Travel documents

Article 36(1)(d) of the Asylum Act governs the issuance of travel documents for refugees and, where necessary, for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection. The validity of these documents is 5 years for both types of protection. The travel documents have similar format, but only the refugee travel document refers to the 1951 Refugee Convention.

The beneficiary has to go personally to request the expedition of the document to the OAR or to the competent provincial police department of foreigners. There are no formal limitations to the permitted area of travel except the country of origin of the person benefitting from international protection.

Travel documents for beneficiaries of international protection issued by other countries are accepted in Spain. Spain has also ratified the Council of Europe Agreement for Transfer of Responsibility for Refugees.

The number of travel documents issued in the years between 2018 and 2023 is not available.

Table of contents

• General
  • Flow chart
  • Types of procedures
  • List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure
  • Number of staff and nature of the first instance authority
  • Short overview of the asylum procedure
  • Access to the territory and push backs
  • Registration of the asylum application
  • Regular procedure
  • Dublin procedure
  • Admissibility procedure
  • Border procedure (border and transit zones)
  • Accelerated procedure
  • Identification
  • Special procedural guarantees
  • Use of medical reports
  • Legal representation of unaccompanied children
  • Safe third country
  • Safe country of origin
  • Provision of information on the procedure
  • Access to NGOs and UNHCR
  • Short overview of the reception system
  • Access and forms of reception conditions
    • Criteria and restrictions to access reception conditions
    • Forms and levels of material reception conditions
    • Reduction or withdrawal of reception conditions
    • Freedom of movement
    • Types of accommodation
    • Conditions in reception facilities
    • Access to the labour market
    • Access to education
    • Provision of information on reception
    • Access to reception centres by third parties
    • General
    • Legal framework of detention
      • Grounds for detention
      • Alternatives to detention
      • Detention of vulnerable applicants
      • Duration of detention
      • Place of detention
      • Conditions in detention facilities
      • Access to detention facilities
      • Judicial review of the detention order
      • Legal assistance for review of detention
      • Status and residence
        • Residence permit
        • Civil registration
        • Long-term residence
        • Naturalisation
        • Cessation and review of protection status
        • Withdrawal of protection status
        • Criteria and conditions
        • Status and rights of family members
        • Freedom of movement
        • Travel documents
        • Access to the labour market
        • Access to education

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