Tourists who want to travel to Tanzania from Spain need a visa to do so. There are different types of visas available for the tourists like business visas, study visas, Tanzania tourist visas, which are available for Spanish citizens which help them to travel across the world and visit the country they want to. Tourists seeking a single entry visa get a validity of 90 days on their visa. This single entry can be acquired at the airport itself.
Any tourist willing to travel from Spain has to present the required valid documents as the immigration office requires some identity proof documents for the approval of your visa on your arrival. Every tourist is required to provide a valid passport with at least a validity of 6 months, before their arrival. There might be some delay in the immigration office due to long queues but you will get your visa approved eventually if you follow all the provided necessary instructions.
You can even apply for a visa for Tanzania from Spain just by sitting at home. Now, there is the availability of electronic visas or eVisa which makes it easier for tourists to get a visa. This new system has been introduced which is less time consuming as you do not have to stand in long queues to apply for a visa. You can simply apply for it online by filling up an online visa application form and providing all the necessary required documents and you can easily get a visa for yourself. Tourists can even request a visa for up to three months in advance of the date of your traveling through the online visa application system.
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Requirements for Spanish Citizens
The requirements of any Spanish citizen that want to visit Tanzania will differ according to the types of visa being applied for or granted to the Spanish citizen. The major visas that are usually needed by Spanish citizens while traveling to some other country are :
A single-entry tourist visa for Tanzania
This visa provides the traveler with a period of about three months in a single stay in Tanzania for traveling, tourism, any leisure-time activity, some legal activity under the guidance of Tanzanian law, and for some short-term health-related treatments.
A multiple-entry Tanzania tourist visa
This visa is granted to the people who often need to travel frequently to Tanzania. The maximum validity of this visa is of about 12 months and any tourist can stay up to a period of a maximum of three months at one go in Tanzania. You have to be invited by any relative of yours from Tanzania to be qualified for this visa. Proper documentation regarding the person you are visiting and supporting identity proofs will be needed for the same.
A Tanzania transit visa
This visa is available for tourists wanting to visit the country temporarily before traveling to any further destination. This visa is provided to people intending to not stay longer than a period of 7 days in the country.
A Tanzania business visa
This visa is only issued to Spanish citizens that are involved in any sort of business like business deals related to investments or brokering deals. This visa can allow a stay for a maximum of 6 months depending upon the need of the person traveling.
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What Documents I Need to Apply for the Tourist Visa
For applying for an online visa from Spain to Tanzania, Spanish citizens are required to submit the following required documents to submit their visa application form:
- A Spanish passport is valid for a minimum of 6 months on arrival in Tanzania.
- A scanned copy of the information page of your passport.
- A digital passport-size photograph.
- Payment proof of the respective visa fee(payment can be done online through a credit card at the same time as the online visa application)
- Vaccination certificate of yellow fever (not necessary for people with a doctor's recommendation stating the prohibition of any vaccination to the traveler)
Applicants applying for a visa for Tanzania are also required to provide necessary proof regarding their return flight information to Spain or any different destination other than Tanzania to confirm that the departure date of the traveler does not fall after the Tanzanian visa expiration date. If you do not provide any return flight information, then your visa will be denied.
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Application Form for Spanish Citizens
The visa application form can be filled in in a very easy way. Before filling the application form you must check that you have selected the appropriate visa you want to apply for. You need to provide some necessary personal details like the applicant's full name, date, and place of birth and information related to your passport like your passport number. You will not be provided with a refund if your visa gets rejected due to an incomplete or incorrect application, so make sure to cross-check the provided information.
All the details regarding your visa will be updated to you through your registered email address. Do not book your flight tickets or other itineraries before your visa is confirmed. Make sure to carry your passport and all the necessary travel documents to be cross-checked by the immigration officer while going through the border control on your arrival.
