish application was returned for a missing sworn translation
A requerimiento de subsanación gives you 10 working days to fix a missing or untranslated document, or the application is treated as withdrawn. What the law says and what to do first.
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- Degree homologation in Spain: apostille, sworn translation and Spanish level
What Real Decreto 889/2022 asks for when you have a foreign degree recognised in Spain: apostille, official translation, Spanish language level and where to apply. UK, US, Irish and other degrees.
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- Marrying or registering a pareja de hecho in Spain: which documents to translate
Which foreign documents need an apostille and a sworn translation to marry or register a pareja de hecho in Spain, with the Madrid registry’s rules and the UK certificate of no impediment.
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- Spain non-lucrative visa: which documents to translate, consulate by consulate
What each Spanish consulate asks you to translate for the non-lucrative visa — criminal record, medical certificate, financial documents — and who may translate them. London, Edinburgh, Manchester, US consulates, Ottawa and Sydney.
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- How to check a translator is a sworn translator in Spain
Check a sworn translator on the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs register, read the certification on the translation, and validate a digitally signed PDF on VALIDe.
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- Do bank statements need a sworn translation for a Spanish visa?
What each Spanish consulate says about translating bank statements and tax returns for the non-lucrative visa, what the UGE-CE asks for a digital nomad application filed in Spain, and why a statement takes no apostille.
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- Can I use AI or Google Translate for a Spanish visa?
Whether a machine translation is accepted for a Spanish visa or residence application: what Spanish law counts as an official translation, what consulates ask for, and the one document the UGE-CE lets you translate simply.
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- When you don’t need a sworn translation for Spain
Documents Spanish consulates and offices take without a sworn translation, from their own pages: Boston’s bank statements, bilingual medical certificates, the apostille itself, EU multilingual forms and the Irish certificate of freedom to marry.
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- The medical certificate for a Spanish visa: wording, age and translation
The medical certificate each Spanish consulate asks for with the non-lucrative visa: the wording it sets, how old it can be, and whether it must be bilingual, translated or apostilled. London, Edinburgh, Manchester, US consulates, Ottawa and Sydney.
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- Spanish citizenship by residence: which documents need a sworn translation
Which documents need an apostille and a sworn translation to apply for Spanish nationality by residence: the birth certificate, the criminal record certificate and the marriage certificate, from the regulation, the ministerial order and the Basque justice administration.
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- Apostille before or after translation? The order Spain expects
Get the apostille first, then the sworn translation. What Spanish consulates say about translating the apostille, which authority issues it for FBI, ACRO and RCMP checks, and why the order matters.
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- How much does a sworn translation cost in Spain?
Sworn translation prices in Spain in 2026: what agencies publish per page and per document, what changes the price, and Juranza’s fixed prices from €59 per document, VAT included.
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By consulate
What one Spanish consulate asks for: who may translate, the criminal record, the medical certificate and financial documents, from its own page.
- Spanish consulate in London: translation requirements
- Spanish consulate in Edinburgh: translation requirements
- Spanish consulate in Manchester: translation requirements
- Spanish consulate in Boston: translation requirements
- Spanish consulate in Chicago: translation requirements
- Spanish consulate in Houston: translation requirements
- Spanish consulate in Los Angeles: translation requirements
- Spanish consulate in Miami: translation requirements
- Spanish consulate in New York: translation requirements
- Spanish consulate in San Francisco: translation requirements
- Spanish embassy in Ottawa: translation requirements
- Spanish consulate in Sydney: translation requirements