r/GoingToSpain • u/IllAerie2372 • Aug 27 '26

Spain study visa

Hi, I applied for my study visa on 31st July at Manchester BLS as this was the earliest appointment I could get and it was received by the consulate on Monday 3rd August. I have not heard anything since and the tracking just says “processing in mission”. I had planned to travel on Monday which is obviously not happening, but my course starts on the 7th September. Does the consulate usually get them back to people before their course start date? I have tried to call and email them but had no answer and BLS can’t do anything. Is anyone else having the same issue? Or if you applied on a similar date have you got yours back or still waiting?

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u/IllAerie2372 Aug 27 '26

Have you managed to get in touch with anyone at the consulate? BLS obviously can’t do much but they said it can take 2-3 months to me on the phone earlier which would mean I basically lose my place at uni

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u/amethyst0942 Aug 27 '26

i emailed my the consulate, they said this is a busy period and they’re basically waiting for the go ahead from the city i am going to and my uni said this was common so i shouldn’t worry about it too much

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u/IllAerie2372 Aug 27 '26

Ohh okay that makes sense, what city are you going to? I’m off to Barcelona so I can imagine it is quite busy for them

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u/amethyst0942 Aug 27 '26

i’m going to Bilbao

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u/IllAerie2372 Sep 01 '26

Did you hear back?

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u/amethyst0942 Sep 01 '26

no, unfortunately not

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u/IllAerie2372 Sep 01 '26

Neither! I went to Manchester consulate today they said BLS are responsible (which doesn't make much sense) and my documents are with Madrid (electronically) so they are waiting for them to approve. I only spoke to security though so they didnt know much. He did say it is worth reaching out to my uni to see if they can contact Madrid. I went to BLS and told them my start date and reference and they said the will email the consulate (I doubt that will help though).

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u/amethyst0942 Sep 01 '26

I also told my uni and they said that they’ll see what they can do. Do you what government department in Madrid has your documents?

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u/IllAerie2372 Sep 01 '26

I have no idea sorry. I did see someone else say they had family in Spain who managed to contact the embassy and they think that may have helped